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Texas Rep. Sessions Draws Primary Challenger
Texas Rep. Pete Sessions, the chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, has drawn a challenger in the 2010 Republican primary in the state's Dallas-area 32nd District. David Smith, a corporate financial analyst, said that he is readying a campaign...
The GOP Establishment Must Be Purged as the GOP Loses in NY-23
redstate.com — The race for NY-23 has taken a startling, exciting twist. Regardless of what happens on Tuesday, we... know for certain the Republican candidate will not, after getting $900,000.00 in support from the Washington GOP Establishment, will not win. ... (more) The GOP Establishment Must Be Purged as the GOP Loses in ...
What do they talk about in all those Afghanistan strategy sessions?
slate.com — Eight months and eight national-security meetings after announcing a new strategy for the war in Afghanistan and... sending the first wave of additional troops, President Barack Obama stands on the verge of deciding whether that strategy was right and ... (more) What do they talk about in all those Afghanistan ...
Reid Warns of Saturday Sessions in December
rollcall.com — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has put Senators on notice that the chamber may be in... session for several Saturdays in December. (more) Reid Warns of Saturday Sessions in December
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Pete Sessions Is Going to Get Primaried Eye on 2010 - Texas Rep. Sessions Draws Primary Challenger
RedState — ... I am not really advocating we throw Pete Sessions out of Congress, just the NRCC. Nonetheless, I think it is hiliarous that he is going to get primaried by a corporate financial analyst. The disgraceful conduct of the Sessions’ led NRCC up in NY-23 has a lot to do with it. But Sessions’ TARP vote is the primary motivator. ...

SSP Daily Digest: 11/6
Swing State Project — ... : Pete Sessions Deathwatch, Vol. 3? One more article piles on the "loser" meme regarding Sessions' series of NY-23 screwups -- and it comes from his hometown paper in Dallas. Meanwhile at home, Sessions is now facing a primary challenge from the right, from financial analyst David Smith. Smith is upset about the Scozzafava thing, but mostly focusing on Sessions' TARP vote. Still, a primary challenge from the right against one of the House's most conservative members? Seems like that'd be like going after Tammy Baldwin from the left. ...

Tea Party Activist Challenging NRCC Chairman Pete Sessions In GOP Primary
TPM Election Central — ... Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX), the chairman of the NRCC, may have another problem on his hands in addition to the House GOP's recent woes in the NY-23 race: A primary challenge from a conservative activist back home. ...

Between Demographics, Teabaggers, Corruption And Blue Dogs Is Pete Sessions Dead Meat?
DownWithTyranny! — ... And then this morning one of the top GOP Establishment hacks, Dallas area Republican Pete Sessions, head of the NRCC, drew a teabagger primary challenge himself! Without serious gerrymandering TX-32 will be a Democratic district in a few years. The demographics are unworkable for the GOP, especially for a hate-fuled shrinking GOP. In 2000, Gore only drew 36% of the vote. Kerry did a bit better 4 years later (40%) and last year Obama had brought the Democratic total to 46% against McCain's 53%--Obama's best performance in any Texas district held by a Republican. The clock is ...

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GOP Could Face More Challenges From Right, After NY-23TPM Election Central
In the wake of the NY-23 right-wing revolt, could the GOP be on the verge of seeing even more challenges from the activist right? Some recent developments suggest that the natives are getting restless. • NRCC chairman Pete Sessions is being challenged in the Republican primary by David Smith ...