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Stephen Goldstein: Tea party leading Republicans to history's dust pile in a hurry
Can the Republican Party become the Party of Yes, or will it wind up on the ash heap of history with the Tea Party of No? Think back to 2010. The tea pot seemed to be boiling. In Wisconsin, Ron Johnson stunningly defeated long-time Sen. Russ Feingold....Tags: Barack Obama, Jim DeMint, Parties and Movements, Nikki Haley, U.S. Congress
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Penny Pritzker to face key senators for Commerce bid
With Chicago billionaire Penny Pritzker set to be grilled by senators Thursday at her Commerce secretary confirmation hearing, Bill Daley feels her pain. Daley, a son and brother of Chicago mayors, faced his own confirmation hearing in 1997 before he...
Tags: Barack Obama, Republican Party, Career and Workplace, Parties and Movements, White House
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Florida Republicans pick new executive director
Central Florida Political PulseThe Republican Party of Florida has hired former Republican National Committee Field Director of Juston Johnson to be the state's new GOP executive director. Johnson was RNC national field director for the 2012 cycle. Under his leadership, the National...Tags: Republican Party, Politics, Rick Scott, Elections
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One to watch from Michigan
WASHINGTON -- America's most interesting development since November is the Republican Party becoming more interesting. Consider the congressman from Grand Rapids, Mich., who occupies the seat once held by Gerald Ford, embodiment of vanilla Republicanism....
Tags: Barack Obama, Christianity, Violence Against Women Act, Republican Party, Patrick J. Toomey
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RPOF announces major staff shakeups
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE — The Republican Party of Florida announced some major staff departures and arrivals Friday, the biggest being that Executive Director Mike Grissom is leaving to take a job as political affairs director with the Florida Chamber of... -
Twelve steaks and an arugula salad: Obama takes the GOP to dinner
President Barack Obama had a dinner date last week with a dozen of his worst enemies, thus proving that the governmental stalemate in Washington, D.C., is driving him to unusual acts of political creativity -- or desperation. The president personally...
Tags: Barack Obama, Richard Burr, Dan Coats, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Republican Party
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Jeb Bush will be on five Sunday morning programs
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelFormer Gov. Jeb Bush will be everywhere Sunday morning. He is on five programs: “Meet the Press,” “State of the Union,” “Fox News Sunday,” “Face the Nation” and “This Week.” The Florida... -
Efforts to avoid gov't shutdown move to Senate
WASHINGTON (AP) — Efforts to stave off a late March government shutdown shifted to the Senate after House Republicans swiftly passed legislation to keep federal agencies running, while also easing some of the effects of $85 billion in budget cuts....
Tags: Barack Obama, Richard Burr, Bob Corker, Justice System, Tom Coburn
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Hoping to break the stalemate, Obama takes GOP senators to dinner
President Obama had a dinner date Wednesday night with a dozen of his worst enemies, thus proving that the governmental stalemate in Washington, D.C., is driving him to unusual acts of political creativity -- or desperation. The president personally...
Tags: Richard Burr, Barack Obama, Dan Coats, Republican Party, Patrick J. Toomey
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At new phase in budget fight, Obama reaches out to GOP lawmakers
WASHINGTON -- President Obama appears to be trying to thaw chilly relations with lawmakers as he pushed through the latest budget battle while moving on to other parts of his second-term agenda. Obama will head to Capitol Hill next week to visit...
Tags: Barack Obama, Dan Coats, Republican Party, Personal Weapon Control, Patrick J. Toomey
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Saturday's TV Highlights: Mitt and Ann Romney on Fox News Sunday
Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of March 3 - 9, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies -------------------- SERIES "The Graham Norton Show" Richard Gere, John...
Tags: Current TV (tv network), Charles Lane, Taylor Swift, Kelly Ayotte, IFC (tv network)
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Club for Growth loves Marco; Bill, Debbie, not so much
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelUpdated 1:05 p.m. 2/26/13 to reflect that Posey did not get an award. The staunchly-conservative Club for Growth, a big funder of political campaigns through its affiliated PAC and Super PAC, is out with its 2012 Congressional scoreboard, throwing special...
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