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Booker Rising: News: Centrists Feel The Squeeze From The Right
Think Progress: Rep. Mark Kirk begs for Sarah Palin endorsement, but scoffs at Glenn Beck: ‘He’s an interesting guy.’
The Hollywood Liberal: Bachmann Claims Anti-Health Reform Rally Was ?Organic,? ?Nothing That We Planned?
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Kirk courting Sarah Palin; in Chicago for Oprah Winfrey show: He is indeed soliciting her support -- when she h.. http://bit.ly/2Avv8t 19 days ago |
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Sweet blog Kirk courting Sarah Palin; in Chicago for Oprah Winfrey show http://bit.ly/367evW 19 days ago |
News: Centrists Feel The Squeeze From The Right
Booker Rising —
... took aim at Republicans who they deem are too liberal. "We're with them, were walking this walk with them," Mr. Steele said of the "tea partyers." "I don't need you to identify as a Republican. I need you to identify as a conservative. We are the conservative party." Mr. Steele cited Republican wins in the New Jersey and Virginia gubernatorial races as examples of GOP unity needed to win in 2010. Illinois: Mark Kirk Courting Sarah Palin I see that Rep. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.), a moderate Republican who is running for the U.S. Senate ...
Rep. Mark Kirk begs for Sarah Palin endorsement, but scoffs at Glenn Beck: ‘He’s an interesting guy.’
Think Progress —
... Rep. Mark Kirk (R-IL), who is seeking the Senate in 2010, has been running to the far right to appease his base and win the Republican primary. Kirk has been actively seeking Sarah Palin’s endorsement, hoping she will burnish his right-wing credentials. However, when ThinkProgress interviewed Kirk yesterday, he seemed tepid about accepting an endorsement from popular hate radio talker ...
Bachmann Claims Anti-Health Reform Rally Was ?Organic,? ?Nothing That We Planned?
The Hollywood Liberal —
... Senate in 2010, has been running to the far right to appease his base and win the Republican primary. Kirk has been actively seeking Sarah Palin’s endorsement, hoping she will burnish his right-wing credentials. However, when ThinkProgress interviewed Kirk yesterday, he seemed tepid about accepting an endorsement […] Rep. Mark Kirk (R-IL), who is seeking the Senate in 2010, has been running to the far right to appease his base and win the Republican primary. Kirk has been actively seeking Sarah Palin’s endorsement , hoping she will burnish his right-wing credentials. However, ...
The Rogue Way: How Sarah Palin Became Indispensable and Detroyed the GOP
Commondreams.org Views —
... helped force a popular moderate Republican politician, Dede Scozzafava, from the race. In the end, Palin's ideological purge in upstate New York led to an improbable Democratic victory, the first in that GOP-heavy district in more than 100 years. Though the ideological purge may have backfired, Palin's participation in it magnified her influence in the party. In a telling sign of this, Congressman Mark Kirk, a pro-choice Republican from the posh suburban North Shore of Chicago, running for the Senate in Illinois, issued an anxious call for Palin's support while she ...
Max Blumenthal: How Sarah Palin Made Herself Indispensable While Destroying the Republican Party
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... Though the ideological purge may have backfired, Palin's participation in it magnified her influence in the party. In a telling sign of this, Congressman Mark Kirk, a pro-choice Republican from the posh suburban North Shore of Chicago, running for the Senate in Illinois, issued an anxious call for Palin's support while she campaigned for Hoffman. According to a Kirk campaign memo, the candidate was terrified that Palin would be asked about his candidacy during her scheduled appearance on the Chicago-based Oprah Winfrey Show later this month -- the kick-off for her book ...
Sarah Palin, Fauxpulism, and Right-Wing Identity Politics
Comments from Left Field —
... Though the ideological purge may have backfired, Palin’s participation in it magnified her influence in the party. In a telling sign of this, Congressman Mark Kirk, a pro-choice Republican from the posh suburban North Shore of Chicago, running for the Senate in Illinois, issued an anxious call for Palin’s support while she campaigned for Hoffman. According to a Kirk campaign memo, the candidate was terrified that Palin would be asked about his candidacy during her scheduled appearance on the Chicago-based Oprah Winfrey Show later this month — the kick-off for her ...
