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thehill.com - 24 days ago
Steele defends Snowe: 'She works in Maine'
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A day after Tim Pawlenty took a few shots at Olympia Snowe, RNC Chairman Michael Steele came to her defense. Asked on Morning Joe whether there was room for the Maine centrist in the GOP, Steele responded "absolutely." Welcome! Welcome! Because--you know why that's important? Because every ...
Tough future for Snowe as a Republican
publicpolicypolling.blogspot.com - 19 days ago
Tough future for Snowe as a Republican
— publicpolicypolling.blogspot.com — It looks like Olympia Snowe could have a pretty hard time getting nominated for another term in... the Senate as a Republican. There are now more folks in her party who disapprove than approve of Snowe's job performance. 46% of GOP voters think she's ... (more) Tough future for Snowe as a Republican

Comments vote down Taegan Goddard's Political Wire found this 19 days agofound this
Family Research Council PAC: We Would Support A Primary Against Olympia Snowe
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 18 days ago
Family Research Council PAC: We Would Support A Primary Against Olympia Snowe
— tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com — I just spoke to Connie Mackey, president of the Family Research Council Action PAC, and she told... me that if a conservative candidate were to emerge to run against Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) in the 2012 Republican primary, FRC Action will back them.  ... (more) Family Research Council PAC: We Would Support A Primary ...

Comments vote down Talking Points Memo found this 18 days agofound this
Poll: Snowe Could Lose 2012 GOP Primary In Landslide To Conservative Challenger
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 19 days ago
Poll: Snowe Could Lose 2012 GOP Primary In Landslide To Conservative Challenger
— tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com — A new survey of Maine from Public Policy Polling (D) has some dire news for Sen. Olympia... Snowe (R-ME), with the moderate Republican potentially losing her 2012 Republican primary against a generic conservative challenger -- and by a landslide, no ... (more) Poll: Snowe Could Lose 2012 GOP Primary In Landslide To ...

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Think Progress:  After Saying Snowe Is ‘Welcome’ In The GOP, Steele Suggests He’ll ‘Come After’ Her For Supporting Stimulus

Political Animal:  Steele to moderates: 'We'll come after you'

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After Saying Snowe Is ‘Welcome’ In The GOP, Steele Suggests He’ll ‘Come After’ Her For Supporting Stimulus
Think Progress — ... The next day on MSNBC, RNC Chair Michael Steele was asked if there was room for Snowe in the GOP. “Absolutely,” Steele said: ...

Steele to moderates: 'We'll come after you'
Political Animal — STEELE TO MODERATES: 'WE'LL COME AFTER YOU'.... Just yesterday, RNC Chairman Michael Steele was asked whether there's room in the Republican Party for a moderate like Olympia Snowe. "Absolutely," Steele said . "Welcome! Welcome! Because, you know why that's important? Because every footprint of this party is different from region to region, from county to county." Just 24 hours later, Steele has apparently ...

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huffingtonpost.com 10/22/2009 — Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine), the most likely Republican vote for the Democratic health care bill, told reporters Thursday that she would not vote to break a GOP filibuster if the bill put forth by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) contains a ...
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thehill.com 10/25/2009 — Centrist Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) suggested that Congress may not vote on healthcare legislation before lawmakers leave Washington for Christmas. Democratic leaders are pushing to complete healthcare reform legislation before year's end but key ...
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politico.com 24 days ago — November 05, 2009 Snowe: House bill not within American mainstream It's safe to say Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine), the only Republican who appears to be entertaining support for the Democratic health reform bills, is no fan of the House legislation."I ...
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Steele: Election returns show 'transcendent' GOP (AP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 26 days ago
AP - Republican Party Chairman Michael Steele is asserting that GOP victories in governors' races in New Jersey and Virginia demonstrate "a transcendent party" on the move again.
As GOP celebrates victories, ideological battles between moderates and conservatives remain — Wash Post In Congress 25 days ago
A rebounding Republican Party savored victories in two states that President Obama won last year, but as it tries to build momentum toward what GOP Chairman Michael S. Steele called a "Republican renaissance," it faces troubling ideological fissures ...
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GOP: Bigger isn't always better — First Read 24 days ago
From NBC's Domenico Montanaro Minority Whip Eric Cantor has a Web video -- with big, orchestral Americana string music -- touting how much smaller the GOP-proposed House health-reform bill is than the Democrats' almost-2,000-page bill: So is smaller ...
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