thehill.com - 3/9/2009
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After a week of intense media coverage and debate over who leads the Republican Party, two House lawmakers have worked to stand out more as public voices for the GOP. House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.) and House Budget Committee Ranking Member Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), via spates of media ...
democrats.org - 3/13/2009
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democrats.org —
At every step, the Republican Party has chosen
obstruction over progress. As House Republican Whip Eric Cantor
told the Washington Post, the Republican Party's approach to the Obama agenda is just saying no. On February 26, President Obama proposed ...
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The Democratic Party | Party of No
thehill.com - 3/10/2009
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thehill.com —
House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.) seized on
the opportunity to criticize the president Tuesday for over-reaching
in his first 50 days on the job. Following the GOP's weekly conference meeting, the second-ranking House Republican told reporters ...
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Cantor: Obama losing focus on economy
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The Grand Obstructionist Party Has Some Plans Too
DownWithTyranny! —
... of our political class. The Republicans have now transformed themselves, once again, into the Grand Obstructionist Party and their shameless and treacherous leaders will stop at nothing-- no matter how much harm it does to the nation and to their own constituents-- to ...
No More Free Rides For Wisconsin's Worst Republican Obstructionist, Paul Ryan
DownWithTyranny! —
... Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan has quietly amassed a very extreme right voting record-- far more extreme, in fact, than his moderate southeast Wisconsin district's residents... and this year, as Ryan has made a play for national prominence, he has tacked even further right, off the cliff in fact, and into territory inhabited by raving fanatics like Scott Garrett (R-NJ), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Tom Cole (R-OK), Michael Conaway (R-TX), Frank Lucas (R-OK), Jeff Miller (R-FL), Bob Inglis (R-SC). There is a difference though. All those extremists just listed represent extreme right wing ...
FINALLY!!! Someone That Gets It
California Conservative —
... Congratulations to the Hill Magazine for this article. In writing this article, they’re the first national media organization that gets beyond the ’shiny object argument’ of whether Rush Limbaugh leads the Republican Party or if Michael Steele leads it. Here’s the title of their article: ...
Miami U. scoffs at alumnus Paul Ryan as graduation speaker
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... . The paper cited Cintas founder Richard T. Farmer and Smucker Company CEO Richard Smucker as better potential speakers than Ryan, who many in the Republican Party have cited as a future leader of the GO P. "While the congressmen are alumni to Miami…, they do not evoke the caliber of inspiration one would associate with a 200-year celebration of one of the greatest public universities in the country," student Tess Schuster ...
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JTA: “Is Cantor’s Star Dimming Already?”
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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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Cantor’s Office Responds: Video Depicting AFSCME Members As Goons
theplumline.whorunsgov.com 2/11/2009 — 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 ...
Cantor Declines To Reiterate Criticism Of Rush
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com 3/3/2009 — So is House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA) going to criticize Rush Limbaugh, or not?
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Linking up with Cantor
politico.com 3/13/2009 — Tech savvy Republican donors rolled their eyes last month when Rep. Eric Cantor, the House Minority Whip, tried to demonstrate his tech savvy.
Cantor was addressing more than 100 of the Republican National Committee's top donors over dinner at the ...
2010: Blunt vs. Steelman —
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The Los Angeles Times’ Barabak says that despite what appears to be a tough 2010 Senate map for Republicans, they see opportunities in some blue states. “In some states, the president stole his party's strongest U.S. Senate prospects. In Illinois ...
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