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Click here to visit the new home of Politics Daily!Has there ever been a passel of politicians as sure of the will of "the American people" as our current crop? In the days since the midterm election, that phrase has been invoked by Obama, Pelosi, Mack, DeMint, and so on and so on. But the recent champion is surely John Boehner, the putative next speaker of the House of Representatives. In his first news conference after Tuesday's election, he mentioned "the American people" 21 times, including four times in one memorable 30-second reply: Well, I think it's important to listen to the American people. There are more Americans engaged in our ...
How nasty is politics in 2010? One telling sign is the shout-out given to Jerry Patterson and Hector Uribe recently by the editorial board of the Dallas Morning News. If you know who these guys are, you're not just a world-class political junkie, but a world-class Texas political junkie. There aren't many elections more obscure beyond the Lone Star borders than for state land commissioner. What did the News laud the two for? "These two, both born in 1946, hark back to a time when political rivals could compete for election, yet still be civil with one another." Yup. They got their very ...
A Republican donor "ashamed" of a recent controversial GOP fund-raising presentation says that he "will no longer contribute" to any organized Party effort, reports Politico. ...
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