http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/congress-gop/ en-us Mon, 4 Jan 2010 20:58:01 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2420819/posts Tracy Republican Richard Pombo said today he will seek the congressional seat of George Radanovich, who announced last week that he would not seek re-election. Pombo said he will make an official announcement Tuesday afternoon on KMJ radio in Fresno. The decision by Pombo is a potential game-changer, political analysts said. State Sen. Jeff Denham of Atwater and former Fresno Mayor Jim Patterson already have announced their intentions to replace Radanovich, but Pombo has Washington experience and the backing of some influential San Joaquin Valley agricultural interests. Pombo served seven terms in the 11th Congressional District before being ousted in... Fresno Bee http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2420819/posts#comment Mon, 4 Jan 2010 20:58:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2420816/posts With the closing of embassies in the Middle East, with the airline security system apparently dependent on ad hoc Dutch militia action, and with the unemployment rate at over 10 percent, today's Delaware County Daily Times devoted a half-page to how Congressman Joe "Arlen's Got The Money Honey But I Got The Times" Sestak intends to introduce a bill to improve food-recall notices for schools. BillLawrenceOnline.Com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2420816/posts#comment Mon, 4 Jan 2010 20:49:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2419477/posts Pennsylvania's congressional delegation will drop by one to 18 according to census estimates. This will be exactly half the number of congressmen the Keystone State sent to Washington in 1930. BillLawrenceOnline.Com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2419477/posts#comment Sat, 2 Jan 2010 14:34:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2419050/posts Picking the worst or most disappointing people of 2009 is the task that should require sincere thought, deep investigation, and fair judgment over myriad objective data. However, naming the Republican Party as the most disappointing ‘person’ in 2009 posed no reflective issues whatsoever and brings the most distaste as a third generation member of the party. Republicans continue to work toward no apparent goal except to disrupt, obstruct and demonize anything the new administration proposes. They embrace and employ Fox News to foment hatred and vitriol for issues that Republicans know are lies. When Sarah Palin lies, she lies as... The Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2419050/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 18:21:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2418202/posts In response to national and local liberals who continually bash former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, I, as a conservative along with millions of conservatives across the country, would like to set the record straight. Palin has more common sense solutions regarding the problems facing our country than the entire administration of President Barack Obama. An example: Palin understands that the health care system needs to be fixed, but also understands as do most people that the Nancy Pelosi-Harry Reid 2,000-pages of smoke and mirrors is not the answer. Common sense says you don't destroy the system to fix it. Palin... The Evansville Courier & Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2418202/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 07:17:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2417952/posts Or come pretty darned close to doing so, at least, argues James Pethokoukis for Reuters. The problem facing Democrats is not just the normal midterm correction, although that’s part of it. It’s not just ObamaCare, although that’s a large part of it, too. There are a number of problems that Democrats simply have not done anything to address, and they’re rapidly running out of time to do so: The trend is not the Democrats’ friend. At least not in 2010. The party of the sitting president almost always suffers losses in midterm congressional elections. To that time-tested dynamic now add... Hot Air http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2417952/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:52:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2417559/posts It is always difficult to distinguish "real leftism" from "fascist or faux leftism". This brings up the question of how do you define the former. Secondly, any definition must yield to history. What has been done in the name of the left to date? It should be judged by results. The left has accomplished many good things such as workers rights. But at the same time it denies rights. In ways, it fights for group rights over individual rights. This points out the clash between the two. Never easy to negotiate. A balance must be found. This clash has been... ISRAPUNDIT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2417559/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:10:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2417151/posts Central Valley Republican Rep. George Radanovich is expected to announce this morning that he will not seek reelection. . . . Randanovich, who lives in Mariposa, was first elected to the 19th Congressional District seat in 1994. SacBee: Capitol Alert http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2417151/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 20:44:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2416376/posts A conservative Minnesota congresswoman who has been an outspoken critic of Democratic health care plans will be the keynote speaker for a Republican dinner in Ohio. The Hamilton County GOP in Cincinnati says Rep. Michele Bachmann will speak at the annual fundraising event Feb. 26 called the Lincoln-Reagan Dinner. The county party praised Bachmann in a statement Monday as leading the fight against big government. She organized a protest rally last month against health care legislation. StarTribune.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2416376/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 17:49:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2415767/posts In another political here-we-go-again, state Sen. Roy Ashburn has reversed course and said he's thinking about challenging Democrat Jim Costa for Congress. Ashburn, R-Bakersfield, said his outlook has changed since October, when he denied rumors he was interested in seeking the 20th District seat again. He said Costa is vulnerable because he voted for a health-care reform bill with a public option, hasn't acted on his district's soaring unemployment rate and has shown no leadership representing "ground zero in the California water crisis." "It's very clear he is in lock-step with (House Speaker) Nancy Pelosi, (Senate Majority Leader) Harry Reid... The Bakersfield Californian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2415767/posts#comment Sun, 27 Dec 2009 16:29:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2415664/posts Much fuss is made at this forum regarding the presumed haziness of the “common Defense and general Welfare” clause and the enumerated powers that follow in Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution. If you are not sure, or think this section is ambiguous, or actually does grant unlimited power to Congress you are in wide company. You are confused at best, but at least you have lots of company. Our 18th Century Framers were precise grammarians. It took months of often heated debate in the stuffy, hot, State House in Philly to thrash out every concept, idea, detail, clause... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2415664/posts#comment Sun, 27 Dec 2009 10:59:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2415407/posts Do you feel better about your prospects for 2010 than you did this time last year for 2009? Yes, I feel a lot better about the upcoming year. 2010 will be great! Yes, 2010 looks to be a bit better than 2009. 2010 will be the same as 2009. No, I feel 2010 will be a bit worse than 2009. No, 2010 will make 2009 seem like a picnic. 2010 will be horrible. No Opinion. The Journal of Business http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2415407/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 19:20:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2415277/posts SUGGESTION FOR A NEW TERM TO HELP IDENTIFY THE TYPE OF REPUBLICAN I THINK WE SHOULD BE ELECTING TO ALL LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL OFFICES - RRROC - Real Republican who Relies On the Constitution! Unlike the whimpy, whiny, always-compromising RINOs, these guys and gals are like ROCKS! Be sure to sound your RRRs, as in GRRRRRRRR! I'm tired of being labeled by WHAT I'M NOT. (Well, at least I'm not a RINO!) I'm proud to be a RRROC! 2010 - 2012 (1) NO VOTES FOR RINOs (2) ALL VOTES FOR RRROCs (3) NO REPUBLICAN PARTY SPLIT All "Libertarians", "Independents"... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2415277/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 14:00:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2414659/posts I don’t see any indication Mr. Steele has got off his ass relative to my December 15th post “Michael Steele – A Simple Task For You” I am constantly reminded by my friends of the failing history of third party attempts to seek power in our government. And any suggestion of mine to throw all the bums out is often met with the typical response “why throw the baby out with the bath water?”. Third Parties lose, they lose, they lose – Trust me I get it. Third Parties siphon votes from the republicans – Trust me I get that... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2414659/posts#comment Thu, 24 Dec 2009 20:44:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2414554/posts T’was the day before Christmas, when all through the House Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. The Senate were huddled in Chambers with care, In hopes that health care soon would be there. The sickly were nestled all snug in their beds, While visions of coverage danced in their heads. And Obama in his kitchen, and I in my bed, Had just sold our future for a long , long, long debt. When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter, I sprang from the bed to see what was the matter. Away to the TV... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2414554/posts#comment Thu, 24 Dec 2009 17:40:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2414249/posts We all sicken at the thought of the trillions of dollars being wasted by the Obama administration under the pretext of economic stimulus (18 million dollar websites, etc.) And we all have to restrain ourselves from throwing our shoes through the television as we watch the openly defiant nefarious dealings by the arrogant corrupt mental midgets in congress rush passage of their ill fated health care plan. But we should take a moment to regress a little. Two months prior to the 2008 election President Bush, under the reprehensible misguided advice of Hank Paulson (Secretary of the Treasury), rushed to... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2414249/posts#comment Thu, 24 Dec 2009 03:52:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2414156/posts I’ve argued before, and I will continue to argue, that there is nothing terribly unique about Sarah Palin as a politician other than the way in which her opponents and the media play right into her hands by treating her as if she is somehow uniquely important and/or devious. Today, Dave Weigel documents another set of examples of this, demonstrating the ways in which the media’s (and, for that matter, Palin’s opponents’) insistence on paying attention to her Facebook and Twitter ramblings, making them into major stories, even if with the intention of disproving those ramblings. The entire post is... The League of Ordinary Gentlemen http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2414156/posts#comment Thu, 24 Dec 2009 00:57:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2413898/posts Allahpundit: Via Weasel Zippers. The money line: “Are you going to keep building your party with Dixiecrats, ex-Democrats, who think the Democratic party is too mainstream?” Savor that last word, as it suggests that a party pushing a signature bill that’s now -20 in net approval in some polls is the one that speaks for the great “mainstream.” The idea of a liberal silent majority goes hand in hand with the idea of the GOP as a radical collective, which is where the confederacy meme comes in here. Nothing new for “Hardball”: Kathleen Parker pushed that smear herself back in... Bully Pulpit http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2413898/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:30:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2413586/posts Time magazine may think U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is 2009’s “Person of the Year,” but Time is wrong: 2009 was dominated by Barack Obama, even though it wasn’t a great year for him. Obama’s human frailties surfaced. Words, not deeds, are his forte. Critics and fans tended to agree that, so far, his presidency is one of great intentions (if not great expectations). He’s good at saying what he’d like to do, but has difficulty doing (or being able to do) very much. Cheerleaders confuse rhetoric with results. Obama is the most accessible president in recent times. He’s... The Frum Forum http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2413586/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 07:27:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2413039/posts Amid the furor over how Sens. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., and Ben Nelson, D-Neb., would vote on the health bill, there was little talk regarding Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter. Since switching from Republican to Democrat in April, Specter has been a reliable vote for his new party’s health plans. His main objections to the final Senate health bill were its lack of a public option and its restrictions on abortion funding. Now maybe he would have voted yes even if he were still a Republican. But party-switchers tend to shift their voting patterns significantly. After all of the left-liberal gnashing of... IBD's Capital Hill http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2413039/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:32:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2412629/posts 14-TERM CONGRESSMAN ENDS SPECULATION OVER RETIREMENT Congressman John Spratt has ended months of speculation over whether he will resign or run to retain his seat next year. On Monday, the 14-term Democrat officially filed for re-election with the Federal Election Commission (FEC). The FEC filing showed Spratt, 67, with nearly $600,000 cash-on-hand. He is currently South Carolina’s longest-serving Congressman. A number of media outlets had been probing Spratt’s intentions of late, which likely pressured him into making a decisive move before he lost the support of his 5th district base. “Washington is sort of like an echo chamber,” Spratt told... The Palmetto Scoop http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2412629/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 00:42:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2412335/posts GOP candidate needed to run against Henry Cuellar in Texas 28. This Dem will get automatically re-elected unless someone files by Jan. 4. This district runs southwest from San Antonio to McAllen. There must be someone who could run! See the Texas GOP website for a list of candidates who have filed. Texas GOP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2412335/posts#comment Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:47:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2412187/posts Rob Mitchell, congressional candidate for PA's 8th District responds to this weekend's Senate deliberations on sweeping health care reform legislation.... Rob Mitchell http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2412187/posts#comment Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:13:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2411925/posts Senior White House adviser David Axelrod on Sunday brushed aside expert predictions that Democrats will suffer steep losses in next year’s midterm congressional elections. “I think we're gonna have a good result next – next November,” Axelrod told David Gregory, host of NBC’s “Meet the Press.” Though Axelrod quickly added “I'm not gonna predict where we are,” he roundly dismissed suggestions that Democrats will pay the price at the ballot box for their efforts to push through health care reform legislation, and suggested that President Obama’s sub-50-percent approval rating in most polls is unrelated to his heavy investment in the... The Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2411925/posts#comment Mon, 21 Dec 2009 00:32:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2411401/posts In a late night posting on her Twitter feed, Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin continued to blast climate change believers Friday, calling the talks in Copenhagen, Denmark a representation of man's "arrogance," for believing people have an impact on nature. "Arrogant&Naive2say man overpwers nature," Palin tweeted. "Earth saw clmate chnge4 ions;will cont 2 c chnges.R duty2responsbly devlop resorces4humankind/not pollute&destroy;but cant alter naturl chng," the former Republican vice presidential nominee wrote. Palin's latest comments come after weeks of tangling over climate change with California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, former vice president Al Gore, and President Obama. In an op-ed in the Washington... CNN Political Ticker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2411401/posts#comment Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:05:19 GMT