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Cantor: Obama losing focus on economy
House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.) seized on the opportunity to criticize the president Tuesday for over-reaching in his first 50 days on the job. Following the GOP's weekly conference meeting, the second-ranking House Republican told reporters that President Obama should be focusing on ...
Dems' Cantor plan: Call him 'Dr. No'
politico.com — Forget Rush Limbaugh. Democrats have found Eric Cantor to be a more important villain in the party. (more) Dems' Cantor plan: Call him 'Dr. No'
Limbaugh Attacks Stephanopoulos, Says ABC Falsely Reported That Eric Cantor Disagreed With ...
theplumline.whorunsgov.com — Okay, the Limbaugh wars have just taken yet another weird new turn — Rush is claiming that a high profile GOP leader who appeared to disagree with his professed hope that President Obama will fail didn’t actually disagree with him at ... (more) Limbaugh Attacks Stephanopoulos, Says ABC Falsely ...
Rush may not lead GOP, but Cantor and Ryan may
thehill.com — After a week of intense media coverage and debate over who leads the Republican Party, two House lawmakers have worked to stand out more as public voices for the GOP. House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.) and House Budget Committee Ranking Member ... (more) Rush may not lead GOP, but Cantor and Ryan may
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Further confirmation: Eric Cantor is an idiot
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth — ... Eric Cantor, who is the second ranking GOP member in the House, thinks he found it: Obama is doing too much. Seriously, that's the best he can do. Cantor obviously has no idea how stupid he looks with this argument. And, it's scary that Cantor doesn't know the role energy and health care play in the economy. But, we shouldn't expect too much from Cantor, who did help Bush get us into the crisis: ...

Taking Their Cues From The New York Times, GOPers Go All Financial Crisis, All the Time
TPM Election Central — ... manner? Not really. But Brooks appears to have underestimated his own influence. Senior Republicans came out in force today to contend that the financial crisis was getting short shrift from the White House, expanding on the "Obama is distracted" meme that Matt has blogged about this week to accuse the president of not tackling the economy as intensely as he should. House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA) relayed the new message loud and clear, as The Hill reports: Following the GOP's weekly conference meeting, the ...

Pre-emptive response on education
Political Animal — PRE-EMPTIVE RESPONSE ON EDUCATION.... The more the president's detractors push the White House to scale back its agenda, the more Obama ...

Eric Cantor Tells Obama to Focus On Economy Instead of Cap & Trade Schemes
Gateway Pundit — ... worst performance ever for a new president under Barack Obama. As the economy continues to sink under the Democrat's radical tax and spend policies President Obama is instead focusing on nationalizing healthcare, creating an expensive cap and trade energy policy, and holding peace talks with the Taliban. Today House Minority Whip told Obama to deal with the economy and quit wasting his time and energy on his socialist agenda. The Hill reported: House Minority Whip Eric Cantor ...

McConnell Bumbles When Asked For GOP Alternative To Obama’s Budget: We’re ‘Getting Down In The Weeds’
Think Progress — ... . Last week, Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) said that Obama “should be focusing on the ‘economic crisis,’ as opposed to holding four-hour meetings on health care.” Today on ABC’s This Week, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) kept up the drumbeat, saying, “It taxes too much, it spends too much, it borrows too much.” ...

While Rome Burns...The REAL Congressional Business
Crooks and Liars — The GOP media machine openly questioned whether it was appropriate for President Barack Obama to travel to Los Angeles this week, when his "business" should be on the economy, the implication being that Obama was not capable of multi-tasking. It's an easy mistake, given the ...

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