Word: gop
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...theme to watch on this primary day is the fate of some famous political heirs. In New Jersey, Tom Kean, Jr., the son of former Republican Governor and 9/11 Commission Co-Chairman Tom Kean, is expected to grab the GOP nomination for governor. In Alabama, the son of the late Gov. George C. Wallace will probably win the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor. And in Iowa, the leading Democrat in the state's gubernatorial primary is Secretary of State Chet Culver, son of the state's longtime senator Dick Culver. If he wins, Culver would face Republican Congressman Jim Nussle...
...think the chances are excellent," said Connecticut Democrat Rosa DeLauro. The No. 2 Democrat in House, Whip Steny Hoyer, says some members of the GOP have already been coming up to him and saying they only wish he was in line to become Speaker rather than House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, who disagrees with Republicans on even more issues than Hoyer. In a meeting with a handful of lawmakers and the Australian Prime Minister, California Republican David Drier, one of the closest allies to House Speaker Dennis Hastert, accidentally referred to "Speaker Pelosi," leading to chuckles from both Hastert...
...motivated on the abortion issue have been abortion opponents, which explains why congressional Republicans have worked so hard to put anti-abortion judges on the bench and passed restrictions on late-term abortions, and state legislatures have passed laws requiring parental notification for abortion. Those moves have excited the GOP base, but haven't caused much of a negative reaction from swing voters, because they haven't threatened the majority position on abortion...
...point that many in the room were listening more closely to the Fox TV correspondent who had forgotten to close the door to his broadcast booth and whose reports could be heard by almost everyone in the room. The Senators doing the questioning were far from scintillating either. Several GOP members challenged Hayden with such hard-hitting questions as: "Will you brief the committee when invited?" ("Yes, sir" Hayden" responded.) Democrats complained that few members of the Congress were told about the NSA's programs - but Hayden had nothing to do with the decision about which congressmen to tell about...
...senator's website. After Senate Republican leaders held a press conference for bloggers in March, a post on the website of the conservative magazine Human Events complained that "dumping a bunch of talking points on me only makes me angry. I?m not a flack for the GOP...