rossdouthat.theatlantic.com - 12/9/2008
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Whether or not the "Future is Cao" (oh, John Boehner ...) - and indeed, whether or not the newest Louisiana Congressman has any chance of winning re-election once the Democrats get their act together and put up someone who didn't get caught with an illicit $90,000 in his freezer - I hope that we ...
politico.com - 12/8/2008
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politico.com —
Is there a lesson to be learned from
the defeat of William Jefferson, an incumbent indicted on
bribery charges and found with $90,000 in cash in a freezer? Sure: Don't get indicted, and don't get caught with $90,000 in cash in your freezer. But ...
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Boehner: 'The future is Cao'
theamericanscene.com - 12/9/2008
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theamericanscene.com —
We all know that Cao will have a
very hard time, i.e., an impossible time, holding William
Jefferson’s seat — Dan Rostenkowski was defeated by Republican Michael Patrick Flanagan , and he was soundly defeated by the squeaky-clean Rod ...
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... suggests. The Republican minority would be better off to include more candidates like Cao, Atlantic colleague Ross Douthat chimes in, pointing out Cao’s Asian-American, Catholic heritage. FROM THE BLOGS: ...
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The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
... its majority by running extraordinary candidates in deep-blue districts that will vote them out in another two years. They need instead to start recruiting decent candidates in marginal districts. It is telling that essentially no one in the party hierarchy was backing Cao and they didn’t even know who he was, which means that the most outstanding Republican House candidate this cycle was the one not actively supported by his party. Reihan and Ross are also worth reading. ...
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Sacred Cao
blogs.tnr.com 12/8/2008 — Looks like GOP leaders aren't seeing what I saw in Republican lawyer Joseph Cao's triumph over corrupt incumbent Bill Jefferson -- namely, that it was essentially a fluke victory facilitated by Jefferson's penchant for keeping bribe money on ice. ...
Joseph Cao for Congress : Home
josephcaoforcongress.com 11/21/2008 — Lots of politicians talk about rolling up their sleeves and getting to work – Joseph Cao actually does it. As a community leader, Joseph Cao is making a difference in New Orleans by promoting recovery and helping to rebuild schools, medical clinics, ...
Boehner: 'The Future Is Cao', By Ryan Grim
cbsnews.com 12/9/2008 — (The Politico) Is there a lesson to be learned from the defeat of William Jefferson, an incumbent indicted on bribery charges and found with $90,000 in cash in a freezer? Sure: Don't get indicted, and don't get caught with $90,000 in cash in your ...
The American Spectator : AmSpecBlog : Cao Can Win
spectator.org 12/5/2008 — Blog Post Cao Can Win By Quin Hillyer on 12.1.08 @ 5:03PM I wouldn't necessarily put as much stock in the poll listed in his column as Times-Picayune columnist James Gill does, but Gill says Republican Joseph Cao has a real shot at beating Dollar ...
Draft Cao for U.S. Senate
the-brickyard.blogspot.com 2/19/2009 — I watched today's stimulus vote very closely - not because the outcome interested me (everybody knew the monstrosity would pass), but to see how which Republicans decided to break ranks. Actually, I was really only watching one vote in particular, ...
Holy Cao: Republican defeats Jefferson
politico.com 12/7/2008 — Blog: Indicted Rep. William Jefferson (D-La.) has lost his New Orleans-based Congressional seat to a little-known Republican attorney, Anh “Joseph
“Here it is, Mr. President.”
republicanleader.house.gov 3/26/2009 — House Republican Leader John Boehner Challenges President Obama's Assertion That GOP Has Not Offered a Better Solution.
Republican leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives today unveiled "The Republican Road to Recovery," a document that ...
Is The GOP’s Future Still ‘Cao’? Or Is It Now Rush Limbaugh?
thinkprogress.org 2/19/2009 — 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 ...
Should Congress Have a Cao?
spectator.org 11/20/2008 —
Sit down and make yourself comfortable, because this is one of
those stories you just won't want to miss. It's the kind of story
for which this poor pen might not do justice. And it's the kind
of story of which the world of politics needs more ...
Down the ballot: Bargaining chip's gone —
First Read 12/9/2008
COLORADO: Tom Tancredo has retired .
ILLINOIS: Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who will pick Obama's replacement, likes Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.
LOUISIANA: A bargaining chip is gone for Rep. William Jefferson. "Jefferson, a Louisiana ...
Rep. King eyes Clinton's Senate seat —
CNN Political Ticker 12/9/2008
WASHINGTON (CNN) – Rep. Peter King, R-New York, said Tuesday he's interested in running for Hillary Clinton's senate seat in 2010.
King's spokesman, Kevin Fogarty, told CNN that the eight term Congressman is "very interested, but he hasn't ...
Vote on Detroit Bailout Nears —
Wash Post In Congress 12/10/2008
The White House and congressional Democrats yesterday reached an "agreement in concept" on a measure that would throw a government lifeline to the faltering Detroit auto industry but require the auto giants, their workers and creditors to quickly ...
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