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Senate GOP Happy to Let That 'Party of No' Budget Clock Run Indefinitely
TPM Election Central —
... The Democratic National Committee released a "Party of No" clock today that tallies how much time Republicans have spent criticizing President Obama's budget without offering an alternative of their own. ...
Chris Weigant: Friday Talking Points [69] -- It's All Too Much (For Republicans To Take)
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... And, once again, those jokers over at the Democratic National Committee are having some fun. They've put up a "Party of No" clock, which is supposed to track something or another about Republican obstructionism (Politico has ...
Dem strategy: GOP is the 'party of no'
News —
... Here's a strategy you're likely to see more of from the Democrats: labeling the GOP as the "party of no." The Democratic National Committee launched a website this week that says just that and includes a clock that counts the time from when President Obama delivered the outline for his $3.55 trillion budget. The point, the website says, is that Republicans have yet to offer an alternative proposal. Instead, they have only criticized Obama's plan. This isn't the first time Democrats have ...
Midday Open Thread
Daily Kos —
In case you were wondering why Rush Limbaugh is so anxious for President Obama to fail: A new analysis by the Center for American Progress Action Fund finds that the current Bush tax system saves Rush Limbaugh over $1.5 million every year. Don't miss the Party of No countdown clock - and be sure to scroll over the pictures of Boehner, Cantor and McConnell. How is Interior Secretary Salazar doing so far? Well, his decision to keep gray wolves off the endangered species list has prompted "a ...
Obama: Relief For Small Business Owners
Daily Kos —
... Of course this could create a bit of a dilemma for The Party of No, given that they've spent a lot of time claiming that they just can't support the President because of their deep concern for small business owners. ...
DNC sets sights on Boehner in new ad
News —
... , several Republicans were mentioned. The DNC has also launched a “party of no” website that includes a clock counting the time from when Obama proposed his budget outline to the time Republicans offer an alternative proposal. Republicans blasted the ad as inaccurate. They pointed to paragraphs later in the story that suggested that Boehner was, in fact, planning to offer an alternative budget and said that invalidates the premise of the ad. House Republicans offered an alternative to Mr. Obama’s economic stimulus that they said was less costly and created more jobs, though ...
House GOP Will Introduce Its Own Budget
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... What the content of the proposal will include is not yet known. What is known is this: the DNC might have to finally adjust its "Party of No" clock. Though, to be fair, there don't appear to be plans for the Senate GOP to follow their House counterparts. ...
House GOP Will Introduce Its Own Budget
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
... What the content of the proposal will include is not yet known. What is known is this: the DNC might have to finally adjust its "Party of No" clock. Though, to be fair, there don't appear to be plans for the Senate GOP to follow their House counterparts. ...
Republicans AWOL On Obama’s Expanded Americorps
Nice Deb —
... Once again, the feckless, “Stupid Party” has been intimidated by the possibility that they’ll be called nasty names like “The Party of NO” if they don’t go along with Obama’s insane agenda. Good God, Republicans… We are depending on you to be THE PARTY OF NO during these troubled times. *Just thought!* of a poster slogan for the next for tea party: “Hey Republicans!: Be the party of No! -PLEASE!!!” ...
House GOP Unveils Its Budget Shiny Packet of Goals
TPM Election Central —
... Stung by their stereotyping as the "party of no," House Republicans eagerly promoted the unveiling of their alternative to President Obama's budget today -- but when they finished speaking, reporters had one big question: Where's the actual budget? You know, the numbers that show deficit projections and discretionary spending? ...
Childish GOP Budget Stunt: A Republican Road to Nowhere
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... After hearing quite a bit about the negative aura surrounding the "Party of No" of late, I thought I'd do a little analysis. I lifted all the language from the alternative, titled "The Republican Road to Recovery," to the budget and put it in two categories: anti-Democratic blustering, and actual Republican proposals (however vague they might be). ...
Obama's (First?) Nobel Prize
The Monkey Cage —
... I also find myself wondering if there is going to be some cost to the Republican Party for its by now almost reflexive anti-Obama spin on everything. After all, a big charge Democrats have been making at Republicans is that they have turned into a party of no, and now we’ve seen the right cheer when the US loses the Olympics and boo when the president wins a Nobel Peace Prize. While ...
