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Mia Love Takes National Popularity in Stride, Says People Concerned About Debt, Issues That 'Aren't Prejudice'
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/elisabethmeinecke/2012/08/29/m…says_people_concerned_about_debt_issues_that_arent_prejudice
House candidate Mia Love's prepared remarks yesterday at the Republican National Convention were only 298 words (though there was an … "We've received a flood of support since her speech," the website says, while also noting that Love's Democrat opponent Rep.…
We Are Still Building This!
https://townhall.com/columnists/armstrongwilliams/2012/08/28/we_are_still_building_this
– Senator Kelly Ayotte, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Governor Mary Fallin, Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, and House … Selecting Christie, however, has the benefit of speaking to the Reagan Democrat crowd, the moderates and independents who will ultimately…
With “Friends” Like These, Who Needs Democrats?
https://townhall.com/columnists/stevedeace/2012/09/15/with_friends_like_these_who_needs_democrats
– go, since there are currently better odds on Intrade the Republicans will capture the Senate than Romney will capture the White House … , the government might be smaller, the economy might be better, and the Congress where Republican John Boehner is Speaker of the House … Whenever a Republican whose only difference with the Democrat is that he’s not one wins the primary, the Republican Party establishment…
7 Examples That Show Voter Fraud Is A Huge Problem
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnhawkins/2012/09/14/7_examples_that_show_voter_fraud_is_a_huge_problem
– show of fortitude for a Republican, didn't stand by haplessly wringing his hands when Gore tried to lawyer his way into the White House … Norm Coleman was running for re-election against Democrat Al Franken. … Certainly, there couldn't be another Democrat running for office who engaged in fraud, could there?…
Obama Could Be the Odd Man out on Tax Reform
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelbarone/2012/09/13/obama_could_be_the_odd_man_out_on_tax_reform
– So has Paul Ryan, who included it in the budget he steered to passage in the House. … has been working the numbers and says he will be ready to advance a proposal next year if, as seems likely, Republicans hold their House … He says he has a good working relationship with the committee's top Democrat, Max Baucus.…
Dems Too Small to Answer Big Issues
https://townhall.com/columnists/chrisrobling/2012/09/11/dnc_2012
– That just did not make the cut of points to make in the talk of a Democrat President of the United States. … One recalls that on the evening of March 4, 1933, his first night in the White House as president, FDR famously asked, "Last night,…
Democrats Fib Again About Israel
https://townhall.com/columnists/danielpipes/2012/09/11/democrats_fib_again_about_israel
– Charles Schumer (Democrat of New York) declared that "everyone knows" the "vast, overwhelming majority" of Democrats favor Jerusalem … - The White House re-labeled picture captions a year ago to remove their use of an offending phrase, namely "Jerusalem, Israel…
Feeling the Love: NRCC Commits Major Cash to Boost Mia in Utah
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2012/09/10/feeling_the_love_nrcc_commits_major_cash_to_boost_mia_in_utah
– The National Republican Congressional Committee -- the GOP campaign arm responsible for electing House Republicans -- is making a serious … aiding and abetting the Obama/Pelosi spending binge: In addition to the NRCC's fresh hit on Matheson (the lone Democrat … Republicans appear well-positioned to hold the House of Representatives this year, as Democrats can't even seem to agree on how many…
The DNC As I Saw It
https://townhall.com/columnists/derekhunter/2012/09/09/the_dnc_as_i_saw_it
– Other speakers on the night included former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid – two people almost … OK, fame might be a bit of a stretch, but he was on House. … Senate, Maryland’s Barbara Mikulski, rolled her weeble-self out on stage with every Democrat Senator who uses the ladies room.…
The Democrat Convention: As Pagan As They Wanna Be
https://townhall.com/columnists/stevedeace/2012/09/08/the_democrat_convention_as_pagan_as_they_wanna_be
– Anybody slightly to the right politically of Arlen Specter has been struggling to define the freak show that was the just concluded Democrat … That terminology is the result of the worldview that has now been fully embraced by the leadership of the Democrat Party, as well as … No civilization that has followed the dead end the Democrat Convention was urging us to take has lasted long.…
Elizabeth Warren: Half Cherokee, Half-Truth
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnransom/2012/09/07/elizabeth_warren_half_cherokee_halftruth
– Just imagine the imagination that it takes to come up with the fiction Warren bleated out at the Democrat National Carnival on Wednesday … Thank goodness that Obama stood up to that army of lobbyists when he took their money and their appointments at the White House.…
Democrats Spinning a Fairy Tale in Charlotte
https://townhall.com/columnists/crystalwright/2012/09/07/democrats_spinning_a_fairy_tale_in_charlotte
– The corrosive theme pervading the Democrat convention is government is the solution to all our ills and “we the people” can achieve … Wednesday night we heard from a shrill band of Democrat women, demanding this that and the other from government. … She agreed with Obama that government needs to be the caretaker of your job, your health, your house, etc.…
The Democratic Mask Slips on Israel
https://townhall.com/columnists/monacharen/2012/09/07/the_democratic_mask_slips_on_israel
– Former Congressman Robert Wexler, a Florida Democrat who runs interference for Obama with Jewish voters, asserted that the platform … outraged at Netanyahu for building Jewish apartments in Israel's capital -- a capital that neither the State Department nor the White House
Romney's taxes: Who cares?
https://townhall.com/columnists/calthomas/2012/09/25/romneys_taxes_who_cares
– in U.S. history; not necessarily a bad thing when you consider the damage Congress might have caused were it not for a Republican House … Voters should also recall the numerous bills passed by the House and ignored in the Democrat-controlled Senate. … Remind people why the Democrats lost control of the House in 1994 and again in 2010.…
Who Should Americans Trust as the Medicare Messenger?
https://townhall.com/columnists/allenwest/2012/09/25/who_should_americans_trust_as_the_medicare_messenger
– While many on the left want you to believe Republicans will end Medicare, it is the Democrat-controlled Congress that enacted the Patient … The House-passed budget plan does not affect Medicare for anyone 55 years of age and older. … The facts are that the House-passed budget championed by Congressman Paul Ryan actually increases spending on Medicare over the next…
Romney Ad: Pelosi, Reid Muted Obama Phone Call During Stimulus Negotiations
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2012/09/24/romney_ad_pelosi_reid_muted_obama_phone_speech_during_stimulus_talks
– If Obama is re-elected, he'll likely face a Republican House and a roughly evenly-split Senate.  … regarding additional evidence that Obama's influence among Congressional Democrats is pretty scarce: The fact that not a single Democrat … in either house has voted for the president's budget proposals over the past two years. …
Mile High Idea: Smoke Dope, Build Schools
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnransom/2012/09/24/mile_high_idea_smoke_dope_build_schools
– The Colorado Education Association, Democrat Governor John Hickenlooper and any other liberal who doesn’t want to commit political … A score of Democrat parties, including the Colorado Democrat Party, county Democrats in Denver, Boulder, Pueblo, El Paso and Douglas … I mean even as housing was collapsing in the country, the people who designed the house of cards where cutting a new deck.…
The Ghosts of Jimmy Carter
https://townhall.com/columnists/jeffjacoby/2012/09/23/the_ghosts_of_jimmy_carter
– "I'm a partisan Democrat," he said. "My motivation is to help Democrats get elected." But it was also personal. … anti-American violence by rampaging Islamists in nearly 30 countries was due solely to a YouTube video mocking Islam -- a video the White House
Why Wisconsin is in Play
https://townhall.com/columnists/salenazito/2012/09/23/why_wisconsin_is_in_play
– Badger State illustrates the political divide gripping segments of America, thanks largely to the reaction of organized labor and Democrat … Ryan’s House district, blue-collar and Democrat-leaning, is one that Obama must carry to win statewide; if Republicans run better-than-average…
American Dream On
https://townhall.com/columnists/kathrynlopez/2012/09/22/american_dream_on
– As Chad, a Democrat from Colorado, explains: "If I would have just met my wife 15 years earlier at that point in time, I was making … Opportunity Scholarship program that the president had to be arm-twisted by Speaker of the House John Boehner and outgoing Senator…
CULTURE DIGEST: Gender-specific events banned by school district
https://townhall.com/columnists/baptistpress/2012/09/21/culture_digest_genderspecific_events_banned_by_school_district
– The Senate voted 26-6 for the override, while the roll call in the House of Representatives was 109-45, according to the Associated … Sandy Crawford, a Republican who steered the measure through the House, said, "This bill is about protecting our religious liberties … House of Representatives subcommittee, received $487.4 million in government grants, contracts and reimbursements in 2009-10.…
Video: Romney Mocks Obama Over "Can't Change Washington" Admission
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2012/09/21/video_romney_mocks_obama_over_cant_change_washington_admission
– immigration reform done … but it's not for lacking of trying or desire," Obama said during the event at the BankUnited Center Field House … Obama enjoyed huge Democrat Congressional majorities in 2009 and 2010. …
Fast and Furious Hearing: Some Answers, But Case Not Closed
https://townhall.com/columnists/katiepavlich/2012/09/20/hearing
– The White House has also declined Fast and Furious document requests. … "We did not get internal communications from the White House” Horowitz said during the hearing adding, "Mr. … O'Reilly's refusal to speak to us made it impossible," to get answers about White House involvement.…
NBC and MSNBC, Networks of Wusses
https://townhall.com/columnists/brentbozellandtimgraham/2012/09/19/nbc_and_msnbc_networks_of_wusses
– been painted as a sickening sign of failure and incompetence, of public servants needlessly losing their lives because the White House … This Democrat doubled down on the bizarre idea that the apologetic statement put out twice by the embassy in Cairo decrying Muslim-mockers…
Students Protest Federal Lunch Calorie Cap
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2012/09/18/students_protest_federal_lunch_calorie_cap
– Conservatives spoke out against the 2010 FDA decision to limit salt in food products, but the agency, empowered by a Democrat-controlled … Congress and liberal White House, had no reason to listen. … the bill permits the secretary of Agriculture to ban bake sales altogether, Secretary Tom Vilsack explained in a letter to then-House
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