Take a few minutes and listen to this clip of Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) as he spoke in the health care debate yesterday.
Along similar lines is this post at The New Republic: "The Republican Health Care Blunder."
A snip:
The GOP leadership put immense pressure on all its members [...]
Following up on my previous post: The Idaho Republican Party issued another news release criticizing Democratic gubernatorial candidate Keith Allred and The Common Interest, the nonpartisan good-government group Allred founded five years ago.
Here's the latest from the GOP:
It's a strange fight for the GOP to pick here. Maybe it's the political equivalent of a brush-back pitch — an attempt to put Allred on the defensive as he formally announces his campaign today and Friday. Maybe it's also a way to undermine Allred's appeal to his [...]
A week ago, Keith Allred was a political wonk with a passion for position papers and no stated party allegiance.
Those high-minded days came to an abrupt halt Wednesday, when the state Republican Party said it would file an IRS complaint against Allred, now the Democratic Party's candidate for governor.
Voters now have a choice. Perhaps they agree with Otter that government must live within its means. Possibly they share the House GOP leadership's view that taxes are too high and that programs from schools and higher education to transportation or social are a burden. That's the conventional [...]
Voters now have a choice. Perhaps they agree with Otter that government must live within its means. Possibly they share the House GOP leadership's view that taxes are too high and that programs from schools and higher education to transportation or social are a burden. That's the conventional [...]
Just as soon as Rep. Raul Labrador (pictured) jumped into Idaho's 1st Congressional District campaign, the illegal immigration issue jumped right in there with him. Labrador, R-Eagle, is challenging Iraq War veteran Vaughn Ward in next year's GOP primary for the right to face U.S. Rep. Walt Minnick, [...]
Just as soon as Rep. Raul Labrador (pictured) jumped into Idaho's 1st Congressional District campaign, the illegal immigration issue jumped right in there with him. Labrador, R-Eagle, is challenging Iraq War veteran Vaughn Ward in next year's GOP primary for the right to face U.S. Rep. Walt Minnick, [...]
Huckleberries has learned that former GOP national committeeman Lee Shellman died last night from a massive heart attack. A family member reports that Shellman drove his boat across Hayden Lake at about sunset and called for help from the boat ramp where an unknown bystander stayed with him. [...]
Eleven months before crucial midterm elections, a national poll indicates that the public is divided over whether the country would be better off with Democrats or Republicans controlling Congress. According to a CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey released Thursday, 40 percent of people questioned say the U.S. would be better off [...]
Allred may be a relative unknown statewide — especially compared to incumbent Gov. Butch Otter and even GOP primary challengers Rex Rammell and Sharon Ullman, an Ada County commissioner. But he's well-known around the Statehouse and Idaho public policy circles. His group has analyzed some of the most [...]
As could be expected, Republicans haven’t been all that receptive to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s assertion that those who oppose the Democratic health care legislation are like those who supported slavery. Reid made the controversial comparison on the Senate floor yesterday. “Instead of joining us on the right side [...]
It's my call that Bill Sali will throw his hat in the ring in due season and easily crush both of these fine gentlemen. Bill and I are long-time friends...AND we have not...I repeat HAVE NOT talked about a 2010 candidacy run for the Sali Machine. I just [...]
Rep. Raul Labrador, R-Eagle, said today that he’ll announce his candidacy for the 1st District congressional seat on Monday, with announcements in Boise and Coeur d’Alene. Already in the GOP primary race is Iraq war veteran Vaughn Ward; state Rep. Ken Roberts, R-Donnelly, dropped out of the race [...]
Former GOP vice presidential candidate and Alaska governor Sarah Palin is scheduled to make a stop in Sandpoint this month to promote her autobiography.The book-signing event is planned for Thursday, Dec. 10, at the Sandpoint Business & Events Center. It lasts from 6-9 p.m. Palin’s plans were confirmed Tuesday through [...]
Sending all four presidents on the road once again would seize public attention beyond the four college and university towns - all of which now rely predominantly on Democrats to represent them in the GOP-controlled Legislature. It would enable higher education to convey its message directly to Idaho voters - [...]
The Washington, D.C. newspaper The Hill is reporting that U.S. House GOP leaders are lining up behind Vaughn Ward in the Republican race for a chance to take on freshman Democratic Rep. Walt Minnick, though state Rep. Raul Labrador, R-Eagle, says he’ll also be jumping into the race and [...]
Illustrating the continuing political fallout from controversial new recommendations on breast cancer screening, GOP congresswomen condemned a government-funded study Wednesday and suggested it was a preview of what to expect from Democratic health care reform. Led by U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., six Republican congresswomen told reporters that [...]
Minnick is getting the same bad advice on taking Democrats for granted. There are many Idaho Democrats who desperately seek our next Church or Andrus to lead the party from the wilderness to the wealth of great ideas that, not only solve problems, but are politically popular. Governor [...]
The current edition of Newsweek has stirred controversy with its photo of former GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin. Newsweek bought the photo on the cover from Runners World. In recent media interviews, Palin has criticized the cover as showing her in an unflattering light. Others contend that it is [...]
