That’s the only way to describe Eric Cantor, who is on tape saying that Democrats are “overreacting” to the economic crisis, while praising Rush Limbaugh. Here’s a transcript and Gregg has the audio: “As far as Rush, Rush has got ideas. He’s got following. He believes in the conservative principles that many of us believe […]
The GOP leadership is trying to get Dick Cheney to go back into his hiding hole: Congressional Republicans are telling Dick Cheney to go back to his undisclosed location and leave them alone to rebuild the Republican Party without his input. Displeased with the former vice-president’s recent media appearances, Republican lawmakers say he’s hurting GOP […]
That’s not the words of some pundit or blogger, that is the word from past and present GOP leadership: Shellshocked House Republicans got warnings from leaders past and present Tuesday: Your party’s message isn’t good enough to prevent disaster in November, and neither is the NRCC’s money. The double shot of bad news had one […]
Easy. They want money! With the House Democrats’ refusal to grant retroactive immunity to phone companies – stalling the rewrite of the warrantless wiretapping program – GOP leadership aides are grumbling that their party isn’t getting more political money from the telecommunications industry. Yes we will change the laws to give you protection from the […]
The wingnut attacks on Graeme Frost are getting ridiculous. It turns out that Malkin isn’t the only one harassing the family now, according to ABC: According to Senate Democratic aides, some bloggers have made repeated phone calls to the home of 12-year-old Graeme Frost, demanding information about his family’s private life. On Monday, a spokesman […]
I think if Craig decides to stay in Senate that would be good for the Democrats. I don’t think the actual actions of what he did are so bad, but his hypocrisy on gay issues makes it very bad for him. It will also provide a great tool out on the campaign trail, as him […]
Today’s Washington Post tells us that NOW 7 GOP Senators want to debate the Warner/Levin amendment, making this one of the biggest WTF moments in recent history: Senate Republicans who earlier this week helped block deliberations on a resolution opposing President Bush’s new troop deployments in Iraq changed course yesterday and vowed to use every […]
SFGATE: House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi warned that a Republican victory Tuesday would prolong the U.S. involvement in Iraq another 10 years, as she embarked on a final push in a campaign that could make her speaker. In an interview from her Capitol office, Pelosi characterized Tuesday’s vote as a referendum on the war, shrugged […]
Tomorrow’s Washington Post gives us the insight to the meltdown happening within the GOP over Foley: Republican insiders said Reynolds spoke out because he was angry that Hastert appeared willing to let him take the blame for the party leadership’s silence. A House GOP leadership aide, who spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear […]
Yesterday I posted about E.J. Dionne’s piece called “the End of Conservatism?” Steve posted at Crooks and Liars an entry that falls along the same lines. Now we learn of even more Republicans leaving their party because they feel their is no room for moderates. OKLAHOMA CITY — Republican state Sen. Nancy Riley, complaining there […]