Word: gop
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...last name? He’s not even licensed, doggone it! And his real surname is Wurzelbacher. Now Joe, doesn’t that sound like some kind of Arab Communist name to you? I know it does to me. So why the heck is the GOP, our GOP, suddenly so keen on this...
...Florida's controversial 2000 presidential vote recount. But in 2008, women like Joan Smith Geyer may decide Sarasota's outcome. Geyer, 62, is among a growing number of Sarasota Republicans voting for Barack Obama. A big reason, she says, is that John McCain hasn't proved to be the GOP moderate that Floridians thought their moderate GOP governor, Charlie Crist, was endorsing during the state's primary race in January. "I don't agree with the fear tactics the McCain campaign has been using here," says Geyer, who has even offered one of her empty rental properties as an Obama...
...fact that McCain passed him over for the vice-presidential slot that many Floridians thought he should get, seems to have made Crist a less than ardent McCain campaigner this fall. By most accounts, McCain's national campaign staff has done a dismal job coordinating with the usually potent GOP machine on the ground in Florida. "This is a Florida campaign being run out of Washington," says a concerned GOP official in Tallahassee, "and it's remarkable how little it has its finger on the pulse of this state...
...life Catholics have also spoken out to argue that Obama's support for an abortion reduction strategy - which he mentioned in both his acceptance speech and in the third presidential debate - makes him a more "pro-life" candidate than McCain. The GOP's single focus on overturning Roe, they argue, ignores the progress that could be made in lowering the abortion rate through changes in economic policies and by reforming adoption laws. Most recently, two high-profile Obama supporters - former Reagan Justice Department official Douglas Kmiec and actor Martin Sheen - have filmed a series of short videos making this case...
...election is likely to come down to one issue for most Catholic voters: the economy. Other voting blocs, such as white evangelicals, have also expressed strong concerns about the economic situation but have not shifted over to support the Democratic ticket, primarily because of a strong identification with the GOP. But Catholics have a different relationship with the Democratic Party. Many grew up with grandparents who hung portraits of FDR on the living room wall and have parents who celebrated Kennedy's victory as one of their...