Word: gop
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While Jarding and Saunders criticize the Democrats, they save their most scathing comments for the Republicans. GOP leaders are accused of harming job and economic opportunities and the quality of life for children and the elderly...
...middle of an election year, both parties are approaching health care mostly as way to, what else, score political points. Next month, the Senate will likely debate a GOP-backed provision to cap damages from malpractice lawsuits. While studies suggest malpractice reform does little to reduce health care costs, trial lawyers (who back Democrats) and insurance companies (who favor Republicans) are pushing senators toward a fight. And while Democrats will roll out a health care plan later this year, their main theme will be attacking the prescription drug bill that has now gone into effect. All of which shows that...
...Mind you, these days saying the Democrats are just as qualified as Republicans to handle national security is not exactly a compliment. Over the last six months, the GOP has seemed to have nothing but lapses on that all-important front, from the deteriorating situations in Iraq and Afghanistan, Hurricane Katrina, and the Dubai ports deal, to new revelations about the President's role in the leaking of pre-war intelligence, his warrantless wiretapping program and, last week, Congress' inability to pass a border security bill...
...self-absorbed" - children became liberals, and whiners went to the right. At an academic conference in January, researchers unveiled findings that showed Republicans to be more racist. Then a Feburary finding by Pew Research center found Republican voters to be happier than Democrats. Democrats: melancholy, fair-minded snobs. GOP: happy, biased bellyachers. No wonder Strom Thurmond felt more at home there...
...more important question might be: do policy plans and unity matter? Republicans have long argued their "Contract with America" - a 10-point plan signed by more than 300 GOP candidates - helped push them toward victory in November 1994. But according to polls at the time, most voters had not ever heard of the contract by Election Day. And many Democrats question the need for any kind of grand plan, particularly with President Bush's poll numbers below 40%; the party could urge voters to choose Democrats in Congress just to offer a balance to Bush. The key question, some Dems...