GOP Says Aloha to 2010 Special Election
Without Obama on the ballot, a strong Republican candidate has a good shot in this district — especially with two Democrats dividing the party in a likely low-turnout special election.
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Without Obama on the ballot, a strong Republican candidate has a good shot in this district — especially with two Democrats dividing the party in a likely low-turnout special election.
But Democrats insist that even without Gordon, they can be competitive in a district that Democratic Gov. Phil Bredesen won with 52 percent in 2002 and 67 percent in 2006.
I mean, their theme song ought to be, Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head.’
I wouldn’t book vacation travel for this weekend.— House Republicans, meanwhile, are sitting back and watching it all with a smile.
This is the time of year when you can’t listen to the radio or go into a shopping mall without hearing Brenda Lee’s “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree,— Jose Feliciano’s “Feliz Navidad— and Paul McCartney
“I hope we’re going to have a good score back from CBO, which will enable our leader to lay down the bill — the manager’s package — I hope by early [this] week,— Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
back America and make sure our conservative values are no longer ignored, whether I do it as a candidate or in another role.
“We may not agree on every issue, but I can say without question that Manan Trivedi will be the type of congressman we so desperately need,— Carney said in a statement.
“We may not agree on every issue, but I can say without question that Manan Trivedi will be the type of congressman we so desperately need,” Carney said in a statement.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), long the most powerful advocate for a public insurance option in a sweeping health care overhaul, on Thursday signaled she could live without one in a final package.
Democratic negotiating group “agreed to as much as we could agree to without having a CBO score.
Before I came to the Senate, I was a small-business man. My wife and I owned three shoe stores.
no further decisions could be made on a potential compromise without that information.
“I think there are just really two contrasting visions— on how to stimulate job creation, Cantor said.
“The millions and millions of people who will be without a homeland are considered a threat to national security.— “Where do we put these people? Who pays for it?
And so, all of the different ideas and things that were on the table — in order to move to something that was more final, we couldn’t get to without CBO scores.— Similarly, Sen.
“There’s nothing that can’t wait for you to pull over,— Brady said.
In their quest to secure a filibuster-proof 60 votes for the overhaul, Democrats said Nelson’s support was appearing unattainable — with or without the inclusion of his abortion provisions — given
“I think the sky’s the limit for Sen. Thune in terms of what he wants to do,— National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman John Cornyn (Texas) said.
“If they want to go down that path, I think they are in some sense saying they don’t think voters are as smart as they really are,— Vitter media consultant John Brabender said.