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• 60-40 Senate vote blocks GOP filibuster

  —Wisconsin Family Voice

  Early this morning the U.S. Senate voted on strict party-lines, 60-40, to invoke cloture on the health care bill, meaning the Senate’s 40 Republicans can do nothing to block a vote on the bill. The Senate will now debate Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s (D-NV) substitute amendment which still includes the [...]

  Posted: December 21, 2009, 11:18am EST
  by Amy Lewis

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• Challenge The Status Quo, Expect Disappointment, But Don't Quit

  —The Political Environment

  It wasn't the greatest week to be a progressive.
  
  Yes, the Democrats appear to have reached the necessary 60 votes to win Senate approval (against an intransigent, 100% negative GOP minority) for a health care reform bill, but the result is weaker than what was hoped for, as well' [...]

  Posted: December 21, 2009, 6:01am EST
  

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• Who's Indecisive?

  —Cognitive Dissidence

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  Pretty Important Politics has noticed the WISGOP head honcho Reince Priebus following the party meme in attacking Battling Tom Barrett, calling him indecisive because the Mayor decided to do some silly things like making sure his hand was healing and balancing the city's budget.
  
  I wonder why [...]

  Posted: December 20, 2009, 8:18pm EST
  by capper

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• New Hotel in Burlington? --warning, long load time for images

  —Kay's Blue Racine

  So, where to begin?
  
  Ed Nadolski, penisheaditor editor in chief of the Burlington Stale Standard GOP propaganda machine Press says really nice things about building a hotel in Burlington. You can read his drivel opinion here. It's very positive thinking sort of crap to get people to buy' [...]

  Posted: December 19, 2009, 11:06pm EST
  

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• Conservative Contrarian Climate Crap #2

  —Kay's Blue Racine

  Got Science? If you're a wingnut the answer is clearly no, what you have is a faith-based initiative in Conservative Contrarian Climate Crap (CCCC) from the likes of the Senator from ExxonMobile James Inhofe (GOPster - OK).
  
  The link below is to a scholarly article published in Scientific American' [...]

  Posted: December 18, 2009, 4:08pm EST
  

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• Biggest Obstacle To Climate Change Progress: China, or GOP/US Right?

  —The Political Environment

  China doesn't like a comprehensive climate change approach.
  
  Neither does the GOP and the far right.
  
  Ironic.' [...]

  Posted: December 18, 2009, 2:48pm EST
  

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• Candidate Terrence Wall will be on UPFRONT with Mike Gousha

  —Wisconsin GOP Blog

  Senator Feingold is out of touch and several GOP candidates are looking take him on next fall. Candidate Terrence Wall will be on UPFRONT with Mike Gousha this week to discuss his candidacy and Feingold's record. Click below for viewing times in your area.
  
  

  WISN.com UPFRONT with Mike Gousha

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  Posted: December 18, 2009, 8:30am EST
  

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• The GOP just can’t master the intertubes!

  —Blogging Blue

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  Clearly the Republican Party has some catching up to do when it comes to their use of the internet and social media:
  

  Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

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  Posted: December 18, 2009, 6:01am EST
  by Zach W

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• Feingold Called GOP's Bluff - Local Media Annoyed

  —Rock Netroots

  Last week, when GOP senators wrote an amendment designed to ridicule the public option and embarrass Democrats, they got a little surprise. Several democrats including Sen. Russ Feingold endorsed the amendment by Republican Sen. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma and David Vitter. Both republicans are vehemently opposed to the public option. [...]

  Posted: December 18, 2009, 12:07am EST
  by Lou Kaye

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• Responding to the Cap Times’ SCOWIS Story

  —Gop3.com:The Triumvirate

  The Madison Capital Times posted a piece this morning going after the four conservatives on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Readers of GOP3.com may be interested in my post, “Accurate & Balanced Reporting on the Wisconsin Supreme Court,” critiquing the story, now available on the Marquette University Law School [...]

  Posted: December 17, 2009, 8:51pm EST
  by Daniel

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• "make the GOP safe for smarties again"

  —Letters in Bottles

  Are you a "Whole Foods Republican" - or might you be?
  
  I have to say this is a demographic I can identify with in a number of respects:
  
  ...independent-minded voters who embrace a progressive lifestyle but not progressive politics. These highly-educated individuals appreciate diversity and would never [...]

  Posted: December 17, 2009, 7:50am EST
  

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• Eggs on the road – pre-Christmas edition

  —No Runny Eggs

  There’s so many events tomorrow, and so little time. I’ll start tomorrow evening’s festivities at Leah Vukmir’s Christmas Party over at Alioto’s (3041 N Mayfair in Milwaukee) at 5:30 pm tomorrow. I had originally hoped to make it to the Racine County GOP’s Pints and Politics Christmas Party over [...]

  Posted: December 16, 2009, 11:14am EST
  by steveegg

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• Florida GOP Senate Primary: Rubio Tied with Crist

  —Lakeshore Laments

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  That non-stop knocking noise you're hearing is staffers of the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) banging their head up against the walls of the Reagan Republican Center (just to the east of Union Station in Washington, DC) after this poll came out from Rasmussen yesterday.

  Governor Charlie Crist and former' [...]

  Posted: December 16, 2009, 5:00am EST
  by kevinbinversie

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• Tuesday Hot Read – Mary Katharine Ham’s “Women and the GOP”

  —No Runny Eggs

  When I make comments on Twitter about the need for Fox News to give Mary Katharine Ham her own show, it’s pieces like this one from the current edition of The Weekly Standard that form the main body of exhibits:

  The storyline relies on a misunderstanding of Scozzafava, willful ignorance [...]

  Posted: December 15, 2009, 4:53pm EST
  by steveegg

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• Wisconsin Policy Research Institute: 'Let’s Cut Funds for Milwaukee Kids, Not Health Insurance Companies'

  —One Wisconsin Now

  The corporate shills at the right wing Wisconsin Policy Research Institute, which is headed by former GOP Gov. Scott McCallum’s top economic advisor George Lightbourn, has a typical corporate response to the skyrocketing costs inflicted on Americans by the profit-vacuums that comprise the health insurance industry: cut funds for the [...]

  Posted: December 15, 2009, 10:11am EST
  by Scot @ One Wisconsin Now

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• Conservative Contrarian Climate Crap

  —Kay's Blue Racine

  Got Science? If you're a wingnut the answer is clearly no, what you have is Conservative Contrarian Climate Crap (CCCC) from the likes of the Senator from ExxonMobile James Inhofe (GOPster - OK).
  
  The link below is to a scholarly article published in Scientific American magazine that deconstructs the' [...]

  Posted: December 15, 2009, 7:46am EST
  

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• Bravo, GOP New Media Team!

  —The Chief

  You've done it again!
  
  MORE: Unfortunately, all the links have now been broken by the URL shortener.' [...]

  Posted: December 14, 2009, 9:45pm EST
  

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• Discussing Climategate

  —Try 2 Focus

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  Senator James Inhofe was on The Jerry Bader Show last week discussing Climategate. Great discussion on the fraud of global warming, Cap and Trade, and the EPA’s Endangerment finding. Related articles by Zemanta GOP Wants to Take “ClimateGate” to Copenhagen (cbsnews.com) Okla.’s Inhofe says he opposes emission standards (seattletimes.nwsource.com) Strassel: The EPA’s Carbon Bomb Fizzles [...]

  Posted: December 14, 2009, 12:49pm EST
  by brvanlanen

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• Column in the Portage Daily Register lays out Assembly GOP Taxpayers First Agenda.

  —Wisconsin GOP Blog

  YOUR RIGHT TO KNOW COLUMN: Bring transparency to state spending Portage Daily Register
  It's a simple premise; if the state is going to tax you to pay for something, you should at least be able to find out how those dollars are spent.
  
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  Posted: December 14, 2009, 10:59am EST
  

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• Column in the Portage Daily Register lays out Assembly GOP Taxpayers First Agenda.

  —Wisconsin GOP Blog

  Columns: YOUR RIGHT TO KNOW COLUMN: Bring transparency to state spending - The Portage Daily Registe portagedailyregister.com It's a simple premise; if the state is going to tax you to pay for something, you should at least be able to find out how those dollars are spent.
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  Posted: December 14, 2009, 5:45am EST
  

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• GOP brings back Reagan

  —Pundit Nation

  
  Zombie Reagan Raised From Grave To Lead GOP
  
  Well, they needed somebody.
  
  And: His favorables among independents are higher than Palin's.' [...]

  Posted: December 13, 2009, 1:24pm EST
  

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• Palin Soars While ‘The One’ Crashes

  —The Underground Conservative

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  This has to be causing some sleepless night at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. If not, why are the Obamabots and their friends in the GOP Elite so intent on destroying Sarah Palin? While Barack Hussein Obama crashes and burns in one opinion poll after another, the former Alaska governor has steadily built a [...]

  Posted: December 13, 2009, 11:08am EST
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• ROCK -- GOP --HARD PLACE

  —Kay's Blue Racine

  It's getting almost impossible for me to blog about politics any longer. It's just so depressing. And, it's not just the old depressing crap about what the GOP bastards are up to. Now it's scarier than ever since even they don't seem to have control of their party. And, my' [...]

  Posted: December 13, 2009, 12:57am EST
  

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• Splitting the Party?

  —Beer, Bicycles and the VRWC

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  I'm hearing that the TEA Party Movement is "splitting the Republican Party". The TEA Party groups should fall in line with the GOP. "A third party candidate will assure Democrat wins".
  
  No. TEA Party Groups (heretofore referred to as TPG's) are and should be non-aligned. Republicans have shown themselves [...]

  Posted: December 12, 2009, 7:59am EST
  by Deekaman

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• Compromise on (allaged) AGW?

  —Beer, Bicycles and the VRWC

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  This appears to be movement on the part of Democrats regarding Cap and Trade.
  
  If the GOP is smart (and want to keep their cushy jobs), they won't fall for it.
  
  If you give a mouse a cookie.....' [...]

  Posted: December 10, 2009, 8:26pm EST
  by Deekaman

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• Obama to GOP: 'Stop trying to frighten the American people'

  —Real Debate Wisconsin

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  Seriously?
  
  This from the party of if you vote for Republicans your water will be polluted, your social security and medicare will be taken away, your infratructure will crumble, the planet will boil, your children will die of starvation, the streets will run with blood, the world will [...]

  Posted: December 09, 2009, 2:00pm EST
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• Time for Real Republicans to return their party to coffee drinking?

  —The Motley Cow

  I've been hoping that some old school conservatives would take their party back from the tea-party fringe, but maybe it's too late.
  
  Next up, neo-con political correctness and a new Scarlet Letter?
  
  
  Has the GOP Collapse Begun? Hypothetical "Tea Party" Outpolls Republicans
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  Posted: December 09, 2009, 10:31am EST
  

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• Time for Real Republicans to return their party to coffee drinking?

  —The Motley Cow

  I've been hoping that some old school conservatives would take their party back from the tea-party fringe, but maybe it's too late.
  
  Next up, neo-con political correctness and a new Scarlet Letter?
  
  
  Has the GOP Collapse Begun? Hypothetical "Tea Party" Outpolls Republicans
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  Posted: December 09, 2009, 10:31am EST
  

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• GOP is to blame

  —Stepping Right Up!

  Have you seen a President ever whine more than this one?Once again the President is blaming the GOP for all of the country's woes even though his party controlled the entire Congress for the last three years.When does this President stop whining?President Barack Obama packed an economic speech with a [...]

  Posted: December 09, 2009, 8:09am EST
  

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• Is McConnell Playing Footsie to Pass ObamaCare?

  —Dad29

  Erickson is a hard-liner. Kinda like Nitschke, or Butkus--just smash-mouth, please. No fancy lace.
  
  So Erickson asks:
  
  ...But, with amendments to the Obama government health care takeover sailing through the Senate almost as quickly as they’re read, some conservative insiders are wondering why the GOP is not [...]

  Posted: December 08, 2009, 10:17am EST
  

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