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Items tagged: republicans

How far will the GOP go for the Latino vote?

(From the Restore Fairness blog) In the 2008 Presidential Election, Republicans won only 31% of the Latino vote, down from 40% of Latino votes they had four years earlier when George Bush took office for the second time. And based on exit polls, it seems apparent that the Hispanic vote played a large part in President Obama’s Electoral College victory and win over John McCain.


Why Sarah Palin just might be the 2012 Republican nominee

A lot has been made about recent polling showing that even Republicans think that she is unqualified to be President. But does this really doom her? Here's a reason to believe she may be able to overcome her skeptics and become the 2012 nominee.


Is Obama's health care summit a brilliant chess move?

Until the Red Sox finally won a World Series in 2004, growing up a Red Sox fan was an exercise in eternal optimism and disappointment. Every year I thought "THIS time it will be different", but just when the Red Sox seemed poised to take it home, they would snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.


How Democrats will lose their message wars

If you haven't yet read The Political Brain by Drew Westen, you should. It's a book, based on well-established psychological principles, on how the Democrats consistently lose the messaging wars with Republicans. In a nutshell, the book argues that Dems constantly frame their arguments in dry, coldly rational policy language while Reps use evocative, emotion-laden terms designed to prime their audience's brains.


Historic Healthcare Reform Bill Passes with Joseph Cao (R)

The Healthcare Reform bill has passed the House of Representatives in Congress with a 5 vote margin: 220-215! One GOP Representative voted in favor of the reform... Joseph Cao (R) of Louisana.


In Defense of Alan Grayson: We Need More Like Him


Gay Marriage Dead in New York State Following Democratic Defections

In November, Democrats in the State Senate finally wrestled control from the Republicans after four decades. New Yorkers like me expressed hope that in the wake of the Prop 8 disaster, marriage equality would at least be established in our state and that we could be a model for other states around the country. Fast forward half a year later and gay marriage is legal in most of New England, while marriage equality in New York and California could not be further away.


The Republican push against Hate Crimes Protection

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While looking into Louie Gohmert for the previous post, I found a video that he proudly posted on YouTube where he claims to have fought hate crimes legislation.


Another South Asian Republican Governor in the South?

It seems the Republican Party has found another high-profile Asian American recruit to go along with Van Tran in CA-47.  South Carolina State Representative Nikki Haley has just announced she'll be running for Governor of the Palmetto State. Not only that, but as the preferred candidate of Republican Governor Mark Sanford, who is being term-limited out, Haley will have a lot of muscle behind her candidacy.


Congress introduces Employee Free Choice Act!

Quick reminder: The Employee Free Choice Act is the reason us Progressives were ready to fight the all-in good fight for this person below.
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The Employee Free Choice Act was introduced in Congress today and members of the Corportocracy Elite are deathly upset.  This includes virtually all conservative members of Congress on both sides of the aisle. Bernard Marcus, former CEO of Home Depot, is so upset about the Employee Free Choice act that in a conference call with other Corportocracy Royalists called this legislation the "demise of civilization!"  Don't believe me?  I even have the audio below.
Bernie Marcus claims the Employee Free Choice Act will be the demise of civilization as we know it