Word: gop
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...encouragement that Republicans took from the angry health-care town halls of August, the fall has not been kind to the GOP. A Washington Post-ABC poll found that only 1 in 5 voters now identifies as Republican. And the "Party of No" label might be starting to stick: a recent CNN poll found that GOP favorability has slipped to its lowest point in a decade - just 36% (though Democrats don't rate much higher). Former Republican heavyweights such as Bob Dole and Bill Frist have been pushing current party leaders on Capitol Hill to work with Democrats on health...
...Eric Cantor, the No. 2 House Republican, hopes to change all that. In an effort to counter the criticism that the party doesn't stand for anything but opposing President Obama, Cantor has reconvened the working group that came up with the GOP's alternative to the White House's stimulus plan. That wasn't exactly a big success - the proposal was widely panned for relying too heavily on tax cuts - but Cantor is convinced that taking the long view is the path to success: health care and global warming may be the topics du jour, but "the narrative next...
...medium rare - but he did present a vision of the country at a crossroads of freedom and European-style socialism. "If we become like every other country, we will no longer be exceptional," he said. "And our children will ask us, Why did you let that happen?" (Read "GOP at War with Itself in Florida Senate Race...
...that Florida is a net "donor" state: it sends more money to the Federal Government than it receives. "Why shouldn't we get our fair share?" the governor asks. And as for his Obama hug, "He is the President of the United States. You honor the office." (Read "GOP Governors: Split over Obama's Stimulus Plan...
...Adding to the drama is the fact that Reid is facing re-election next year, and for the first time since 1998 he may face a challenge. Reid is already losing in polls to not one but two GOP challengers. Outside groups ranging from unions to business associations have spent $2 million either lauding Reid for his work on health care or demonizing him for socializing it, according to TNS C-MAG, a group that tracks political commercials. The split in the ads has been 60% negative, 40% positive. Reid has pledged to raise $25 million to defend himself...