thinkprogress.org - 2/19/2009
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In 2008, Anh “Joseph” Cao became the only non-Hispanic minority in the GOP. With the party struggling to shed its all-white image, the Republican leadership quickly embraced the first Vietnamese member of Congress. In a memo called “The Time Is Cao,” House Minority Leader John ...
writeslikeshetalks.com - 2/25/2009
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writeslikeshetalks.com —
Another really. First, here's the information from Public
Policy Polling. In addition to the gender gap discussed...
below, the poll indicates that few people think Rush Limbaugh should have much influence: Even if voters are pretty split on whether ...
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Women don’t like Limbaugh so he wants a women’s summit
thinkprogress.org - 2/26/2009
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thinkprogress.org —
In an interview with the website Real Clear
Politics, Gov. Mark Sanford (R-SC) was asked about the...
“view that perhaps Republicans are rooting for President Obama to fail.” This question was a clear reference to Rush Limbaugh, who ...
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Sanford: Rush Limbaugh is an ‘idiot.’
thinkprogress.org - 2/26/2009
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thinkprogress.org —
Yesterday, ThinkProgress noted that in an interview with
the Real Clear Politics , Gov. Mark Sanford (R-SC)...
was asked about the “view that perhaps Republicans are rooting for President Obama to fail. “ Anybody who wants him to fail is an ...
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Limbaugh Responds To Sanford: The ‘Hell We Don’t’ Want ...
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... Earlier this month, New Orleans’s new congressman Joseph Cao (R) stated that he would vote for the economic recovery package. “I believe that more likely than not, I will vote for it because the 2nd Congressional District needs a stimulus package,” he said. Even on the day of the vote, Cao was telling reporters that he was “ ...
The First Consequence of the GOP's Stimulus Stonewall
MoJo Blog Posts: mojo —
... Cao originally promised to vote for the stimulus bill, saying, “I’m voting along what my conscience dictates and the needs of the 2nd Congressional District dictate, even if I were to be the only member of the GOP to vote for the stimulus package.” He was goaded into changing his vote by the Republican leadership. Now his failure of conscience may cost him. ...
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House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH), on how hard it is to be a Republican :
"We have a tougher job than our friends across the aisle. They've been offering Americans a free lunch for the last 80 years, rather successfully."