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Latest Articles: Obama Wars
Palin's backing pays off for pals
Post Date: 2010-06-09 12:37:08 by Badeye
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Palin's backing pays off for pals Some of Sarah Palin’s riskiest endorsements scored major victories Tuesday for the former Alaska governor, showing off her power in Republican primaries. Palin had four primary endorsements in play – Carly Fiorina, Nikki Haley, Terry Branstad and Cecile Bledsoe – and three won or moved on to a runoff. Palin served different roles for each candidate – sometimes spotlighting conservatives not well known to the national scene while at others validating conservative credentials to an unsure grassroots and even stepping in to deflect nasty attacks. Perhaps Palin’s most powerful demonstration came in South Carolina, where her ...
A Slap In the Face for the Ruling Class
Post Date: 2010-06-09 12:30:00 by Badeye
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A Slap In the Face for the Ruling Class By Andrea Tantaros Published June 09, 2010 | FOXNews.com If we learned anything from last night’s primaries, it’s that the current ruling class and everything they stand for was rejected. Our leader in the White House is a man with very little executive experience. In the GOP primary in California voters chose Carly Fiorina and Meg Whitman – two seasoned former CEOs – to take on Democratic icons Barbara “Call me Senator” Boxer and former Governor Jerry Brown. Our leader in the White House is a man who has deep ties into the largest special interest in the nation: the unions. Last night, Senator Blanche Lincoln pulled ...
Lincoln Revels in Runoff Election Upset Against Halter
Post Date: 2010-06-09 10:13:48 by Badeye
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Lincoln Revels in Runoff Election Upset Against Halter Published June 09, 2010 | FOXNews.com Print Email Share Comments (205) Text Size Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., greets supporters as her husband Steve, left, watches as the senator claimed victory in the Democratic primary runoff election in Little Rock, Ark., Tuesday, June 8, 2010. (AP) In a stunning victory Tuesday, Arkansas Sen. Blanche Lincoln proved she was a survivor in an anti-incumbent year by winning a squeaker of a race against Lt. Gov. Bill Halter in a runoff election for her party's nomination. Defying expectations, Lincoln had been on the ropes against Halter, who had the support of big labor unions and liberal ...
Barack Obama = Jimmy Carter?
Post Date: 2010-06-09 10:10:34 by Badeye
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Barack Obama = Jimmy Carter? By Jon Kraushar Published June 08, 2010 | FOXNews.com Print Email Share Comments (23) Text Size It’s rare that President Obama acknowledges a viewpoint other than his own. So it’s worth examining the significance of a statement he made last week in his speech about the economy at Carnegie Mellon University. The president said, “But to be fair, a good deal of the other party's opposition to our agenda has also been rooted in their sincere and fundamental belief about the role of government.” A sincere and fundamental belief about the role of government regarding the economy is exactly what differentiates President Obama from his ...
Tuesday's Elections: Sex, Spending and Slaying the Dragon
Post Date: 2010-06-09 10:09:11 by Badeye
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Tuesday's Elections: Sex, Spending and Slaying the Dragon By Andrea Tantaros Published June 08, 2010 | FOXNews.com Print Email Share Comments (6) Text Size Today, voters in 11 states take to the polls for yet another round of political primaries. The results are likely to reinforce a key theme we’ve seen thus far this election season: big government stands to lose big. Other themes that have defined this round of primary campaigns: sex, spending and slaying the dragon. Here are the ones to watch: Spending In South Carolina, incumbent six-term Representative Bob Inglis could lose his primary because his opponent has effectively linked him to the bailouts of the big banks. ...
Whitman, Fiorina Win GOP Primaries in California
Post Date: 2010-06-09 10:06:35 by Badeye
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Whitman, Fiorina Win GOP Primaries in California Published June 08, 2010 | FOXNews.com LOS ANGELES -- California Republicans picked former eBay chief executive Meg Whitman and former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina on Tuesday to lead their party in its quest this fall to maintain control of the state's highest office to unseat Sen. Barbara Boxer. Fiorina defeated former congressman Tom Campbell and state Assemblyman Chuck DeVore to earn a shot at challenging the vulnerable Boxer in November. Whitman, in seeking the party's nomination for governor, tapped her personal fortune to beat state Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner, advancing to face a Democratic icon, former ...
Tea Party Candidates, Women Roar in Primary Election Night
Post Date: 2010-06-09 10:03:16 by Badeye
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Tea Party Candidates, Women Roar in Primary Election Night Published June 09, 2010 | FOXNews.com Shown here are California GOP Senate nominee Carly Fiorinia, left, and Nevada GOP Senate nominee Sharron Angle. (AP Photos) The primary elections Tuesday amounted to a night of messages -- from the Tea Party, from female candidates and for the Democrats. With hundreds of primaries held across 11 states, a number of candidates made history while others pulled out come-from-behind wins. The elections helped set the stage for a November general election in which incumbents are girding for a series of hard-fought battles. In California, the Republican Party has placed two women at the top of ...
With Tea Party Support , Angle Scores in Nevada GOP Senate Primary
Post Date: 2010-06-09 10:01:47 by Badeye
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With Tea Party Support , Angle Scores in Nevada GOP Senate Primary Published June 09, 2010 | FOXNews.com May 18: Sharron Angle, a Republican Senate candidate endorsed by the Tea Party Express, holds a meet and greet at a home in Pahrump, Nev. The tea party conservative is testing the limits of anti-government sentiment, she's also the Republican on the rise in an unpredictable race to pick an opponent for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a top Democrat in Washington in trouble at home (AP). The Tea Party movement flexed its muscle Tuesday, powering former Nevada state lawmaker Sharron Angle to victory in the state's Republican U.S. Senate primary and launching her into a ...
The June 8 elections: A verdict on incumbents, unions, and Democrats
Post Date: 2010-06-09 09:47:31 by Badeye
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The June 8 elections: A verdict on incumbents, unions, and Democrats By: Michael Barone Senior Political Analyst 06/09/10 3:02 AM EDT Eleven states voted yesterday in primaries and runoffs—the largest number of the year—and one way to look at the results is that no incumbent member of Congress lost his or her bid for reelection. So does this make 2010 less of an anti-incumbent (and anti-Democratic) year? Not really. I am put in mind of the story of the Teamsters Union business agent who was confined to the hospital. A bouquet was sent, with a note reading: “The Executive Board wishes you a speedy recovery, by a vote of nine to six.” Such was the voters’ verdict on ...
EBay's Whitman wins California governor primary
Post Date: 2010-06-09 09:44:20 by Badeye
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EBay's Whitman wins California governor primary SAN FRANCISCO Tue Jun 8, 2010 11:58pm EDTStocks SAN FRANCISCO June 8 (Reuters) - Former eBay Inc (EBAY.O) CEO Meg Whitman, a political novice, has won the Republican nomination for California governor, the Sacramento Bee newspaper, in the state's capital, and television network MSNBC said on Tuesday. Billionaire Whitman spent some $80 million, mostly her own money, to win the primary against millionaire Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner, promising to focus on creating jobs, cutting government spending and "fixing" education. Early election results showed her ahead more than two to one over Poizner. She will face off in ...
White House official: 'Organized labor just flushed $10 million down the toilet'
Post Date: 2010-06-09 09:42:07 by Badeye
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White House official: 'Organized labor just flushed $10 million down the toilet' - Ben Smith: White House official: 'Organized labor just flushed $10 million down the toilet'June 08, 2010 Categories:2010.White House official: 'Organized labor just flushed $10 million down the toilet' A senior White House official just called me with a very pointed message for the administration's sometime allies in organized labor, who invested heavily in beating Blanche Lincoln, Obama's candidate, in Arkansas. "Organized labor just flushed $10 million of their members' money down the toilet on a pointless exercise," the official said. "If even half that ...
More than 1,000 U.S. troops killed in Afghanistan
Post Date: 2010-06-08 19:40:22 by WhiteSands
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Washington (CNN) -- More than 1,000 American troops have now been killed in Afghanistan, according to CNN calculations. The United States passed that grim milestone Tuesday, when an improvised explosive device killed two of its troops in southern Afghanistan, bringing the total to 1,001. The death toll does not include those killed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in other countries. But the large number of casualties is in sharp contrast to the rates from another recent war. The deaths of these service members come 104 months since the start of the war in Afghanistan, compared with the war in Iraq, where more than 1,000 U.S. troops were killed in the first 18 months of fighting. ...
Bernanke Says Unemployment Unlikely to Fall Quickly
Post Date: 2010-06-08 14:51:22 by Badeye
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Bernanke Says Unemployment Unlikely to Fall Quickly (Update2) Share Business ExchangeTwitterFacebook| Email | Print | A A A By Scott Lanman and Joshua Zumbrun June 8 (Bloomberg) -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said the U.S. recovery probably won’t quickly bring down the unemployment rate, which is likely to stay “high for a while.” Given the depth of the recession, the recovery is “moderate paced,” Bernanke said last night in a question-and- answer session with Sam Donaldson, the ABC News journalist, in Washington. In Europe, policy makers “are committed to avoiding default in Greece” and elsewhere, he said. While the Fed will raise interest ...
Obama Official: Netanyahu Waiting for ‘President Palin’
Post Date: 2010-06-08 12:54:42 by Badeye
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Obama Official: Netanyahu Waiting for ‘President Palin’ by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu Follow Israel news on and . The Netanyahu government’s attitude to the United States shows it is “waiting for President [Sarah] Palin, an Obama official reportedly told Peter Beinart, writing for the Atlantic Monthly news site. Palin was the Republican candidate for vice president two years ago and is considered a front-running candidate for the next presidential election in 2012. “As an Obama official once told me about the Netanyahu team, with amazement, ‘these guys are actually waiting for President Palin,’” wrote Beinart, a senior political writer for The Daily Beast ...
Pelosi heckled at liberal activist conference
Post Date: 2010-06-08 12:50:44 by Badeye
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Pelosi heckled at liberal activist conference By Jordan Fabian - 06/08/10 11:05 AM ET House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) was heckled during a speech she gave before a gathering of liberal activists Tuesday in Washington. A short YouTube video recording has emerged of the flap at the "America's Future Now" conference. Protesters unfurled at least three banners, one of which read "Stop Funding Israeli Terror," likely a reference to the Gaza flotilla controversy. At points, Pelosi can be heard raising her voice trying to speak over the protesters' shouts. President Barack Obama has also been interrupted by protesters at campaign events twice this year; each ...
Goodbye, bullet trains and windmills (The U.S. economy is in trouble)
Post Date: 2010-06-08 12:49:13 by Badeye
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Goodbye, bullet trains and windmills Progressive thinking about energy and infrastructure spending needs to get reality-based in a hurry By Michael Lind The U.S. economy is in trouble. Disappointing employment growth figures show that mass unemployment may be with us for some time. The stimulus spending in the U.S. was far too small and depended too much on tax cuts. State budget crises that result primarily from the Wall Street-created global crash, not statehouse mistakes, may yet cripple the economy, as the effect of federal stimulus spending wears off. All of this strengthens the case for more government spending for years to come. After bailing out the states, the best use of federal ...
Constitution of No
Post Date: 2010-06-08 09:56:09 by Badeye
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Constitution of No If President Obama’s motto is “Yes, we can,” the Constitution’s is “No, you can’t.” When a reporter asked House speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) during a press conference last year where the Constitution granted Congress the authority to enact an individual health-insurance mandate, she answered, “Are you serious? Are you serious?” Speaker Pelosi then dismissed the question and moved on to the next reporter. This exchange illustrates the way “yes we can” liberals treat the Constitution: They simply ignore it when it gets in the way of their big-government bailouts and takeovers. Democrats have always been the ...
Barry Butches Up
Post Date: 2010-06-08 09:46:12 by Badeye
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Barry Butches Up Ed Lasky Unable to lead, or even emote, the President of the United States apparently believes that vulgarity will convince the American people he is in command of the disaster in the Gulf. A video 26 second video says it all about the master orator: "I don't sit around just talking to experts because this is a college seminar, we talk to these folks because they potentially have the best answers, so I know whose ass to kick." America was delirious over the inspirational speeches of Barack Obama. After 16 months or so of non-stop speechifying, he has stupefied us and apparently himself. He goes off teleprompter again ("spread the wealth", ...
The ties that bind. Remember Rahm Emanuel's rent-free D.C. apartment? The owner: A BP adviser
Post Date: 2010-06-08 09:44:26 by Badeye
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The ties that bind. Remember Rahm Emanuel's rent-free D.C. apartment? The owner: A BP adviser June 7, 2010 | 3:34 pm In case you were tempted to buy the faux Washington outrage at BP and its gulf oil spill in recent days, here's a story that reveals a little-known corporate political connection and the quiet way the inner political circles intersect, protect and care for one another in the nation's capital. And Chicago. We already knew that BP and its folks were significant contributors to the record $750-million war chest of Barack Obama's 2007-08 campaign. Now, we learn the details of a connection of Rahm Emanuel, the Chicago mayoral wannabe, current Obama chief of ...
Nine Races to Watch on Super (Primary) Tuesday
Post Date: 2010-06-08 09:39:18 by Badeye
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Nine Races to Watch on Super (Primary) Tuesday By Jay Newton-Small and Katy Steinmetz / Washington Monday, Jun. 07, 2010 Correction Appended: June 7, 2010 Voters in 11 states will go to the polls on Tuesday to pick which Republicans and Democrats they'd like to see slug it out in November. We'll find out if Blanche Lincoln will become the third Senate incumbent to lose his or her primary; which Republican will get to challenge Senate majority leader Harry Reid; and if Jim Gibbons of Nevada might be the first sitting governor to lose a primary. This year's Super Tuesday of primaries is filled with intrigue, ranging from sexual indiscretions in South Carolina — and no, ...
Economic rebounds, unicorns and other myths
Post Date: 2010-06-07 16:20:10 by Badeye
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Economic rebounds, unicorns and other myths By Paul R. La Monica, editor at large June 7, 2010: 2:09 PM ET The Buzz is now on Twitter! Follow me @LaMonicaBuzz NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- The latest jobs report spooked investors Friday because it showed that the labor market isn't bouncing back as rapidly as many had hoped it would. Should people really be surprised by that? Repeat after me. There is no V-shaped recovery. There is no V-shaped recovery. There is no V-shaped recovery. 40 diggs diggEmail Print Comment Some say the dollar's strength is the reason for the sharp drop in oil and copper prices. But others worry it's a sign of weak global demand. Before Europe's ...
Tea Partiers Smell Victory in Nevada Republican Senate Race to Challenge Reid
Post Date: 2010-06-07 15:10:40 by Badeye
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Tea Partiers Smell Victory in Nevada Republican Senate Race to Challenge Reid Published June 07, 2010 | FOXNews.com Race to Watch: Senate Republican Primary -- Sue Lowden v. Danny Tarkanian v. Sharron Angle Defeating Harry Reid of Nevada would be the biggest conquest for Republicans seeking to oust another Democratic Senate majority leader as they did to South Dakota's Tom Daschle in 2004. Opponents accuse Reid of neglecting Nevada while battling on behalf of President Obama's agenda, particularly on the issues of health care, the stimulus and immigration. Despite heavy advertising, Reid trails most potential Republican opponents in opinion polls in a state where the economy ...
Democratic Senate Primary Runoff Leads Race Line-Up in Arkansas
Post Date: 2010-06-07 15:09:20 by Badeye
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Democratic Senate Primary Runoff Leads Race Line-Up in Arkansas Published June 07, 2010 | FOXNews.com Print Email Share Comments (1) Text Size Race to Watch: Senate Democratic Primary -- Sen. Blanche Lincoln v. Lt. Gov. Bill Halter Sen. Blanche Lincoln beat Lt. Gov. Bill Halter by 2 points in last month's election and is keeping her chin up in the face of an anti-Washington sentiment. Halter describes Lincoln as a special interest-supporting, Wall Street-funded incumbent who isn't sticking up for the people in her state. The victor will face former Republican Rep. John Boozman, who gave up his seat to run for the Senate job.
Top Dem: Obama like Cheney on Iraq (Rangel!)
Post Date: 2010-06-07 12:22:24 by Badeye
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Top Dem: Obama like Cheney on Iraq By Michael O'Brien - 06/07/10 08:47 AM ET A senior House Democrat likened President Barack Obama to former Vice President Dick Cheney over his handling of the war in Iraq. Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.), the former chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee who's been plagued by ethics investigations, compared the Democratic president to the former Republican vice president in an interview with the New York Daily News. Rangel blasted Obama for having stayed in Iraq to continue the war initiated by the preceding administration, accusing the president of being there for oil — a refrain leveled often by Democrats against Bush during the Iraq ...
Toomey inches past Sestak in Rasmussen poll
Post Date: 2010-06-07 10:17:50 by Badeye
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Toomey inches past Sestak in Rasmussen poll Published: Monday, June 07, 2010 By ALEX ROSE, arose@delcotimes.com A new Rasmussen Reports poll conducted Wednesday shows Republican Senate candidate Pat Toomey pulling ahead of his Democratic opponent, U.S. Rep. Joseph Sestak, D-7, of Edgmont, by seven percentage points. The survey of 500 likely Pennsylvania voters comes on the heels of one published last week by political website Daily Kos that showed Sestak holding a 3 percent lead. Sestak won a contentious primary election May 18 over longtime incumbent U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa., of Philadelphia and appeared to gain a polling bump after the victory. A May 19 Rasmussen poll had ...
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