Monthly Archives: October 2010

Priva-tea-zation

From coloradoan.com: During a television interview months ago, Republican Ken Buck discussed the need for public-private partnerships while talking about how the federal government is inefficient. Now, less than a month before the election, U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet’s campaign is … Continue reading

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Kans-asses

From THE TOPEKA CAPITAL-JOURNAL: The Kansas Democratic Party injected the Kansas gubernatorial campaign Monday with questions about the relationship between Republican nominee Sam Brownback and a provocative evangelist who dreamed the Kansas senator would be elected president. Kenny Johnston, executive … Continue reading

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Listing to the Right

From POLITICAL HOTSHEET at CBS NEWS: During a Sunday appearance on Fox News, Republican strategist Karl Rove fired back at recent accusations that he has “funded” conservative groups responsible for pouring money into nationwide conservative causes, and disputed the validity … Continue reading

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Take Them Out! To the ballgame, I mean.

From Mitchell Bard at THE HUFFINGTON POST: Noted football coach Bill Parcells once said, “You are what your record says you are.” Parcells’ quote jumped into my mind when I was thinking about the slate of Tea Party-influenced Republicans running … Continue reading

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Behind the Curtain

From D.C. WATER COOLER: This year should be a blowout for Republicans. 2010 is a year when voter dissatisfaction is extreme, high unemployment lingers, and Republican turnout is expected to be strong. Yet one group of Republican candidates is performing … Continue reading

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Heil-arious

From JOSHUA GREEN at the Atlantic: An election year already notable for its menagerie of extreme and unusual candidates can add another one: Rich Iott, the Republican nominee for Congress from Ohio’s 9th District, and a Tea Party favorite, who … Continue reading

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Tunnelvision

From The Trentonian: TRENTON — Hamilton native and Port Authority of New York and New Jersey bigwig Bill Baroni, whose bistate agency pledged to pump $3 billion into an ambitious train tunnel project, refused to comment Thursday after Gov. Chris … Continue reading

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An Hour Later, She Wanted More Classified Information

From The Plum Line at The Washington Post: There was a hilarious moment on MSNBC just now that underscores just how uncomfortable Christine O’Donnell has made life for GOP leaders: Former RNC chair Ed Gillespie refused to disavow O’Donnell’s claim … Continue reading

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