Word: gop
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...floundering campaign for the U.S. Senate. But they surely had no idea that his rival's grooming habits would become an issue. Last week on Fox News, Crist blasted his surging opponent in the August Republican primary election, former Florida house speaker Marco Rubio, for having used a GOP-issued American Express card for personal purchases, including $133.75 spent at a deluxe Miami barbershop. Rubio is "trying to pawn himself off as a fiscal conservative," Crist said. "And yet he had a Republican Party of Florida credit card [and] he charged $130 for a haircut, or maybe...
...walk on the beach for Crist, who led some polls by almost 30 points. Since then, Crist's bipartisan style, including his embrace of President Obama's $787 billion economic-stimulus plan and his performance as recession-racked Florida's chief executive, have come under withering assault from GOP loyalists. Rubio tops most surveys now by double digits; in one released last month by Republican pollster Tony Fabrizzio, he leads Crist 52% to 27% among self-identified Florida conservatives. (Read about the top 10 GOP congressional contenders, including Rubio...
...Even national Republican leaders who tripped over one another last year to endorse Crist, a governor who until recently enjoyed approval ratings as high as 70%, are backing off. Texas Senator John Cornyn, who heads the GOP's Senate campaign committee, said last week that while he's not dropping his endorsement altogether, he regrets having jumped to anoint Crist so soon - back when the governor "seemed like the ideal candidate...
...Senator Charles Grassley had drawn out health care negotiations for months before scuttling the talks with tea-party rhetoric about grannycide. But Dodd is retiring after 36 years in the Senate, and he was eager to cut a deal for the sake of his legacy. He knew he needed GOP votes, and he figured that after a catastrophic meltdown, financial reform would be less polarizing than health care. And Corker did seem to be negotiating in good faith, even if GOP leaders were clearly eager to pull the football away before Charlie Brown could kick. (See 25 people to blame...
...Specter realized he couldn't win a rematch against him four years later in a primary that would be decided by a smaller, more conservative party base. After Specter's party switch, Toomey was down in the polls by 20 points against Specter in a general-election matchup. The GOP scouted unsuccessfully for a more moderate candidate, like popular former governor Tom Ridge. So dark were Toomey's prospects that Senator Orrin Hatch, the vice chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, lamented to Politico.com, "I don't think there is anybody in the world who believes...