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The New Gingrich
Pat Dollard | Young Americans —
NY Times:
WASHINGTON — The last time Congressional Republicans were this out of power, they turned to a college professor from Georgia, Newt Gingrich, to lead the opposition, first against President Bill Clinton in a budget battle in 1993, and then back into the majority the following year.
As Republicans confronted President Obama in another budget battle last week, their leadership included another new face: Representative Eric Cantor of Virginia, who as the party’s chief vote wrangler is as responsible as anyone for the tough line the ...
Hidden Stimulus Provision Yanks Lawmaker Pay
ScrappleFace —
... “Congress and the executive branch have been living like fat cats while the organization they run has been losing money, being constantly bailed out by U.S. taxpayers,” said Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA), who scribbled the requirement into the margin of the bill Friday just before approval by Democrats in the House and Senate. ...
Larwyn's Link Kerplosion: A drooling blob of toxic pustules
Doug Ross @ Journal —
... -50 : WU Obamaland: where dreams go to die : JWF Restraints on sympathy : Margo's Maid A night in Chicago : Politico The bailout mascot : Ms. Underestimated Pariah Specter : Penn Live Bridges TV aims to combat negative images : News (AU) Headless body, gutless press : Steyn Blago: the gift that keeps on giving : Clark County Politics Unreal: Democrats include $1.6 billion for unspecified 'science' : Gateway In Gingrich Mold, a New Voice for Solid Resistance in GOP : Gray Lady A canine hero : ...
The Sunday Word: Sifting Through the Stimulus
The Caucus —
... Democrats should learn from their uphill fight to push the stimulus bill through: “Everyone from the White House to the leadership offices agrees on at least one take-away from the week: The stimulus regained its forward momentum only when Barack Obama used his superlative communications skills and sky-high approval rating to sell it.” Among the Republicans leading the drive to sink the stimulus legislation was House Minority Whip Eric Cantor, of Virginia. The Times’s Adam Nagourney profiles Mr. Cantor today , who is a student of former House Speaker New ...
Republicans Wake Up, Find Themselves in Bed with Idiots
Firedoglake —
... into reporting how clever Eric Cantor was pretending he's Newt Gingrich in 1993, NRO now realizes that "No, nothing" is not a credible economic recovery policy in 2009. ...
House GOP Takes Risk on Stimulus
News —
... . But, besides turning Cantor into an overnight superstar , several observers are wondering whether the House GOP is missing the desire expressed by many in the country for action on the economy now and if the political maneuver could ultimately come back to haunt them in 2010. President Barack Obama’s senior advisor David Axelrod summed up that perspective Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “There's a different conversation in this town often than what's going on in the country,” he said. “Out in the country people were saying, ‘I'm losing my job. I'm worried ...
Public Warms Up To Congress
Daily Kos —
... Hello, Media? Remember all those warm and fuzzy stories about how Eric Cantor is the new face of the GOP? Obstructionism is good, right? Well, ...
Sunday's Breakfast Menu, March 1
The Caucus —
... while Adm. Michael G. Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, appears on both CNN’s “State of the Union” and “Fox News Sunday.” He is joined by Senator Jon Kyl of Arizona and Representative Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, both Republicans, on Fox, and by Representative Neil Abercrombie, Democrat of Hawaii, on CNN. Rahm Emanuel, White House chief of staff, is on CBS’s “Face the Nation.” ABC’s “This Week” features Peter R. Orszag, the White House budget director, and Representative Eric Cantor of Virginia, the No. 3 House Republican.
