http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/senate-gop/ en-us Thu, 31 Dec 2009 17:23:22 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2418450/posts Real Clear Politics’ Sean Trende and National Review’s Jim Geraghty have speculated whether Republicans could actually win the Jan. 19 special election to fill the seat of the late Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass. The task would be daunting: Massachusetts hasn’t elected a Republican senator since 1972. Trende says that if the state’s large number of independents swing to the GOP like unattached voters did in the Virginia and New Jersey gubernatorial races in November, Scott Brown could come tantalizingly close. But voting tends to be more ideological in national races, and Brown isn’t well-known. Both Geraghty and Trende say they... IBD's Capital Hill http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2418450/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 17:23:22 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/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/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/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/2412944/posts Corbett, the front-runner among GOP hopefuls for the job, captures 48% to former Congressman Joe Hoeffel’s 26%. Against Scranton Mayor Christopher Doherty, Corbett wins 46% to 23%. Likely GOP Senate nominee Pat Toomey holds a slight lead over both Specter and Sestak in a look at potential 2010 general election match-ups, BillLawrenceOnline.Com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2412944/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:49:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2412640/posts Marc Mukasey, the son of Bush administration Attorney General Michael Mukasey, is mulling mounting a challenge to Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, sources tell The Post. But the younger Mukasey, a partner at Rudy Giuliani’s law firm, Bracewell & Giuliani, would run only if the former mayor opts out of the race, the sources said. “He could beat [Gillibrand],” a source said of Mukasey. “He has a known name, and he could get Republicans nationally behind him. This has national appeal — because we could really use that vote right now.” Marc Mukasey did not respond to a request for comment. The New York Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2412640/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 01:01:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2412559/posts How To Lose A House Seat Winning Back The House Means Finding The Right Candidates To Run. Not Living In A State Is Bad, Being Tied To George Soros Is Worse Weekend Special-December 18, 2009 Main Article Follows Below The Blog Of Michael P. Borgia One of the most important lessons Republicans should have learned from the disaster of the New York 23 special election in November is that in order to win, you have to have the right candidate. A man or woman who is in tune with the district or state he represents. Someone who shares its values... The Daily Borg http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2412559/posts#comment Mon, 21 Dec 2009 23:18:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2408464/posts We hear the same old story time after time “the republican party has gotten away from its core principles”. Another favorite line by republican leaders “we are going to take the country back’. My question is what the hell are we going to do if the country is taken back by republicans? The republican party is full of renegades and RINO’s. If you think for one minute these renegades and RINO’s will make the acute change in direction the country needs – guess again. If the Republican Party is going to get back to its core principles and make the... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2408464/posts#comment Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:12:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2405967/posts Just amazing how the news media (fox cable included) is so politically correct it refuses to call a spade a spade. Take the current nefarious dealings going on in Congress. Vote buying like you’ve never seen before. These career politicians are selling their votes, along with their morals, for promised pork in their districts. Only the corrupt and shameless human beings would ever consider being a party to the openly defiant corruption going on in the world's largest Congressional Cesspool. The news media refers to these criminal activities as sausage making. They claim this is how legislation is made. And... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2405967/posts#comment Sat, 12 Dec 2009 06:12:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2404244/posts 1* Suppose the Democratic Primary for the 2010 United States Senate were held today. Would you vote for Arlen Specter or Joe Sestak? 48% Specter 35% Sestak 3% Some other candidate 14% Not sure Rasmussen http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2404244/posts#comment Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:03:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2398616/posts Washington Examiner reports on the demo proposed health care bill. "Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius would be awarded unprecedented new powers under the proposal, including the authority to decide what medical care should be covered by insurers as well as the terms and conditions of coverage and who should receive it...The HHS secretary would also have the power to decide where abortion is allowed under a government-run plan." The end result would be the federal government having direct control over the insurance market as opposed to the current system where the states have the discretionary power to regulate... The Tusk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2398616/posts#comment Wed, 2 Dec 2009 18:32:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2396412/posts It may not seem like it, but there is an election for United States Senator around the corner. Yes, its true. The election for Ted Kennedy’s old seat is speeding ahead. While the Democrats are embroiled in a heated primary, Republican candidate Scott Brown is quietly running a solid campaign. In most states, Brown would be crushing his fumbling liberal opponents. But this is Massachusetts. However, Democratic enthusiasm is in the dumps, while Republican enthusiasm is up. And there is a wild card. The election is being held in January, when many “snowbirds”, retirees with winter homes elsewhere, are gone;... Red State http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2396412/posts#comment Sun, 29 Nov 2009 19:25:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2395223/posts Calling himself not the most likely candidate to unseat U.S. Senator Chris Dodd, State Sen. Sam Caligiuri withdrew from that race Tuesday and entered the Fifth Congressional District race. His move came about one week after Connecticut Republican Party chairman Chris Healy encouraged him to switch. In so doing, Caligiuri runs against fellow Republicans Justin Bernier and Mark Greenberg, and Democratic incumbent Chris Murphy. State Sen. Andrew Roraback, R-30, endorsed Caligiuri, with whom he has worked for years. Calling Caligiuri a person of integrity, Roraback does not believe Caligiuri hurts himself by switching races. “I think he is helped because... The Litchfield County Register Citizen http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2395223/posts#comment Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:10:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2393497/posts Trevor Francis, communications director of the Republican National Committee, abruptly resigned Monday, and two Republican strategists familiar with the situation said he was pushed out because Chairman Michael Steele didn’t feel he was getting enough credit for the GOP’s electoral success earlier this month. Francis had only been in the job since March, and neither he nor the RNC veered from the sort of vague explanations that typically suggest a less-than-amicable political breakup. RNC spokeswoman Gail Gitcho would only say that Francis was “pursuing other opportunities,” and Francis allowed just that he was “returning to my career in the private... Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2393497/posts#comment Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:18:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2393399/posts http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzpRZnnrjrs An empty suit? A Republican who hopes to prevent Democrat Evan Bayh from winning his third U.S. Senate term in 2010 is running his first commercial. The ad features Marlin Stutzman, a state senator from Howe, standing next to a suit on a hanger. "I don't approve of sending empty suits to Washington," he says, an implication that the moderate Bayh shifts with political winds. Stutzman is emerging as the front-runner among three Republicans who have entered the race. The empty suit commercial is running only on cable channels right now. Political observers think that to seriously challenge Bayh,... The Courier Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2393399/posts#comment Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:27:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2389972/posts Senator Lieberman would be the most liberal member of the Republican caucus, however, he would be a member we could depend on in regards to health care, national defense, and other issues. While Senator Lieberman would 85% of the time vote with Democrats on most domestic issues, he would be a strong opponent of weakening our national defense, and he causes hatred in progressive circles which Republicans can't match. I am proposing that Senator Lieberman caucus with the Republicans, as though he has numerous Democratic leanings, he also has Conservative streaks which fit into his "Independent" label, however, he is... Right Handed Pitcher http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2389972/posts#comment Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:06:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2389217/posts Scott Brown acknowledges that he faces an uphill battle as ... Republican seeking to fill Edward M. Kennedy's U.S. Senate seat. Although the seat has been in Democrats' hands since the 1950s and more than a decade has passed since Massachusetts voters sent a Republican to Congress, Brown, one of just five Republicans in the state Senate, says there is no inevitability to a Democrat victory. "This isn't a Democratic seat, it's a seat of the people of Massachusetts," said Brown, 50, whose victory in a 2004 special election to fill a state Senate seat vacated by a Democrat was... South Coast Today http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2389217/posts#comment Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:10:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2388147/posts Please FReep this Poll: Will legislation such as the Health Care Bill or Cap & Trade affect the way you vote in 2010? Yes, I will support the incumbant Democrats. Yes, I will support the incumbant Republicans. No. I will vote for a new Democrat in the primaries. No, I will vote for a new Republican in the primaries. No, I will vote for a third party candidate. I will vote whatever way is necessary to change my Congressional representation. I don't vote. the Journal of Business http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2388147/posts#comment Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:05:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2387040/posts While we’re all focusing on picking Charlie Crist off in the Florida Senate Primary, I think if conservatives really want to send the GOP establishment a message, target number one a high priority should actually be Bob Bennett of Utah. Just to clarify for those of you freaking out that I said target number one should be Bennett: the Bennett race happens before the Florida race. That said, we should be targeting more than just Florida. Bennett is worth picking off because he is an incumbent troublemaker. Granted, it was a poor choice of words on my part, but I... Red State http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2387040/posts#comment Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:49:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2384278/posts State Sen. Gilbert Baker, R-Conway, took off from Conway’s Cantrell Field Thursday morning en route to media appearances in Little Rock, Jonesboro, Texarkana, Fort Smith and Fayetteville as part of his campaign for the U.S. Senate seat occupied by incumbent Democrat Sen. Blanche Lincoln. Baker was speaking during stops in these cities on health care reform and his opinion that government-administered health care will lead to “higher costs, reduced quality and limited patient choice.” On. Nov. 19 Baker is scheduled to hold a $1,000-per-person fundraiser at the National Republican Senatorial Committee’s headquarters in Washington, D.C. The Log Cabin Democrat http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2384278/posts#comment Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:02:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2382245/posts How to proceed in getting Supreme Court to sit? http://www.americanthinker.com/printpage/?url=http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/10/does_the_supreme_court_still_s.html American thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2382245/posts#comment Mon, 9 Nov 2009 18:02:10 GMT