Word: republicanisms
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Whichever of the Democrats wins the primary, he or she will likely face tough competition from Schwarzenegger's Republican Party, within which two billionaires and a former Silicon Valley Congressman are already sizing one another up. Former Representative Tom Campbell and state insurance commissioner - and tech billionaire - Steve Poizner have each formed an exploratory committee and are expected to enter the race...
Brown, who expects the Republican billionaires to enter the race, said he's betting that voters aren't looking for a new California. Ideas, even if borrowed from an earlier time, will be fine, so long as they work. "[Voters] want a campaign based on hope but grounded in common sense," he said. "They don't need a grab bag of alluring ideas. They want realism...
...When Republican Senator Judd Gregg announced on Thursday that he no longer wished to be the Commerce Secretary nominee, he said that the decision was based in part on serious disagreements with the Obama White House over the 2010 census. That night on Fox News, Sean Hannity called Obama's plans for the census process "the biggest White House power grab ever," as his guest Karl Rove voiced agreement. The same day, House Republicans declared that the White House had "an unprecedented plan" for the census that "will taint results and open doors to massive waste of taxpayer funds...
...ring in the first place. "Senator Gregg reached out to the President," Gibbs noted, and was "very clear" that he would "support, embrace and move forward with the President's agenda." Then Gibbs twisted the rhetorical blade. "We regret that he had a change of heart," the spokesman said. Republicans, meanwhile, celebrated the ability of one of their own to embarrass the President. "Senator Gregg made a principled decision," crowed House Republican leader John Boehner in a press release. "The Administration is taking another one on the eyelid here," said Michael Steele, the new chairman of the Republican National Committee...
...with the Administration's agenda were never a secret. He was equally vague about the theory that he hadn't been happy that the White House had moved to take away some of the Commerce Department's traditional control of the Census after Democratic activists voiced concerns about a Republican overseeing the politically charged process. "The Census was only a slight catalyzing issue. It was not a major issue," he said...