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Opinion: As Hurricane Isaac Threatens The GOP Continues To Party
Seven years ago, Hurricane Katrina destroyed a large part of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. The death toll from a weather event – that we knew was coming – was shocking. This was not a sudden...
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Opinion: Ann Romney’s RNC Speech Helps Mitt’s Image
Aspiring First Lady spoke at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida on Tuesday night and did her job quite well. Her job was to promote her husband as the all-around great American and...
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Illinois Dems Stationed Near Republican Convention To Counter Obama-Bashing
TAMPA, Fla. (CBS) – Some Illinois Democrats ventured into enemy territory Thursday in an attempt to counter political bashing of President Obama during the Republican National Convention. CBS 2 Chief...
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Opinion: Clint Eastwood Made My Day
Last night, Clint Eastwood produced the most bizarre and uncomfortable moments in modern convention history. W. Mitt Romney had one hour of primetime television to accept the nomination of the GOP and...
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Opinion: Romney and Ryan Are Real Life Versions Of GOP Caricatures Of Kerry...
In 2004, Republicans painted John Kerry as a rich and out of touch wealthy Massachusetts flip flopper who was weak on national security. Four years prior, the GOP painted Al Gore as a craven...
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Opinion: Economic Confidence Rises Despite Republican Efforts Against It
Republicans have been talking down the economy for almost four years. An economic recovery has not been viewed by Republican politicos as what is best for the American family or for the United States...
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Opinion: Mitt Romney Disdains Half The Country He Wants To Be President Of
Why does Mitt Romney hate the elderly? Caught on tape saying what he really believes to the people that fund his campaign, Mitt Romney trashed, among others, the elderly. Romney said: “There are 47...
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Opinion: Romney’s 47% Don’t Pay Taxes Remark Shows He’s Exactly Who We...
To paraphrase the former Arizona Cardinals head coach Dennis Green: “Mitt Romney is who we thought he was.” The recently released tape of Romney speaking to donors at a closed door fundraiser has...
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Opinion: Romney Denigrates 47% Not Paying Taxes As He Uses Loopholes Trying...
Last May, Mitt Romney talked to a room full of wealthy donors about the leeches on the American system. The video has just surfaced and it has put Mitt Romney further on the defensive. Romney...
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Opinion: Romney’s Friday Tax Document Dump Only Raises More Questions
On Friday, Mitt Romney engaged in what is known in the business as a document dump. On Friday afternoon Romney released another, partial, tax return. This time for 2011. It is the second year that he...
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Opinion: Republicans Are Abandoning Romney’s Sinking Ship
In a bit of political satire in Politico, Paul Ryan is now calling Mitt Romney “The Stench”, as in stench of defeat, and Team Romney refers to Paul Ryan as “Gilligan”. While it may be just humor, it...
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Opinion: If Republicans Can’t Run A Campaign How Can They Run A Government?
Showing the same business savvy that tanked the finance industry, the wealthy mega-donors of Republican SuperPACs are waking up to the fact that they got played by a bunch of political hacks that...
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Opinion: Does Mitt Romney Have An October Surprise For The Debate?
Governor Romney has spent a lot of time in debate prep lately. The campaign, short on specifics to date, is also starting to roll out a few hints about policies that Romney has been silent on. The...
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Opinion: Romney’s Move To The Middle Is Nothing More Than Baseless Rhetoric
The Romney endorsement tour of Barack Obama’s policies continued Monday. The Romney lines of harsh criticism over the president’s handling of the war in Afghanistan, which have persisted throughout...
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Opinion: Romney Campaign Drops Dog Whistle And Moves To Blatant Racism
Tagg Romney, the son of Presidential candidate Mitt Romney, said this week that he wanted to walk down on the debate floor on Tuesday and take a swing at the president. He said it to a rightwing radio...
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Opinion: Dumping Cold Water On Trump’s October Surprise
Just when things were beginning to go so well for GOP presidential challenger Mitt Romney, look who is back to grab the headlines – Donald Trump. While “The Donald” – as he is often called by members...
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Opinion: Obama’s Talk Of A War on Women Contradicted By The Elevation Of...
Much of what was said during the third presidential debate by President Barack Obama on Monday night reminded viewers of his Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton. Whether one agrees or disagrees with...
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Opinion: Why Don’t Republicans Understand Rape?
Once again, a Republican politician has said something extreme about rape. Extreme and extremely stupid. Last night it is was Indiana Republican Senate candidate Richard Mourdock. He told an audience...
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Opinion: President Obama Says Vote For Revenge
Though President Barack Obama has said that he was not influenced by the sermons, preached messages and teachings he received from the Reverend Jeremiah Wright in the South Side of Chicago in the...
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Opinion: Elections Have Consequences
President Obama won an Electoral College landslide on Tuesday. He held on to every swing state that Romney needed to win. Obama defeated Romney in his home states of Massachusetts and Michigan and in...
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Opinion: Chris Christie Is In The Wrong Business
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is obviously in the wrong business. He is becoming more of a television celebrity by the minute and getting much better reviews as a television performer than a...
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Opinion: ‘I’m Not A Scientist, Man’ And The GOP’s War On Reason
“I’m not a scientist, man.” That was Senator and 2016 GOP Presidential super-hopeful Marco Rubio in an interview with GQ as Rubio flies out of the gate to start campaigning for Republican hearts and...
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Radogno Keeps Senate Leadership Spot In Springfield
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — State Sen. Christine Radogno is keeping her spot as the Illinois Senate’s GOP leader for at least two more years. Republicans voted to keep Radogno in that position during a...
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Opinion: Amazing ‘Stupid Things’
The former House Republican Leader Dick Armey, a longtime foot soldier in radical right wing politics, had some harsh criticism for Republicans in 2012. Armey served as the head of the Republican...
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Opinion: GOP Too Extreme
A majority of Americans think the GOP is too extreme. According to new polling by CNN, 53 percent of Americans think that the Republican party’s policies and views as too extreme. Nearly a quarter of...
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GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Tries To Explain Flip-Flop On Minimum Wage Hike
CHICAGO (AP) — The issue of a minimum wage hike tripped up Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Rauner on Thursday, as he declared his previous support for cutting Illinois’ minimum wage a...
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GOP Governor Candidates Share Views On Gambling
PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — The state’s Republican gubernatorial candidates weighed in Thursday on whether gambling should be expanded in Illinois. The four contenders spoke at an evening forum in Peoria....
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Republican Gubernatorial Candidates Make Final Push For Nomination
(CBS) – Republicans hoping to be the candidate to unseat Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn made their final push Monday to be the GOP nominee, on the eve of the primary election. All of them, that is, except...
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New Yorker Cover: Obama Gives GOP Their Medicine
(Credit: New Yorker Magazine) By John Dodge CHICAGO (CBS) — Declaring a victory for his health care reform plan, the New Yorker’s latest cover shows President Obama spoon-feeding GOP leaders their...
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Rauner Slams GOP Ally Christie’s Home State, Says N.J. ‘Going Down The Drain’
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The Republican governor of Illinois has some harsh words for Republican New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who campaigned hard for his election last year. Bruce Rauner says New Jersey...
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Trump Dismisses GOP Calls To Quit Race: ‘Never’
NEW YORK (AP) — A defiant Donald Trump insisted Saturday he would “never” abandon his White House bid, facing an intensifying backlash from Republican leaders across the nation who called on him to...
View ArticleRep. Peter Roskam Shares Moments Of GOP Train Crash In Virgina
CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) — West suburban U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam was among the Republican lawmakers aboard the chartered train that hit a garbage truck Wednesday in Virginia. Roskam said at first all he...
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Missouri’s Top Republicans Join Calls For Greitens To Step Down
(CNN) — Missouri’s top Republican legislators are calling for GOP Gov. Eric Greitens to step down from office following an accusation that he obtained a charity donor list without permission, the...
View ArticleNevada Pimp Dennis Hof Wins GOP Primary, Ousts Incumbent
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Pimp Dennis Hof, the owner of half a dozen legal brothels in Nevada and star of the HBO adult reality series “Cathouse,” won a Republican primary for the state Legislature on Tuesday,...
View ArticleRepublicans Pick Charlotte To Host 2020 Convention
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Move over, Las Vegas. The Republican Party will host its 2020 presidential nominating convention in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Republican National Committee finalized its...
View ArticleIllinois GOP Lawmaker To Resign Amid Sex-Misconduct Claims
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois House Republican Leader Jim Durkin says a GOP state lawmaker will resign amid allegations that he posted nude photos of an ex-girlfriend on social media. Durkin issued...
View ArticleJohn Kasich To Skip GOP Fundraiser Headlined By Trump
(CBS) — Ohio Gov. John Kasich is skipping a Republican Party fundraiser Friday where President Donald Trump is the headliner. Kasich’s decision comes as no surprise. The two are locked in a fierce and...
View ArticleGOP Florida Gov. Nominee Criticized For ‘Monkey’ Remark
(CBS) — Ron DeSantis, the Republican nominee for governor of Florida, told Fox News on Wednesday that voters should not “monkey this up” by electing Democratic nominee Andrew Gillum, who would be the...
View ArticleGOP Lawmaker Wants Members Of Congress To Be Drug Tested
(CBS) — Rep. Clay Higgins, R-Louisiana, introduced a resolution Thursday to make senators and representatives subject to random drug tests once every term. Higgins joked that he’d seen things in...
View ArticleWithout Rauner Money, GOP Faces Tough Legislative Races
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Republicans who gained ground in the Illinois General Assembly two years ago with Gov. Bruce Rauner’s financial help face a tougher go of it this year. Rauner and his top...
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