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Sen. Snowe Helps Kill Blunt Bill, But Her Maine ‘Sister’ Votes For It

March 1, 2012 3:29 pm
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Sen. Snowe Helps Kill Blunt Bill, But Her Maine ‘Sister’ Votes For It

Just days after announcing her retirement due to the partisanship of the Senate, Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe helped kill a conservative measure which would have restricted the availability of contraception. Her Maine colleague, referred to as Snowe’s moderate “sister,” voted to support the bill, however. Snowe became the lone Republican Thursday to vote against Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.)’s amendment, which would have exempted nearly all employers from President Obama’s new rule mandating coverage of birth control for women. The...

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Small Donors Continue To Power Obama Campaign

February 17, 2012 12:27 pm
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Almost all of the $29.1 million that President Obama raised in campaign funds during January came from small donors, according to his re-election campaign staff. As has been the general pattern with the president’s 2012 fundraising, 98 percent of the haul came from donors pitching in $250 or less, the campaign says in releasing its fundraising totals Friday. Obama’s January totals put the president slightly ahead of the amount George W. Bush brought in during the same period eight years ago, when Bush...

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Trump… Keeps Media Spinning

February 2, 2012 12:12 pm
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Donald Trump certainly enjoys keeping the media spinning. If he’s considering running for president on the independent ticket, as he has hinted at frequently of late, he’s hedging bets on whether to endorse Newt Gingrich or Mitt Romney. It’s a freakin’ endorsement circus… Newt Gingrich’s campaign is reported to be in “serious disarray,” while the Las Vegas Review Journal reports today that a “new poll shows Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney headed for a blowout victory Saturday in Nevada’s...

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Hissy Fit

January 24, 2012 8:38 pm
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Newt throws a pre-debate hissy fit… Gingrich Threatens to Skip Debates if Audiences Can’t Participate… Oh Newt… don’t you know the GOP is going to lose this one and “That’s what happens when you run with losers.” Sphere: Related Content

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Game Changer in South Carolina: Newt Gingrich Wins

January 21, 2012 8:24 pm
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Via MSNBC: Newt Gingrich has won the South Carolina Republican primary, capping off a remarkable comeback for his presidential bid that reshapes the trajectory of the battle for the GOP nomination… The results mark the end of a tumultuous week in politics that saw Gingrich erase and then overcome the lead Romney had in the Palmetto State following his victory in the Jan. 10 New Hampshire primary. Gingrich came on strong in the closing days of the campaign,...

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Rick Perry to Drop Out of GOP Race

January 19, 2012 10:35 am
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Rick Perry to Drop Out of GOP Race

Rick Perry will be dropping out of the GOP race for the presidential nomination today, and sources say he “will make the announcement before the CNN debate in South Carolina” tonight. South Carolina’s primary is to be held on Saturday. Sources have told Politico that Perry is “expected to endorse Newt Gingrich,” and ”Gingrich and Perry had a secret meeting to discuss a possible endorsement.” Politico notes that Perry’s endorsement “gives the surging Gingrich a huge boost heading into the...

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Mitt and His Money

January 18, 2012 7:26 pm
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Mitt and His Money

Mitt Romney recently said that his tax rate is about 15% when pressed yet again about releasing his tax returns. Here’s a couple of must reads about Mitt and his money… Romney Parks Millions in Offshore Tax Haven Mitt Romney Sent Millions to Mormon Church… video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player Odds look good for Mitt to become the GOP nominee, although other candidates are holding on for dear life. One right wing blogger suggests Rick Perry should drop out now...

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Nancy Pelosi: GOP Knows Mitt Romney Can’t Win

January 17, 2012 6:04 pm
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Video of the Day… via Politico: “If the far right thought that Romney could win, they might be more enthusiastic about him,” Pelosi told POLITICO’s Mike Allen during Tuesday’s Playbook Breakfast. “But they question what he stands for and they don’t think he’s going to win. So what’s the sell? I’m not sure he knows what he stands for, and that makes it harder too.” I have to say, I agree 100% with Nancy Pelosi… Romney can’t win and...

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