AUGUST 28, 2010 A Senator and His ‘Disciples’ The Senate’s stalwart opponent of big government is intent on electing some allies this year. His new PAC and growing anti-Obama sentiment mean he just might succeed. By STEVE MOORE ‘I’d rather lose with Pat Toomey than win with Arlen Specter any day.” That’s South Carolina Republican […]
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Return to the Article Jobs Debate Might Fall Flat in Florida By Erin McPike – August 31, 2010 Florida Senate GOP nominee Marco Rubio, speaking on FOX News Monday about his plans for spurring job growth, said, “The important thing we have to start with is by reminding everybody that politicians don’t create jobs.” Rubio
RealClearPolitics HorseRaceBlog By Jay Cost « Will Money Save the Democrats? | HorseRaceBlog Home Page August 31, 2010 Health Care Reform Has Endangered the Democratic Majority –>This Politico piece by Jim VandeHei, Alex Isenstadt, and Mike Allen got a lot of play last week: Top Democrats are growing markedly more pessimistic about holding the House,
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AUGUST 22, 2010 Political Reversal Down Under Running an explicitly conservative campaign, Australia’s Tony Abbott has denied Labor a governing majority. By MARY KISSEL Sydney In December the smart set in the big cities here thought the Liberal Party—Australia’s traditionally conservative party—had jumped off a cliff by electing Tony Abbott opposition leader. The Liberals, opined
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HILLYER: Tim Scott’s freedom fries Charleston’s candidate from Chick-fil-A By Quin Hillyer– The Washington Times August 6, 2010 Tim Scott High school freshman Tim Scott could not afford Chick-fil-A sandwiches back in 1981, but the French fries were good and inexpensive. Eating those fries made him a success, a conservative and an odds-on favorite to
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AUGUST 21, 2010 The GOP and the Temptation of Hubris If Republicans take over the House, they’d best think carefully how they use their power. Ask Newt Gingrich. By JOHN J. PITNEY JR. Republicans could still blow it, but as they head toward a likely victory in the midterm election they should consider what it
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AUGUST 19, 2010 Deconstructing Harry Reid The Senate majority leader’s inexplicable desire to debate taxes in September. By KARL ROVE Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid can say the darndest things. He certainly did last week when he proclaimed: “I don’t know how anyone of Hispanic heritage could be a Republican.” That must have thrilled his
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Voting Rights…for Some The Justice Department harasses Cuyahoga County. BY Jennifer Rubin August 23, 2010, Vol. 15, No. 46 The mainstream media have recently discovered the misdeeds of the voting section of the Obama Justice Department. But the dismissal of an egregious case of voter intimidation against the New
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About Senator Burr | Constituent Services | Contact Me | Share with a Friend The last two weeks traveling around North Carolina have been busy, but very informative. Last week, I traveled throughout eastern and central North Carolina visiting Carteret, Cumberland, Wayne, Guilford, Lenoir, Craven, Wake, and Orange counties, speaking with small business owners, touring health
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AUGUST 17, 2010 A Tea Party Manifesto The movement is not seeking a junior partnership with the Republican Party. It is aiming for a hostile takeover. By DICK ARMEY AND MATT KIBBE On Feb. 9, 2009, Mary Rakovich, a recently laid-off automotive engineer, set out for a convention center in Fort Myers, Fla. with protest
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