Word: gop
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...intervened in races in at least half a dozen states, most recently urging unpopular New York Governor David Paterson not to seek re-election. (Paterson still cordially greeted Obama in Albany Sept. 21.) Congressional redistricting in 2010 makes statehouse control key, though some say the politicking looks crass. Former GOP guru Karl Rove called Paterson's treatment by the White House "ham-handed...
...Obama's economic-stimulus plan in February. The White House has assiduously courted her; its budget director, Peter Orszag, interrupted his Maine vacation in August to have dinner with Snowe and an aide at a Greek restaurant in Portland. And the amicability has been mutual. While others in the GOP have gone so far as to brand Obama a socialist for his effort to expand the government's role in an industry that accounts for one-sixth of the nation's economy, Snowe told the New York Times that Obama is "very realistic in his views on health care ... more...
...above. As the only Republican on the Finance Committee still in talks with Democrats on a final bill, Snowe now finds herself with extraordinary leverage as crunch time hits for health reform. Snowe could provide the 60th vote that may be needed for Democrats to overcome a GOP filibuster on the Senate floor. All of which means that pretty much anything Snowe wants, she is going to get - and any bill that emerges from this excruciating process will bear her stamp. (See the top 10 players in health-care reform...
...vote for the Medicare Prescription Drug Program in 2005. "I think the sheer act of passing it with Democratic-only votes would result in significant backlash, not just from Republicans - though clearly it would gin up Republican intensity - but I suspect from independents as well," says Whit Ayers, a GOP strategist...
...this month found that a majority of people were disapproving of the Republican scare tactics that were used over the summer: 63% said death panels weren't legit, 59% said they didn't believe health care would be rationed, and 52% said they didn't believe the oft-repeated GOP line that the Dems are putting the nation on a path to socialized medicine. And a Sept. 11-13 USA Today/Gallup poll found that 60% believe Obama is reaching out across the aisle, while only 33% say Republicans are reciprocating...