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  • Gallup: Only 3% of Americans Rank Immigration Reform as Top Priority (Boehner still determined!)

    01/16/2014 12:40:33 PM PST · by cotton1706 · 21 replies
    breitbart.com ^ | 1/16/14 | Matthew Boyle
    New polling data from Gallup shows that an overwhelming majority of Americans do not think handling immigration reform is even close to a top priority for 2014. Immigration places well behind other issues like healthcare, jobs, the economy, dissatisfaction with Washington politicians, the debt and deficit, lack of money, ethics and moral issues, poverty, the gap between the rich and the poor, education, foreign aid and others. In fact, only three percent of Americans think the issue is a priority that must be dealt with this year. “Americans start the new year with a variety of national concerns on their...
  • GOP Myths About Conservative Candidates

    01/13/2014 4:39:38 PM PST · by lqcincinnatus · 25 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 13 Jan 2014, 9:35 AM PDT | Mike Flynn
    The pundit class and the GOP establishment currently are engaged in massive "concern trolling" over the possibility that Republican voters will elect conservatives in party primaries. Karl Rove, the US Chamber of Commerce and other special interests have vowed to spend whatever it takes to prevent citizens from nominating the "wrong" candidates. Setting aside the conceit that these interests know better than voters who should represent them, are these concerns even valid? The establishment's argument is based on three things: 1) Rep. Todd Akin (MO), 2) Sharron Angle (NV), and 3) Christine O'Donnell (DE). Granted, these campaigns were train wrecks,...
  • Lou Dobbs Drinks the Insider Kool-Aid [GOP should abandon social issues]

    01/13/2014 3:57:32 PM PST · by Moseley · 30 replies
    American Thinker ^ | January 13, 2014 | Jonathon Moseley
    Lou Dobbs, business anchor, offers a lot of truly excellent and a little really atrocious advice to the Republican Party in his new book Upheaval, released on January 7, which he discussed in his January 6 broadcast "Steps to creating a winning election strategy for the Republican Party." Dobbs' new book is a must-read; overall, the GOP should elect Lou Dobbs as its next party chairman. Though you may need to skip a few chapters. The problem is that Dobbs insists that the Republican Party must abandon social issues. He argues passionately that the Republican Party must not give up...
  • Karl Rove: Christie’s handling of this Bridgegate thing could give him “street cred” with tea party

    01/13/2014 11:24:55 AM PST · by SeekAndFind · 75 replies
    Hotair ^ | 01/13/2014 | AllahPundit
    “Mr. Rove has grown so controversial among some conservatives,” the NYT wrote recently, citing GOP sources, “that candidates worry that donors will not contribute to a super PAC if it is connected to [Rove's group American] Crossroads.” You trust a guy in that position, whose personal brand is now sufficiently toxic among righties that it can alter fundraising battle plans, to have a sharp read into the thinking of tea partiers, don’t you?On the other hand, he’s not totally wrong. I noticed over the weekend how conservative media, including columnists, are starting to pay attention to the amount of coverage...
  • Why the GOP cavalry is not coming to Chris Christie’s rescue

    01/13/2014 10:59:58 AM PST · by jimbo123 · 48 replies
    Washington Post ^ | 1/13/14 | Sean Sullivan
    Chris Christie is one of the GOP's brightest stars and one of its best hopes for 2016. But during his toughest hour, he simply hasn't been able to count on a chorus of national GOP support rallying full-bore to his side. -snip- Christie's rise in GOP circles is in no small part due to an invisible but immensely powerful donor and power broker class that loves him. This wing of the party tried to woo him to run for president in 2012, even after Mitt Romney was in the race. And they are expected to be there for him in...
  • Rudy Giuliani among few Republicans supporting Christie during Bridgegate scandal

    01/10/2014 7:50:55 AM PST · by jimbo123 · 21 replies
    NY Daily News ^ | 1/10/14 | LESLIE LARSON
    Christie, 51, leads the Republican Governors Association and South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley was one of the few members to stand in support with Christie, expressing her support after his press conference. Rudy Giuliani came out to support Christie on Friday and RNC Chair Reince Priebus praised Christie for his transparency.
  • Gov. Chris Christie’s load of bull: Fired aide Bridget Kelly merely a patsy

    01/10/2014 4:44:32 AM PST · by jimbo123 · 73 replies
    NY Daily News ^ | 1/10/14 | NY Daily News Editorial Board
    Gov. Chris Christie’s load of bull: Fired aide Bridget Kelly merely a patsy in attempt to shelter Port Authority cronies, himself What did the governor know about the George Washington Bridge lane closures, and when did he know it? Ex-Port Authority executive David Wildstein pleaded the Fifth Wednesday, so we wait until an independent investigation can reveal the whole story. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s one-hour-and-forty-seven-minute self-serving, self-pitying display of contrition on Thursday was a climactic act in a brazen cover-up that threatens to further unravel his political career. Ever so thoroughly the governor scoured the thesaurus for words of...
  • Christie bridge scandal: Woman died after traffic delayed medics (Christie's Mary Jo Kopechne...)

    01/09/2014 9:30:26 AM PST · by jimbo123 · 62 replies
    LA Times ^ | 1/8/14 | Matt Pearce
    A political retaliation scandal that erupted around Republican New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Wednesday may be about to get worse. In September, according to a report from the Bergen Record, paramedics trying to reach an unconscious 91-year-old woman in Fort Lee, N.J., got stuck in a traffic jam that had apparently been created by Christie's associates as political punishment for the borough's mayor, a Democrat. Multiple lanes were forced to merge into one, gridlocking traffic for days. The woman later died at a hospital of cardiac arrest, according to a Sept. 10 letter that EMS coordinator Paul Favia sent...
  • Report: U.S. Attorney to probe bridge scandal (Christie Scandal)

    01/09/2014 8:16:15 AM PST · by jimbo123 · 55 replies
    Allentown Morning Call, Reuters ^ | 1/9/13 | Ellen Wulfhorst
    The U.S. Attorney in New Jersey will probe the scandal surrounding the lane closures on the George Washington Bridge, a scandal that has engulfed Gov. Chris Christie, the New York Times is reporting. Christie, a possible Republican White House candidate, is holding a news conference at his office in the state capital of Trenton this morning. The controversy erupted with the public release of incriminating emails showing that a top Christie aide played a key role in closing some lanes to the bridge, in a ploy to punish the Democratic mayor of Fort Lee, New Jersey, who didn't endorse Christie...
  • Christie’s Waterloo

    01/08/2014 5:54:15 PM PST · by jimbo123 · 140 replies
    NY Daily News ^ | 1/8/13 | NY Daily News Editorial Board
    In the best possible light, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie built a top staff of lying thugs who threatened lives and safety to serve his political ends. If not, Christie is a lying thug himself. Emails and text messages among his close aides made public Wednesday documented that in September they gleefully engineered George Washington Bridge lane closures to punish the Democratic mayor of Fort Lee for failing to endorse their boss’ reelection. Local officials say the gridlock they caused delayed ambulances in responding to four calls, including one involving an unconscious 91-year-old woman who later died.
  • Fort Lee woman died as GWB closures delayed medical help, report says (Chris Christie scandal)

    01/08/2014 5:00:47 PM PST · by jimbo123 · 72 replies
    Star Ledger ^ | 1/8/14 | Brent Johnson
    The controversial lane closures at the George Washington Bridge last September delayed emergency responders from attending to at least four medical situations in Fort Lee — including helping a 91-year-old woman who lay unconscious and later died, according to a report by The Record. Democrats have long accused Republican Gov. Chris Christie of ordering the lane closures as political retribution for Fort Lee's Democratic mayor refusing to endorse his re-election bid last year. Today, newly unveiled e-mails show that one of Christie's top aides knew about the closures in advance. The governor himself has denied being involved and today issued...
  • GOP Establishment's War on Tea Party Comes to Texas

    01/07/2014 7:08:34 AM PST · by SoConPubbie · 93 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 6 Jan 2014 | Tony Lee
    The Republican establishment's war against the Tea Party has come to Texas. According to a report in the Dallas Morning News, "Some of Texas’ biggest business trade groups are moving to counter tea party and anti-government forces that have dominated recent Republican primaries." The Texas Future Business Alliance, described as a "mix of 10 major business groups, including the chemical industry, bankers, builders and contractors," is reportedly "sending out mailers and providing other support on behalf of GOP candidates" who favor more government spending and want to take on the Tea Party. . .Michael Quinn Sullivan, who is the president of...
  • YouTube:The Most Awkward Moments In Political History (You Know Them All Well)

    01/06/2014 4:22:41 AM PST · by lbryce · 6 replies
    YouTube ^ | August 7, 2013 | CNN Buzz Feed
    They may have felt really awkward after seeing how they ended up making total fools of themselves but the cringing by viewers is much more difficult to endure. 1. Algore getting his lips locked when Tipper tried on her crazy glue/lipstick combination for the first time that afternoon. 2.Biden's "This is a Big F**king Deal" to Yobama 3.President Bush Sneaking up Behind The German Chancellorgripping her shoulders for what seemed like an hour 4. Quayle and His World Class Spelling Skills 5.Special Advisory Must Be Administered Before You Can View This Particular Moment When a Man Gets Transformed from Respected...
  • Texas Business Groups Ally to Counter Tea Party Influence in GOP Primaries

    01/05/2014 5:55:30 PM PST · by JeepersFreepers · 55 replies
    The Dallas Morning News ^ | January 4, 2014 | Christy Hoppe
    Some of Texas’ biggest business trade groups are moving to counter tea party and anti-government forces that have dominated recent Republican primaries. The movement mirrors the schism happening nationally between hard right and establishment Republicans. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce recently pledged $50 million to back pro-business Republicans in U.S. Senate primaries and fight tea party insurgents. Michael Quinn Sullivan, president of the fiscal-hawk group Empower Texans said the Texas Future Business Alliance is nothing but a group of big-money interests wanting taxpayer dollars to flow into their pockets. “This is what we’ve come to expect coming out of the...
  • Will 2014 Be the Year of Amnesty? Ominous signals that capitulation is on the horizon.

    01/03/2014 7:22:47 AM PST · by SeekAndFind · 31 replies
    Frontpage Mag ^ | 01/03/2013 | Arnold Ahlert
    House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) seems determined to undo the political advantage the GOP has gained from the disastrous implementation of ObamaCare. According to the New York Times, Boehner “has signaled he may embrace a series of limited changes to the nation’s immigration laws in the coming months,” bringing up a series of bills to advance that agenda. Apparently Boehner is holding firm to the belief that the need for some kind of “reform” outweighs the risks of alienating his core constituency. According to the Boehner’s aides, the Speaker is considering a “step by step” process, though they did not...
  • Karl Rove and the GOP Socialists

    01/02/2014 7:40:18 AM PST · by Shery · 20 replies
    American Spectator ^ | January 2, 2014 | Jeffrey Lord
    <p>It’s war.</p> <p>Meanwhile, major donors and advocacy groups, such as the Chamber of Commerce and American Crossroads, are preparing an aggressive effort to groom and support more centrist Republican candidates for Congress in 2014’s midterm elections.</p> <p>Translation?</p> <p>Karl Rove (i.e., architect of the American Crossroads SuperPAC), the Chamber of Commerce, and the Washington GOP Establishment have declared war on the Reaganite conservative base of the Republican Party.</p>
  • New immigration laws split America in two

    12/30/2013 5:30:31 PM PST · by moonshinner_09 · 21 replies
    MSNBC ^ | Benjy Sarlin
    It may come next week or maybe six months from now, but House Republicans will decisively determine whether to kill immigration reform or make a real attempt at passing it. No one would be surprised if Speaker John Boehner chose the former option. But the longer Boehner takes to decide, the more ground he cedes to states dominated by single party politics and eager to craft immigration laws in the face of a crippled Congress. Congressional inaction has left millions of families increasingly living in two parallel universes. Republican-run states turn cops into border patrol agents and cut undocumented immigrants...
  • Tea Party in Establishment Crosshairs

    12/30/2013 4:35:48 PM PST · by rightwingerpatriot · 27 replies
    RightWingPatriot.com ^ | December 30, 2013 | RightWingPatriot
    It looks like 2014 is going to be a big year for backstabbing and infighting. Well, I guess I really shouldn't say infighting as that implies that everyone is one the same side. On one side we have groups like the Tea Party, who are focused on vastly reducing the size of the federal government and curtailing the grasping tentacles of bureaucracy and regulation. Opposing them are the "other wing" of the Republican Party, namely the establishment GOP. This group courts the Tea Party types come election time and beg for donations to send them to Washington, but their true...
  • GOP Crafts New Rules To Shorten 2016 Primary Season

    12/30/2013 8:44:43 AM PST · by Theoria · 59 replies
    NPR ^ | 30 Dec 2013 | S.V. Date
    A year after losing the popular vote for the fifth time in the last six presidential elections, the Republican Party has crafted a series of rules tweaks designed to regain control of — and dramatically shorten — its presidential nominating process. The subcommittee charged with looking for fixes has approved five proposed changes for review by the Republican National Committee's rules committee at its January meeting. The full RNC would then need to pass the changes by a three-quarters supermajority. "I think this strikes a good balance," said John Ryder, the RNC's general counsel. February 2016 would be set aside...
  • If the Chamber of Commerce’s $50 million fails Boehner will use his Nuclear Option and pass amnesty

    12/30/2013 9:05:11 AM PST · by Oldpuppymax · 30 replies
    Coach is Right ^ | 12/30/13 | Kevin "Coach" Collins
    We’ve heard a lot about Harry Reid’s “Nuclear Option” to kill any power Senate Republicans might have thought they had. Now we face the threat of John Boehner using the House version of the “Nuclear Option” which he will likely sneak into law during a marathon Friday night/Saturday morning session as a last ditch weapon to keep the TEA party from gaining power and saving America from people like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce (USCoC). The (USCoC) is determined to help Barack Obama and his Democrats destroy America. It has pledged to spend and spend some more to defeat TEA...