voices.washingtonpost.com - 10/28/2008
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The Republican National Committee has taken out a $5 million line of credit to help fund last minute efforts to keep Senate Democrats from winning a filibuster-proof 60 seat majority, according to an official with the committee. Of the $5...
politico.com - 10/29/2008
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politico.com —
Two days after next week's election, top conservatives
will gather at the Virginia weekend home of one
of the movement's most prominent members to begin a conversation about their role in the GOP and how best to revive a party that may be out of ...
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Conservatives plan secret post-election strategy session
thenextright.com - 10/29/2008
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thenextright.com —
Keying off Jon Henke , John Hawkins has
sparked an enormously provocative and healthy discussion about punditry
vs. activism in the conservative blogosphere. Here he hits the nub of the problem: Well, I've found that conservatives are willing to ...
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What It Will Take to Build a Rightroots Movement
talkingpointsmemo.com - 10/26/2008
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talkingpointsmemo.com —
Bear with me. The intricacies of GOP dirty
tricks in Pennsylvania take some unraveling. But this is
too rich, and the best part comes at the end. On Thursday the Pennsylvania GOP sent out an email to 75,000 Jewish voters in the state warning that ...
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Feldman Speaks -- But Not About Hoax
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RNC to tap $5 million line of credit for Senate
Jonathan Martin's Blog —
As I reported a few weeks back, the RNC has been mulling going into their credit line to prevent Democrats from winning a filibuster-proof Senate majority.
Today, an RNC official confirms they are doing just that.
"We are taking out a $5 million line of credit for Senate races," says this source.
Chris "The Fix" Cillizza, who first reported that the committee was pulling this trigger, has more insight and analysis:
Of the $5 million, $2 million is being directly transferred to the National Republican Senatorial ...
The Daily Blue America Report-- #5
DownWithTyranny! —
If you want a government crippled by the obstructionism of ideological extremists, you'll be happy to know that with their dying breath the collapsing Republican Party has just borrowed $5 million-- not quite enough for a new plane for the McCains but more than the cost of a couple pair of Cindy's earrings-- to try to save some of the incumbent senators on the verge of being turned out by their constituents. The GOP has given up entirely on the open red seats in Virginia, New Mexico and Colorado but they're still hoping to salvage their ability to block Obama's program by ...
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