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The Debt Reduction Commission: Another Gergen-Shields Show
https://townhall.com/columnists/kenblackwell/2010/01/25/the_debt_reduction_commission_another_gergen-shields_show
– When the publicly-funded Jim Lehrer Newshour reached out for a Republican and a Democrat to give a thin veneer of bi-partisanship, … Republican in Name Only David Gergen was the classic trimmer in the Reagan White House. … He went on serve in the Bill Clinton White House.…
Main Street's Message
https://townhall.com/columnists/salenazito/2010/01/24/main_streets_message
– Jon Corzine, a Democrat, lost his seat in New Jersey in November. … It’s why candidates such as Democrat Creigh Deeds in Virginia’s gubernatorial race, Republican Dede Scozzafava in New York’s congressional … race and, yes, Democrat Martha Coakley in Massachusetts all lost.…
Can Obama Blunt the Anger?
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelgerson/2010/01/22/can_obama_blunt_the_anger
– What serious Democrat would prefer this flawed, compromised, expensive bill to the political future of their party? … Frank is not being a gutless Democrat. … He is being a loyal Democrat -- defending his party against ideologues who care little for its prospects.…
Dems Lose Control of Health Care Agenda
https://townhall.com/columnists/donaldlambro/2010/01/21/dems_lose_control_of_health_care_agenda
– -elect Brown was preparing to fly to Washington, White House aides were still insisting that Tuesday's election was not a referendum … Ben Nelson's vote, are poison pills that House Democrats hated. … Besides, Pelosi has little maneuvering room in her party since the House first passed its version last year.…
Chump “Change”
https://townhall.com/columnists/mattbarber/2010/01/21/chump_“change”
– The delicious irony is that this senate contest between Republican victor Scott Brown and Democrat Martha Coakley was for the late … will push ahead with a sweeping healthcare overhaul despite a Republican win…” And The Hill reports that, “David Axelrod, a White House
The message from Massachusetts
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/johnhanlon/2010/01/21/the_message_from_massachusetts
– What was the message that Massachusetts voters sent out by voting for Republican Scott Brown over Democrat Martha Coakley?     … For the state senate and state house seats, many more incumbents will be challenged now, and probably not just by Republicans. 6.) … Many people were appalled when the Democrat said there weren't any more terrorists in Afghanistan, and therefore our troops should…
So Long, ObamaCare? Scott Brown and Tuesday's Massachusetts Earthquake
https://townhall.com/columnists/rossmackenzie/2010/01/21/so_…_obamacare_scott_brown_and_tuesdays_massachusetts_earthquake
– Massachusetts voters break down as 51 percent independent, 37 percent Democrat, and a paltry 11 percent Republican. … The state has not elected a Republican to the Senate for 31 years, nor a Republican to the House for 16.…
Little Guy Sends Message to Washington: Drop dead
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelbarone/2010/01/21/little_guy_sends_message_to_washington_drop_dead
– The final percentages aren't in as this is written, but it's plain that Republican Scott Brown defeated Democrat Martha Coakley … slow-walk tactic is probably illegal, as Fred Barnes has argued in The Weekly Standard; there don't seem to be 218 votes in the House … Is anyone in the White House listening?…
Message? What Message?
https://townhall.com/columnists/monacharen/2010/01/21/message_what_message
– The morning after the off-year elections that saw Republicans take the state houses in New Jersey and Virginia, Speaker of the House … Nancy Pelosi declared, "We won last night" because a Democrat (who campaigned against the public option) won a special House contest … But nothing with which House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer would quibble.…
Malkin: I Don't Miss George W. Bush
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/meredithjessup/2010/02/09/malkin_i_dont_miss_george_w_bush
– was any room for doubt after all that, Malkin concludes, "No, I don’t miss having a corporate socialist Republican in the White House … any more than I like having a corporate socialist Democrat in the White House now."…
Obama vs... Palin?
https://townhall.com/columnists/richgalen/2010/02/08/obama_vs_palin
– This, if you are in the political shop at the White House, is not good. … No one poked their head out of the snow to agree with Kennedy, but neither did any Democrat suggest he should zip it. … House seat after Hillary Clinton became Secretary of State.…
Watch Obama's Actions, Not His Words
https://townhall.com/columnists/floydandmarybethbrown/2010/02/05/watch_obamas_actions,_not_his_words
– Daily, it dawns on ever more Americans that the man in the White House is not the one they thought they met when he waltzed onto the … In true mob fashion, he's exacted retribution from moderate Michigan Democrat Bart Stupak by eliminating the $1 million funding for…
A Race—And Candidate—To Watch
https://townhall.com/columnists/davidstokes/2010/01/31/a_race—and_candidate—to_watch
House of Representative from that state’s 12th district, 30-year old Christopher Cox has put his hat in the ring for the seat in New … Of course, those of us old enough to remember recall the images of a beautiful White House wedding back on June 12, 1971, as Ed took … Should Christopher Cox get the GOP nomination, he’ll face an uphill race against the Democrat incumbent—Tim Bishop, who has held the…
Populist Dem Message Replaces Progressive Message
https://townhall.com/columnists/salenazito/2010/01/31/populist_dem_message_replaces_progressive_message
– We probably are closest to 1992, in which incumbents need to beware, outsiders have real appeal and the man in the White House seems … Democrat Creigh Deeds lost Virginia’s gubernatorial race because he had no message or agenda; Republican Bob McDonnell won there because … Democrat Martha Coakley lost Massachusetts’ U.S.…
President Obama and His "Control Issues"
https://townhall.com/columnists/austinhill/2010/01/31/president_obama_and_his_control_issues
– The program enabled Dave to get his house re-financed, which in turn lowered his monthly payment amount. … Hillary Clinton was the presumed 2008 Democratic presidential nominee), and who once proudly ran for public office as a liberal Democrat
White House Offers High-Ranking Job in Exchange for Congressman's Agreement Not to Challenge Senator
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/meredithjessup/2010/02/19/whit…exchange_for_congressmans_agreement_not_to_challenge_senator
– The Philadelphia Enquirer reports that Pennsylvania Democrat Rep. … A White House spokesman this morning strongly denied an offer had been made to Sestak. … Before the spokesman issued the denial, a senior Pennsylvania Democrat said Sestak's account was met with anger by White House officials…
Rep. Ellsworth Seeks to Replace Bayh in Senate
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/meredithjessup/2010/02/19/rep_ellsworth_seeks_to_replace_bayh_in_senate
– Brad Ellsworth, a Democrat from southern Indiana, is likely to announce his plans to run to replace Evan Bayh in the Senate today.  … Ellsworth, 51, is a former county sheriff who was first elected to the House in 2006. … Another Democrat being considered, eastern Indiana Rep. Baron Hill, voted for all three of those bills.…
Ungovernable? Nonsense.
https://townhall.com/columnists/charleskrauthammer/2010/02/19/ungovernable__nonsense
– The president's own White House counsel suggested abolishing the separation of powers and going to a more parliamentary system of unitary … Reagan collaborated with Tip O'Neill, the legendary Democratic House speaker, to establish the Alan Greenspan commission that kept … Reagan worked with liberal Democrat Bill Bradley to craft a legislative miracle: tax reform that eliminated dozens of loopholes and…
United in Outrage
https://townhall.com/columnists/bethhaynes/2010/02/19/united_in_outrage
– reference to the Tea Party protestors (or “tea baggers” as liberals vulgarly called them), “about hating a black man in the White HouseHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi called the protests “un-American” and accused some protestors of carrying Nazi symbols. … For instance, a GOP candidate for the Virginia House of Delegates called the Obama administration “domestic terrorism at its worst”…
Bayh's Good-Bye: Here's the Real Reason
https://townhall.com/columnists/larryelder/2010/02/18/bayhs_good-bye_heres_the_real_reason
– Against another possible opponent, former House Republican John Hostettler, he was only ahead by 3 points. … No Democrat or squishy Republican is safe. … Democrat Martha Coakley, just two months before the Massachusetts special election to replace the late Sen.…
Ahmadinejad: 'Yep, I'm Nuclear!'
https://townhall.com/columnists/anncoulter/2010/02/17/ahmadinejad_yep,_im_nuclear!
– Ron Dellums, a typical Democrat of the time, who -- amazingly -- was a member of the House Select Committee on Intelligence and chairman … of the House Armed Services Committee, famously declared in 1975: "We should totally dismantle every intelligence agency in this country…
Michelle Obama to be on Huckabee's Fox TV Show
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/allysonportee/2010/02/17/michelle_obama_to_be_on_huckabees_fox_tv_show
– Recently, the White House has been taking stabs at Fox News. … According to a US News & World Report article, Huckabee stated:     "It is not a left/right, liberal/conservative, Democrat/Republican…
Moderate Dems a Vanishing Breed
https://townhall.com/columnists/salenazito/2010/02/16/moderate_dems_a_vanishing_breed
– “The moderate Democrat is a vanishing breed,” said McMahon, a Democratic strategist on Capitol Hill. … Santorum lost by 18 points to Democrat Bob Casey Jr. in an election year that cost Republicans the majority in the House and Senate…
Message Wrong for Battleground Races
https://townhall.com/columnists/salenazito/2010/02/14/message_wrong_for_battleground_races
– On Tuesday, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs mocked Sarah Plain’s crib notes on the palm of her hand. … House races – especially with the death of Rep. Jack Murtha in a sprawling, Republican-trending district. … This is why the messaging from the White House is critically important. The state also faces a U.S.…
The Life and Death of a Demagogue
https://townhall.com/columnists/paulgreenberg/2010/03/01/the_life_and_death_of_a_demagogue
– His pithy letters to the editor of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette were much anticipated in these quarters, and much appreciated by lovers … Who else would name the house he finally retired to Whitehaven?…
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