Tea party fuels GOP midterm enthusiasm, action
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on October 10th, 2010 4:38 am by HL
Tea party fuels GOP midterm enthusiasm, action
President Obama and Vice President Biden will travel to Philadelphia on Sunday for another rally designed to energize Democratic voters. The crowd at their Madison, Wis., rally last month was impressive, and this one may be, too. But any way you cut it, the Republicans still have the advantage in…
Beyond the tea party: What Americans really think of government
Intense coverage of angry voters and sky-high distrust in government is important, but also obscures answers to big, central questions about the American political landscape and fast-approaching midterms. What do Americans really expect from Washington? Has public opinion about of the role of govern
Obama and Boehner debate GOP’s “Pledge to America”
Boehner said Friday that the pledge was “a new way forward that hasn’t been tried in Washington.” Obama says “it’s the same stuff they’ve been peddling for years.”
Democrats criticize GOP over House nominee who dressed as Nazi during battle reenactments
A GOP nominee for the House of Representatives drew sharp criticism from Holocaust survivors Saturday for having participated in a Nazi reenactment group devoted to a Waffen SS division, and Democrats seized on the Ohio businessman’s activities as the latest indication that the Republican Party is…