Word: gop
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...grownups are getting in the race. (Yes, it?s odd to call a six-time Mr. Universe and the star of Kindergarten Cop a political grownup, but Schwarzenegger has been preparing for this for years, unlike say, Coleman.) Several Republicans may file soon, though the recall's biggest backer, GOP Congressman Darrell Issa, ceded the field to Arnold. On the Democratic side Bustamante will file today and state Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi, another Democrat, will announce he is running. The campaign will hopefully shift from debates on whether a pornographer can run a state to who has the best plan...
...reason may be that some of the GOP?s savviest inside players angled hard to stave off the suspension. Conservatives like Grover Norquist, head of Americans for Tax Reform, sent out news releases stating that his group ?Condemns the Attacks on MCI.? Norquist, the leader of a group of rightward thinking activists who meet regularly (sometimes with White House staffers), wrote to at least one senator who was bearing down on MCI and contacted the General Services Administration, the agency that administers federal phone contracts, to plug for the company. Norquist, who blames labor unions and other telecom industry competitors...
...Norquist had also been in touch with top GOP lobbyist Don Fierce about the issue. Fierce, who has long represented MCI and is an ally of White House political guru Karl Rove, spoke personally to the GSA about MCI?s status as a contractor, lobbied House members to head off a provision that would have short-circuited MCI's future contracts and talked about the matter to the White House-which also tried to influence lawmakers. In addition, an associate of former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani-who stands to make a reported $150 million if MCI's bankruptcy reorganization...
...long as the Democratic Party persists in whining and criticism, it will have nothing to offer a populace that is proud of its country. If the Democrats want to return to viability, they must praise the nation's accomplishments--their own and those of the GOP--in a meaningful way and be seen as building upon them. Need a formula? Giving 10 compliments earns the right to express one criticism. EDWARD GABRIELSE St. Charles...
...Democratic presidential nomination. Graham has previously indicated that he hopes to obtain the support of so-called “NASCAR Democrats.” Broadly speaking, NASCAR Democrats are rural, conservative voters—presumably fans of stock car racing—who normally back the GOP. Therefore, Graham will likely try to broaden his base with appeals to rural interests and elements of Republican social policy. Two of his campaign strategists, Dave Saunders and Steve Jarding, used similar tactics in helping Democrat Mark Warner win the Virginia gubernatorial race...