google.com - 1/27/2009
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2 hours ago WASHINGTON (AP) President Barack Obama says he's had a "wonderful exchange of ideas" with House Republicans about the stimulus plan he wants Congress to approve. He met with GOP lawmakers on Capitol Hill on Tuesday shortly after House GOP leaders tried to rally opposition to the ...
google.com - 2/1/2009
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google.com —
22 hours ago NEW YORK (AP) Most Republican
governors have broken with their GOP colleagues in Congress...
and are pushing for passage of President Barack Obama's economic aid plan that would send billions to states for education, public works and health ...
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The Associated Press: GOP governors press Congress to ...
washingtonpost.com - 1/23/2009
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washingtonpost.com —
Obama to Reiterate Appeal for Bipartisanship By Paul
Kane Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, January 23, 2009;...
A01 Just days after taking office vowing to end the political era of "petty grievances," President Obama ran into mounting GOP opposition ...
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Stimulus Plan Meets More GOP Resistance
google.com - 1/31/2009
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google.com —
10 hours ago NEW YORK (AP) Most Republican
governors have broken with their GOP colleagues in Congress...
and are pushing for passage of President Barack Obama's economic aid plan that would send billions to states for education, public works and health ...
(more)
The Associated Press: GOP governors press Congress to ...
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The Inevitable Conflict Between Sound Policy and Washington "Bipartisanship"
Open Left - Front Page —
... notes that the Beltway media is breathlessly reporting on Boehner's every declaration, and - for some odd reason - President Obama is spending time meeting with Republican House members, trying to get them to support an economic recovery package.* Again, this is happening despite Boehner and House Republicans having absolutely no actual legislative power to shape the stimulus package. ...
David Sirota: Economic Stimulus Bill: Sound Policy vs. D.C. "Bipartisanship"
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... notes that the Beltway media is breathlessly reporting on Boehner's every declaration, and - for some odd reason - President Obama is spending time meeting with Republican House members, trying to get them to support an economic recovery package.* Again, this is happening despite Boehner and House Republicans having absolutely no actual legislative power to shape the stimulus package. ...
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Out of Ideas, Out of Their Minds, and Out of Touch
balloon-juice.com 2/15/2009 — The SNL opening skit poked fun at the House GOP last night:
From that Frank Rich column we linked in the earlier post today :
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The GOP Needs an Ideas Czar
thenextright.com 11/27/2008 — Matt Moon asks whether we need a Shadow Cabinet a la the Brits? I think it's a splendid idea, but the key differences between the U.S. and British systems make it unlikely without some sort of formal party reform. To make it possible, we need a ...
Splitting the difference between good ideas and bad ideas
dailykos.com 1/29/2009 — Mark Halperin is still a moron . "This is a really bad sign for Barack Obama to try to change Washington.... He needs bipartisan solutions. They went for it and they came up with zero.... [This] does not bode well for a future that is supposed to ...
Michael Barone Has No Ideas
boomantribune.com 2/1/2009 — Muddle-headed Michael Barone has crunched the November exit poll data and come to the conclusion that the Republicans should change their strategy. Instead of pandering to rural and downscale cultural conservatives, they should go after the 'upscale'. ...
Which Comes First - Ideas or the Message?
thenextright.com 11/26/2008 — I've read a lot of discussion on this blog and many other over the "failings" of the party and what we must do to rebuild. The Washington Post today ran a feature story on the Rebuild the Party effort and talked a lot about the effort ...
The Party of No (Ideas)
washingtonmonthly.com 3/27/2009 — THE PARTY OF NO (IDEAS).... About nine years ago, then-Gov. George W. Bush was asked about his budget experience. Bush said he was proud of what he'd put together: "It's clearly a budget. It's got a lot of numbers in...
Boehlert: Obama, the press, and the "bipartisan" trap
mediamatters.org 2/4/2009 — I'm not sure how many thousands of
questions have been asked over the years at White House press briefings, but I
would suggest NBC's Chuck Todd may have recently asked one of the most
inane.
The history-making
moment unfolded in the White ...
The Politics Of Stimulus
andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com 1/29/2009 — The GOP's nuls points for the new president might make him less liable to talk to them in the future. But I hope he doesn't give up on them. Hilzoy is, as usual, shrewd on this . Obama's public and sincere attempt to win many over, his early ...
GOP Governors Press Congress To Pass Stimulus Bill
huffingtonpost.com 2/1/2009 — NEW YORK — Most Republican governors have broken with their GOP colleagues in Congress and are pushing for passage of President Barack Obama's economic aid plan that would send billions to states for education, public works and health care.
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Obama presses Republicans on stimulus plan —
CNN Political Ticker 1/27/2009
Obama is meeting with Republicans on the stimulus package Tuesday.
WASHINGTON (CNN) — In the first real test of bipartisanship for his new administration, President Barack Obama met with Republican representatives on Capitol Hill Tuesday to ...
Obama downplays expectations of GOP support —
CNN Political Ticker 1/27/2009
(CNN) – President Obama seemed to lower expectations Tuesday on how many Republicans he expects to vote for his stimulus package, telling CNN Radio he's not sure even 50 percent of GOP caucus will support the bill when it comes to a vote.
“We're ...
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