GOP Calls Brown Win Repudiation of Democratic Leadership
Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), one of Kennedy’s closest friends in the Senate, argued that Democratic incumbents should see Brown’s success as a harbinger for them this November.
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Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), one of Kennedy’s closest friends in the Senate, argued that Democratic incumbents should see Brown’s success as a harbinger for them this November.
To go months without heads of the General Services Administration and the Transportation Security Administration, to pick two prime examples, is outrageous. So what to do?
The report begins with a harrowing story from Inauguration Day last year, when Bush’s outgoing chief of staff, Josh Bolten, tried to cope with an al-Qaida terrorist threat without either Bush aides
“E-books should be inherently accessible to blind people because they’re just computer files, [but] since various distributors have them tied to one device — like the Kindle — we don’t have access to those
— Some Republicans, however, complain that Lugar’s mild-mannered approach leaves the party without a strong voice on foreign policy issues.
Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) without also mentioning the Rev. Jesse Jackson, former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer (D), former Sen. Trent Lott (R-Miss.) or former Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.)?
The Senate Majority Leader should have known that. And second, Reid offered a perfectly reasonable analysis of part of the reason why Obama was a credible candidate for president.
A newly released book on the 2008 presidential campaign, “Game Change,— says Reid called President Barack Obama “light skinned— and without a “Negro dialect.— When Reid’s comments surfaced in “Game
Less than 24 hours after publicly saying he was unsure whether Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) should resign over his use of racially insensitive language, Sen.
Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) or demand he resign his leadership post over his use of racially insensitive language to describe President Barack Obama in 2008.When asked by reporters whether he thought Reid should
Concerned that labor unions might sit on their hands this November, Congressional Democrats are trying to find a way to assuage the concerns of some of their most dedicated and reliable campaign supporters without
— Democratic leaders still face challenges in the weeks ahead trying to bridge differences within the party on hot-button issues such as abortion, taxes and whether there should be a public insurance
language and declined to endorse Reid’s continued tenure as Majority Leader.In an interview with ABC affiliate WISN, Feingold criticized Reid’s characterization of President Barack Obama as “light-skinned— without
With Dodd gone, Reid is now, without question, the most vulnerable Democratic Senator up for re-election this year. Can he be saved? Should he be?
to distance themselves from the comments while remaining supportive of Lott’s leadership, issuing statements chastising him for making insensitive remarks but arguing that because he had apologized he should
language.Republicans are expected to begin demanding Democratic Senate candidates return campaign contributions from Reid and denounce his comments that President Barack Obama is a “light skinned— black man who speaks without
The conferees also should pick up on a new proposal by the W.K.
Without a formal conference, Democrats in both chambers will also be able to prevent Republicans from offering politically tricky motions to instruct conferees.
— The overall New Year’s resolution that the U.S. should make was described in a speech at West Point on Dec. 9 by General Electric CEO Jeff Immelt as “a new strategy for this economy.
But now the Senate is planning to pass a health care bill without the public health insurance option that most Americans support.