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Adam Blickstein: On Guantanamo, The GOP Attacks Hard Working Americans
huffingtonpost.com - 5/7/2009
Adam Blickstein: On Guantanamo, The GOP Attacks Hard Working Americans
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In an act of desperation, the GOP has settled on attacking President Obama and the Democrats for closing Guantanamo because none of their other political tactics have worked. It's clear that they want to be the party of national security, but both polls and electoral reality (2006 and 2008, not ...
theplumline.whorunsgov.com - 5/7/2009
Presenting … The GOP’s New “Keep Terrorists Out Of America Act”!
— theplumline.whorunsgov.com — A House GOP staffer sends over a summary of the "Keep Terrorists Out Of America Act," which... the GOP leadership plans to unveil today at a press conference, in keeping with the stepped-up national security attacks on Obama I noted here yesterday . (more) Presenting … The GOP’s New “Keep Terrorists Out Of ...

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theplumline.whorunsgov.com - 5/5/2009
GOP Pollster: Our National Security Attacks On Obama Make Us Look “Irrelevant”
— theplumline.whorunsgov.com — A high-profile, well-respected GOP pollster is strongly criticizing the new effort by the GOP Congressional leadership to... revive the party's national security attacks on Obama, saying it risks making the party look "out of touch and irrelevant." (more) GOP Pollster: Our National Security Attacks On Obama ...

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Shop Talk: Help Wanted
rollcall.com - 5/7/2009
Shop Talk: Help Wanted
— rollcall.com — The Republican National Committee is still searching to fill some of its top staff spots, according to... sources familiar with the process. (more) Shop Talk: Help Wanted

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Remainders: Speeding
Ben Smith's Blog — ... Jeffrey Rosen defends his Sotomayor piece. Elizabeth Edwards does Oprah. 'Homocons' battle one another. Rahm and Ax send a message to the Israelis. Conant doesn't think Obama cut much, relatively. Dobson is disappointed in his lack of public prayer. Eric Cantor responds, mildly, to Huck. Goldfarb likes the name, and politics, of the Keep Terrorists Out of America Act. Adam Blickstein offers a creative defense of closing Gitmo: It reflects patriotic trust in prison ...

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