http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/congress-gop/ en-us Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:08:42 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2047908/posts Reid Wilson of Real Clear Politics had a column yesterday, "Dems finding success in the center" about how democrats have been having success winning House seats by recruiting "conservative" democrat candidates, and they were following the model again in 2008. While it is true that the democrat party has had success in executing this tactic, this success is due more to their ability to fool the public about these candidates than anything else. Wilson mentioned a few members such as John Barrow of Georgia and Heath Shuler of North Carolina (perhaps better known in the South for his college football... Not Wright for America http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2047908/posts#comment Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:08:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2047751/posts Plenty of evidence has existed before, but now the conclusion is inescapable: the Democrats cannot understand the most basic law of economics, the law of supply and demand. Faced with spiraling fuel costs and a demand to act, the Democrat-controlled Congress cannot or will not act. Nancy Pelosi claims the idea to drill in protected coastal areas is a “hoax” and is “echoing the demands of big oil.” Ms. Pelosi, whose husband’s company has received millions of dollars worth of government contracts directly as a result of her efforts, states a plan to release the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to consumers,... Right Side News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2047751/posts#comment Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:57:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2046961/posts This is a Gospel video, with a balloon message and is created with scenic pictures of autumn and the song is, “ Higher “, sung by: Evangelist Ezekiel Cash. Also the best for American GOP, just ahead and will fly higher than she has ever been. YouTube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2046961/posts#comment Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:32:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2044882/posts The way I see it, there are three albatrosses we should be hanging around the necks of the Democrats: 1) sky high oil prices (anti-drilling, global warming nonsense); 2) the mortgage meltdown: Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Countrywide (Jim Johnson, Jamie Gorelick, Chris Dodd); and 3) Iraq defeatism: (Harry Reid: "this war is lost," etc., etc.) My question is: where are the attack ads showing Reid, Gorelick, Dodd, Anthony Mozillo, Chuck Schumer and the rest of the traitors? I can write them if need be, for God's sake, we should win Congress this Fall. Does anyone know what's going on in... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2044882/posts#comment Sun, 13 Jul 2008 19:56:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2042639/posts Presidents are term limited, so they can only do so much damage to the country. What I am very concerned about is our crummy Congress, which gets worse every year, and needs to be term limited. But Congress has a LOCK on never letting us get term limits on them. So I suggest the only way to do it, is to NEVER REELECT any incumbent! In the meantime, we can try to use the presidential race to give us a boost. Such as the following: McCain is a maverick. He likes to make waves. And he specializes in townhall meetings.... tenurecorrupts.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2042639/posts#comment Tue, 8 Jul 2008 23:15:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2038929/posts There is a chasm between the GOP Party and the American people that has been created by a break-down of communication as to where the Party stands on issues relative to the good of America and the American people. 110congress.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2038929/posts#comment Tue, 1 Jul 2008 01:52:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2037592/posts Brooklyn Conservatives have wasted no time, picking retired banker and former Marine Corps captain Paul Atanasio, 59, as their candidate for Congress. "He is my congressional candidate," said Brooklyn Conservative chairman Jerry Kassar. "I'm going forward with that." Atanasio, an attorney, will replace the late Frank Powers as the Brooklyn Conservative pick in the race. A formal party candidate has yet to be chosen because Brooklyn Conservatives and those on Staten Island disagree over the choice. Brooklyn wanted Powers, who was the GOP designee, while Island Conservatives prefer City Councilman Michael McMahon (D-North Shore). If the two sides can't come... The Staten Island Advance http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2037592/posts#comment Sat, 28 Jun 2008 02:35:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2037575/posts An Oregon City woman who dated congressional candidate Mike Erickson seven years ago said she asked him directly whether he wanted to have a baby. He shook his head no, she said, and paid for her abortion. In interviews with The Oregonian, the woman said she met Erickson in September 2000, and she had the abortion in January 2001. They saw each other afterward, she said, even going on a trip to Mexico in March, before the relationship ended. She spoke on the condition that only her first name, Tawnya, be used. Her story is backed up by medical and... The Portland Oregonean http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2037575/posts#comment Sat, 28 Jun 2008 02:05:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2037069/posts Following the death of their candidate for Congress, Republican leaders on Staten Island and in Brooklyn are turning their attention in earnest — once again — to finding potential candidates to run for the seat. And they say they will probably reach a decision by the weekend. Party leaders on Staten Island said they were looking seriously at a number of potential candidates. The most prominent is Matthew Mirones, a former assemblyman who operates a prosthetics company. They had also considered Lisa Giovinazzo, a lawyer and part-time anchor at the cable channel NY1 News. But on Wednesday, Ms. Giovinazzo said... The New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2037069/posts#comment Fri, 27 Jun 2008 01:31:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2036185/posts I'm thinking of a word. Ah, yes. A#%hole. That's the one. Massachussetts (go figure) State Representative James Fagan took to the floor of the state house to oppose Jessica's Law, a bill sweeping through state legislatures across the nation that creates mandatory sentences for criminals who rape a child. Mr. Fagan, a defense attorney and hardcore liberal, opposes the bill on the grounds that...well, I guess he just hates children and loves child rapists, I dunno. It defies good sense, logic and simple moral decency. In the video below, Fagan explains what he would do to a child rape victim... Right Up Front http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2036185/posts#comment Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:36:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2034813/posts Click photo to enlargeJason Chaffetz (Leah Hogsten/The Salt Lake Tribune)«12»An anonymous Web site attacking 3rd District challenger Jason Chaffetz, accusing him of malicious lies and campaign law violations, was run by a staffer on Rep. Chris Cannon's campaign payroll. Cannon's campaign says they had no idea that the young man they hired to put up lawn signs was also running the Web site. "There is absolutely no connection between that Web site and the fact that he was paid by us," said Cannon spokesman Joe Hunter. The site, thetruthaboutjason.com, was taken down this week after inquiries from The Salt Lake... The Salt Lake Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2034813/posts#comment Sun, 22 Jun 2008 20:09:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2029583/posts Three potential candidates, including a new entrant, into this fall’s 6th Congressional District race sounded a sense of urgency Saturday for Republican recapture of the seat that fell to Democratic hands last month. Republicans lost the Baton Rouge-area district to Democrat Don Cazayoux, of New Roads, in a special election to fill the remainder of U.S. Rep. Richard Baker’s term. The seat, which had been in the GOP column since 1975, will be up for grabs again this fall. Businesswoman Laurinda Calongne and former state Rep. Woody Jenkins — candidates in the race Cazayoux won — told the Republican State... The Baton Rouge Advocate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2029583/posts#comment Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:12:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2029484/posts SurveyUSA’s exclusive polling for Louisville’s WHAS-TV shows incumbent Democrat John Yarmuth 17 points atop Republican Anne Northup in the US House race in Kentucky’s 3rd Congressional District. Northup held the seat for five terms, beginning in 1996; Yarmuth won the seat by a 3-point margin in November of 2006. Today, it’s Yarmuth 57%, Northup 40%. Northup runs 8 points weaker today than she did in 2006, when she lost to Yarmuth 51% to 48%. Yarmuth runs 6 points stronger than he did in 2006. In between 2006 and today, Northup run for Governor of Kentucky and lost in the GOP... Survey USA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2029484/posts#comment Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:17:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2029441/posts In an attempt to further demonize the Republican party for its logic and practicality, Democrats are livid over the Republicans rejecting their bill to initiate a higher gas tax. The gas tax that dems are so in love with would cut into the profits of the 5 major oil producers in the US: Shell, Chevron, Exxon, BP America, and ConocoPhilips Oil Co. Sen. Charles Schumer (D- N.Y.) griped that: "We are hurting as a country. We're hurting individually as Americans ... and the other side says, 'Do nothing. Don't even debate the issue..." The truth of the matter is Republicans... Right Up Front http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2029441/posts#comment Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:07:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2028993/posts In a sad attempt to get the party to rally behind Rick Noriega, the Texas Democratic Party made him the keynote speaker at their Convention this past week. Noriega who is "challenging" incumbent John Cornyn in November put on his best "please elect me, sympathy tie" and went before the flock of Texas Demos to rally support. Noriega must appear so desperate because he currently is 10 points behind Senator Cornyn in the polls and significantly behind Cornyn in fundraising...I'd be sad too (mas triste). This is sad attempt on behalf of the Texas Democratic Party...couldn't they have picked someone... Right Up Front http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2028993/posts#comment Tue, 10 Jun 2008 19:29:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2028241/posts One Bright Spot for Black Republicans in 08 Ralph Nader with money? A celebrity with money who thinks like Nader? A Clinton walkout at the Denver convention? None of the above, actually. Instead, it is Dr. Deborah Travis Honeycutt who declares herself the Democratic Party's worst nightmare. She says so in a letter I found in my post office box this morning. How does she back up this claim? Because "I am a black Republican woman and I am running for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. " Yes, I was skeptical, too, for I didn't recall Democrats... Think Institute http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2028241/posts#comment Mon, 9 Jun 2008 11:53:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2026152/posts Huntsville insurance executive Wayne Parker and Huntsville attorney Cheryl Baswell Guthrie will be in a runoff for the Republican nomination for the 5th Congressional District seat. Parker nearly won without a runoff but didn't quite reach 50 percent of the GOP primary vote Tuesday. The runoff is July 15. State Sen. Parker Griffith of Huntsville won the Democratic Party primary Tuesday. The winner of the 2nd District race will replace veteran Democratic U.S. Rep. Bud Cramer, who has represented the district since 1991. Parker has previously run twice against Cramer. WZTV Channel 17 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2026152/posts#comment Wed, 4 Jun 2008 23:58:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2025586/posts It is not physically possible to show that ANY Global Warming law will have ANY effect on the climate. We will lose millions of jobs to India and China, where they don't buy this liberal hoax. Pure and simple, this is a tax to try to stop the sun from heating the earth. God help us. The Patriot Room http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2025586/posts#comment Wed, 4 Jun 2008 00:43:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2023961/posts So you may have received a call from Jim Oberweis recently. No, not one of those annoying robocalls that descended on the 14th Congressional District like a swarm of angry, negative bees during the final weeks of the primary and special-election campaigns. I mean something quite a bit more personal. Since losing the March special election to now-Rep. Bill Foster, Oberweis has been contacting people involved in the race, people who commented on the race, and people (like yours truly) who covered the race. He's been meeting with as many of these people as he can, trying to pick their... Suburban Chicago News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2023961/posts#comment Sat, 31 May 2008 13:30:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2021330/posts How to recapture the Republican advantage on trade By Jesse Richman, Howard Richman, and Raymond Richman web posted May 26, 2008 When a new issue emerges that is popular, sometimes one party captures the issue and wins elections thereby. At other times no major party will adopt the issue and third parties emerge to champion it. Finally, some issues are dealt with by both parties. The Democratic Party, but not the Republicans, began talking about trade in 2006 when Senator Chuck Schumer took leadership, both on the trade issue and in enlisting Democratic candidates who would make trade an issue.... Enter Stage Right http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2021330/posts#comment Mon, 26 May 2008 06:08:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2020860/posts Kevin Mannix, who lost in the Republican primary in Oregon's 5th District to businessman Mike Erickson, will not be endorsing his rival - a serious blow to the Republican party's chances of holding the very winnable open seat, currently held by retiring Rep. Darlene Hooley (D-Ore.). "I will not support him because he's a dishonest person and that's my bottom line," Mannix told the Politico. "I cannot support a dishonest campaign. I need to stick to my principles here, and he'll have to deal with it. That doesn't mean I'm endorsing or supporting the Democrat, but I'm not doing anything... CBS News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2020860/posts#comment Sat, 24 May 2008 22:08:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2019538/posts When there’s trouble in Idaho for Republicans, you know they’re hurting everywhere. We’ve already seen the grassroots revolt in the works on the part of Paul supporters. But the fissures in the Idaho party run deeper. At the core of the party split is a fight over Idaho’s primary system between the state central committee and many elected officials. The battle came to a head this week, causing one Idaho observer to take note of the strong contrast between a united Democratic party in Idaho, and the Republican infighting [sub. required]: With Obama at the top of the ticket, Democrats... New West Politics http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2019538/posts#comment Thu, 22 May 2008 04:13:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2018427/posts Energy, high gas prices and the future of fuel highlighted the first debate between Republican Rep. Bob Inglis and his primary challenger, Charles Jeter, Wednesday night at the University of South Carolina Upstate. Trade policy and China's role in world economic and environmental affairs were underlying themes. About 50 people - including staffers and campaign volunteers, event organizers, family members and several media outlets - attended the debate, sponsored by the Spartanburg Young Republicans. WORD radio personality Bob McLain moderated. The Spartanburg Herald Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2018427/posts#comment Tue, 20 May 2008 01:26:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2017040/posts With Thursday's California Supreme Court ruling regarding same sex marriage, we can expect a resurrection of one of the most shopworn political epiteths: San Francisco values. GOP Rep. Sam Graves unveiled an ad this week using the money phrase to disparage his Democratic challenger Kay Barnes, aka the "Big City Mayor" (formerly that is, of Kansas City.) Barnes' sin: She attended a fundraiser thrown by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and she shares Pelosi's "San Francisco Values." You know what that means. Or at least what it is supposed to mean. Nevertheless, you've GOT to see Graves' commercial only to check... SFGate: Politics Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2017040/posts#comment Fri, 16 May 2008 20:57:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2016014/posts I was going to title this post "Bend Over, America", but I didn't want to upset the gays. So, by this time I'm sure most of us were expecting to be paying nearly $1 a gallon again for gas and the last of our troops would be coming in from Iraq. Well, at least that's what we were promised by the new Democrat majority in Congress. Instead, their planned retreat from Iraq has (thankfully) failed numerous times and since taking control of Congress, gas prices have risen more than $.50 a gallon. Is anyone allowed to say these things in... Right Up Front http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2016014/posts#comment Wed, 14 May 2008 21:48:50 GMT