theplumline.whorunsgov.com - 2/11/2009
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President Obama 's allies on the left, AFSCME and the labor-backed Americans United for Change, are ramping up with a massive advertising blitz containing the most direct and hard-hitting attack yet on specific GOP leaders, demanding that they get behind the recovery package and stop saying ...
theplumline.whorunsgov.com - 2/11/2009
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theplumline.whorunsgov.com —
This isn't going to make the big unions
very happy. GOP House leader Eric Cantor 's office...
has come up with an intriguing response to the AFSCME ad bllitz targeting GOP leaders: Sending over a video that portrays AFSCME union members as 1970s-era ...
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Cantor’s Office Responds: Video Depicting AFSCME Members ...
the-reaction.blogspot.com - 2/5/2009
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the-reaction.blogspot.com —
By Michael J.W. Stickings McClatchy : The nation's
current recession is likely to be the longest since...
World War II, and by some measures could be the worst since the Great Depression, a new Congressional Budget Office forecast said Tuesday. ...
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Great Depression II; or, why do the Republicans hate ...
huffingtonpost.com - 2/11/2009
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huffingtonpost.com —
As first reported by The Plum Line ,
Virginia Republican Eric Cantor is in hot water after...
responding to critics with a profane web video. The union coalition AFSCME (American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees), along with ...
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GOP Rep. Cantor Attacked For Profanity-Laced Web Video
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Amanda Carpenter: White House Coordinates with 3rd Party Attack Group
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog —
Greg Sargent over at the Plum Line has an interesting scoop this morning about Big Labor's campaign to pressure Republicans to support the stimulus bill. Americans United for Change, a pro-labor coalition group, has been targeting Republicans with attack ads in national and regional markets. Sargent says: "White House aides were told in advance what the concept of the ads would be, though they were briefed while the ad was in production, according to a Democrat familiar with the discussions." The Hatch Act strictly prohibits federal employees from engaging in partisan ...
Progressive Breakfast: Thinking Big
LiberalOasis : The Blog —
... Paul Krugman and many others. Live streaming available at ThinkingBigConference.org. ABC's The Note reports: "Wednesday's 800-person gathering, which is taking place at the Capital Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C., is intended to make the case that 'jobs-based growth' and a 'broadly shared prosperity' will require far more than a short-term stimulus."
New Pro-Econ Recovery Ads: No Is Not an Option
The Plum Line reports:
President Obama's allies on the left, AFSCME and the ...
Obama White House coordinating 527 attacks on GOP?
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... Remember when the Democrats had their panties in a wad over the presence of Karl Rove in the Bush White House? They objected to the politicization of the executive branch and the apparent and alleged political coordination between Rove and outside groups. Now that Barack Obama has cleaned out the White House, though, things like that will never, ever happen again. Right? Right? Well … President Obama’s allies on the left, AFSCME and the labor-backed Americans United for Change, are ramping up with a massive advertising blitz containing the most direct and hard-hitting ...
White House Coordinating 527 Attacks On Republicans
Say Anything —
Behold hope, change and the new spirit of bipartisanship.
President Obama’s allies on the left, AFSCME and the labor-backed Americans United for Change, are ramping up with a massive advertising blitz containing the most direct and hard-hitting attack yet on specific GOP leaders, demanding that they get behind the recovery package and stop saying “No.”
White House aides were told in advance what the concept of the ads would be, though they were briefed while the ad was in production, according to a Democrat ...
War’s On
Jules Crittenden —
... And it’s ugly. I dunno, did anyone ever really buy that “bi-partisanship,” “new politics” thing? Sargent at The Plumline : Obama’s labor allies target GOP No-ists with ad blitz re stimulus. White House in the loop on ad campaign that reportedly goes beyond what Obama and the White House have been willing to say. Beyond “I won,” “Stop taking your marching orders from Rush Limbaugh,” and “It’s all Bush’s fault” … I’m not so sure about that. Quick fact check: ad says 80 percent of Americans support jobs creation legislation “like” Obama’s. Nuance you could drive a truck full of ...
No More Mister Nice Blog —
... But, as Greg points out, Eric Cantor's spokesman, Brad Dayspring, sent out this video at a moment when Cantor is being targeted by AFSCME for his opposition to the stimulus bill. So we know he ...
Republicans Hold the Line
Weekly Standard Blog —
... with the White House, to target GOP leaders. As one Republican aide said in an email this afternoon, "the Dems threw in everything they had from the bully pulpit to the 527s." Still, not one Republican defected. ...
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njdc.org 3/26/2009 — From JTA:
Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.) rose from rookie congressman in 2001 to House Minority Whip and GOP rising star just eight years later. But The Hill reports that the only Jewish Republican in the House has sustained some hits from his party colleagues over the last few days:
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GOP Rep: We Can't Be "The Party Of No"
huffingtonpost.com 1/29/2009 — In an editorial in Politico , House Minority Whip Eric Cantor says that Republicans can't simply be the "no" party .
At a moment when the country needs our help, it would be a great mistake for the House GOP to turn inward and simply become the ...
First 100 days: Bearish on Geithner —
First Read 2/11/2009
The Wall Street Journal : “Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner promised forceful action to get credit flowing again in the economy, but the lack of detail in his much-anticipated speech helped drive stocks down nearly 5%, the worst selloff since ...
Congress: Working late into the night —
First Read 2/11/2009
The New York Times on yesterday’s negotiations on the stimulus. "The officials worked late into the night, with Mr. Reid shuttling between meetings with senators in his office and House leaders in Ms. Pelosi’s suite. Centrist senators who were ...
Stimulus deal could come Wednesday —
CNN Political Ticker 2/11/2009
House and Senate negotiators are working to hammer out differences in a roughly $800 billion stimulus package.
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Democrats are optimistic about getting a House-Senate stimulus deal by Wednesday afternoon, a Democratic ...
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