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• MIM - Dems To Attack Barbour/ Republicans On Economy

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  Dems To Attack Barbour/ Republicans On Economy I read one of the most detailed pressers from Mississippi Democrats today, where they stridently attack Haley Barbour and Phil Bryant for the state of the economy. They claim that the policies of Barbour are the reason for the high unemployment and budget deficits [...]

  Posted: December 15, 2009, 3:07pm EST
  

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• Cochran Votes For Bill Permitting Taxpayer Funded Abortion

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  Over the weekend, the Senate approved a $1.1 trillion annual pork fest known as an omnibus spending bill. The bill barley cleared the upper chamber on Saturday with the necessary 60 votes to overcome a Republican-led filibuster. However, with three Democrats breaking rank and opposing the measure, the Democrats relied on [...]

  Posted: December 14, 2009, 8:36am EST
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• POLITICO - Ethics probes may saddle Democrats in 2010 … Thompson on the list

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  Ethics probes may saddle Democrats in 2010 ... Thompson on the list The veteran New York lawmaker is the most prominent — but hardly the only — Democrat facing ethical questions. Recently, Rep. Bennie Thompson of Mississippi has had to deny allegations that he used his chairmanship of the Homeland Security Committee [...]

  Posted: December 11, 2009, 9:28pm EST
  

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• Travis Childers votes for Wall Street regulation bill - 27 democrats voted against it

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  Travis Childers votes for Wall Street regulation bill - 27 democrats voted for against it State from Childers: “Today’s legislation represents an important step in protecting North Mississippi families and small businesses from ever again bearing the burden of Wall Street’s irresponsible decision-making. The Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act will [...]

  Posted: December 11, 2009, 9:23pm EST
  

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• Dems To Attack Barbour/ Republicans On Economy

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  I read one of the most detailed pressers from Mississippi Democrats today, where they stridently attack Haley Barbour and Phil Bryant for the state of the economy. They claim that the policies of Barbour are the reason for the high unemployment and budget deficits the state is facing. This is [...]

  Posted: December 11, 2009, 8:29pm EST
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• Liberal Endorsement: Senator Sherrod Brown on the Senate's Health Care Proposal

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  Here is the statement issued today by Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown, one of the most liberal Democrats in the Senate, in favor of the consensus health care reform proposal announced by the Senate Democratic leadership earlier this week. If Senator Brown is for the package, we can rest [...]

  Posted: December 10, 2009, 1:56pm EST
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• Nothing is more important to Harry Reid than healthcare, except fundraising

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  Healthcare is so important for Democrats they won't even take the weekend off in the Senate.The next weekends, plural, we will be working. I have events, uh, this weekend that I'll have to postpone, some I'll have to cancel. That's the way it's going to have to be with everyone.' [...]

  Posted: December 10, 2009, 10:04am EST
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• Politics of selfishness infect this age

  —David Hampton

  The politics of selfishness is a problem that infects both parties.
  Policies that create national soaring long-term debt, often pushed by Democrats, will impact the children and grandchildren of this generation spending for its own comfort and well-being.
  Policies that ignore the very real and dangerous issues of global warming, [...]

  Posted: December 08, 2009, 12:11pm EST
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• Wicker: Will Use Every Tool Available to Stop Abortion Funding In Healthcare Bill

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  Sen. Roger Wicker released one of the strongest statements I have seen him make during his time in the upper chamber where he issued this stark warning to Democrats who try to place taxpayer funding for abortion in their healthcare legislation: “I have consistently fought to protect the lives of unborn [...]

  Posted: December 08, 2009, 10:47am EST
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• HERRING - The Bue Dogs - PART II

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  THE BLUE DOGS - PART II As was stated in the last installment of this blog, Wikipedia tells us that the Democratic Blue Dog Coalition is “a group of 53 moderate and conservative Democrats committed to financial and national security, favoring compromise and bipartisanship over ideology and party discipline.” But are [...]

  Posted: December 07, 2009, 9:34pm EST
  

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• NYT - A Tilt Away From Social Issues - GOP govs. are optimistic

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  NYT - A Tilt Away From Social Issues - GOP govs. are optimistic After two bleak years, Republican governors gathered here on Thursday to assess their political future — and they liked what they saw. With 37 governors’ seats open in 2010, the party is looking to topple some big-name Democrats. What [...]

  Posted: November 20, 2009, 3:00pm EST
  

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• Travis Childers in a commercial as a Dem. who voted no

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  Travis Childers in a commercial as a Dem. who voted no Showing new signs of life after the embarrassing debacle in New York's 23rd Congressional District, U.S. Rep. Pete Sessions and the National Republican Congressional Committee are already pounding some senior Democrats whose vote in favor of Nancy Pelosi's healthcare package [...]

  Posted: November 20, 2009, 2:32pm EST
  

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• MSGOP Chairman Brad White Responds to Jamie Frank’s Comments on Budget

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  Jackson, Miss. – Republican Party Chairman Brad White issued the following statement today on the remarks made by Democratic Party Chairman Jamie Franks regarding Governor Haley Barbour’s budget recommendations: “Jamie Franks shows us the difference between big government, big spending Democrats and the prudent reforms presented by Governor Haley Barbour.” [...]

  Posted: November 19, 2009, 4:38pm EST
  

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• Barbour Budget (Part II)

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  While there is much to criticize in Gov. Barbour's budget proposals, and much to applaud, the challenge for Democrats is to come up with an alternative.  There is no question but that the state is facing huge financial shortfalls, and doing nothing but complaining about the governor's budget will not [...]

  Posted: November 18, 2009, 10:01pm EST
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• Maj. in Miss. - The Interesting Lack of Response From Democrats

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  Maj. in Miss. - The Interesting Lack of Response From Democrats Most of the Clarion-Ledger’s stories regarding Haley Barbour FY 2011 budget outline have focused on reactions from people who stand to have an alma mater affected by mergers, and there reactions are predictable (and understandable). Most Americans suffer from NIMBY [...]

  Posted: November 18, 2009, 7:48pm EST
  

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• The Interesting Lack of Response From Democrats

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  Most of the Clarion-Ledger’s stories regarding Haley Barbour FY 2011 budget outline have focused on reactions from people who stand to have an alma mater affected by mergers, and there reactions are predictable (and understandable). Most Americans suffer from NIMBY disease. Yes, they want the budget balanced and cuts made [...]

  Posted: November 18, 2009, 9:39am EST
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• Wicker: With $12 Trillion Debt & Record Job Losses, U.S. Can’t Afford Democrats’ Health Care Pla

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  Wicker: With $12 Trillion Debt & Record Job Losses, U.S. Can’t Afford Democrats’ Health Care Plan WASHINGTON – As the national debt today reached an all-time high of $12 trillion, U.S. Senator Roger Wicker released the following statement on health care spending and reform proposals being considered in Congress: “Today, our [...]

  Posted: November 17, 2009, 9:54pm EST
  

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• WSJ - Blue Dogs Make Sleepy Watch Dogs - All bark and no bite

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  WSJ - Blue Dogs Make Sleepy Watch Dogs - All bark and no bite When the so-called fiscally conservative "Blue Dog" Democrats folded on the health care reform bill, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi skated to victory and even declared, "That was easy." No wonder. A new analysis of the three big [...]

  Posted: November 17, 2009, 6:53pm EST
  

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• Democrats: Terrorists bring jobs

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  1:30 in video. Go ahead Sam Hall, try and defend this one if you Barbara Blackmon is not bitch-slapping you right now. [...]

  Posted: November 16, 2009, 9:39pm EST
  

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• Village Voice: Cuomo and Democrats "plunged" nation into housing crisis

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  That bastion of right-wing radicalism, the Village Voice, published a story a year ago that discussed how Andrew Cuomo forced Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to engage in subprime lending while he was Secretary of HUD:
  
  "Andrew Cuomo, the youngest [...]

  Posted: November 16, 2009, 11:58am EST
  

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• Childers Did Receive Some Protests Friday

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  Last week, a group of local Democrats in the First District indicated that they were not happy with Travis Childers’ vote against healthcare legislation written by Nancy Pelosi, and were going to let their voices be heard outside a Friday night fundraiser in Oxford. Well, a group of about 20 held [...]

  Posted: November 16, 2009, 8:47am EST
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• AP - 2012 already? GOP wannabes jockeying early - is Barbour got a chance?

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  AP - 2012 already? GOP wannabes jockeying early - does Barbour have a chance? Pawlenty, for instance, caused a stir among insiders recently with a series of bobbles. In one case, the Minnesota governor seemed to suggest that moderate Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe of Maine, who sided with Democrats on Obama's' [...]

  Posted: November 15, 2009, 7:55pm EST
  

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• US Attorney Hopeful Would Never Protest Fellow Democrats

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  If this were a Republican nominee for U.S. Attorney, the left would be going nuts.Northern District U.S. Attorney hopeful Christi McCoy, among those at the fundraiser, said she may not always support Childers, but she would never protest a fellow Democrat.
  
  "It shows public discord within my party," [...]

  Posted: November 14, 2009, 3:33pm EST
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• Democrats protesting Democrats - Childers comes under fire

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  Democrats protesting Democrats - Childers comes under fire About 20 protesters showed up at a fundraiser for U.S. Rep. Travis Childers on Friday, toting signs and yelling "health care now" in opposition to his recent no vote in Washington, D.C. To avoid the crowd, Childers went through the back door of [...]

  Posted: November 14, 2009, 1:34pm EST
  

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• Consolidation Politics

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  The word on the street is that Gov. Barbour's budget will contain sweeping changes to state government in order to -- ostensibly -- save money, including school consolidation and university consolidation.  If that comes to pass, we Democrats will have been handed a gift.  Notwithstanding the completely bogus claims made [...]

  Posted: November 13, 2009, 9:39pm EST
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• al.com - Obama should listen to the Blue Dog Democrats

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  al.com - Obama should listen to the Blue Dog Democrats Obama and key Democrats in the U.S. Senate prepare their final push for health care reform, they need to listen to the objections of moderates in their own party, including the five Democratic members of the Alabama and Mississippi House delegations [...]

  Posted: November 13, 2009, 2:18pm EST
  

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