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Michele Bachmann for President? First Reactions
By Yelena Shuster - AOL NewsLook out Sarah Palin -- there's a new Republican woman who's eyeing an Oval Office run in 2012. Michele Bachmann, a three-term congresswoman from Minnesota, is known as much for her conservative views (homosexuality is a "dysfunction" and President Barack Obama is turning America into a "nation of slaves") as for the enmity she arouses in liberals. As ABC News reports, Bachmann, the founder and chairwoman of the House Tea Party Caucus, will travel to Iowa this month "to seek advice from political forces there and party elders close to the caucus process before coming to a final decision" on ...
Values Voter Summit: Should Top GOPers Share Stage With Anti-Muslim Extremist?
By David Corn - Politics DailyImagine if someone had publicly said any of the following: - Jews should not be allowed to serve in the U.S. military; - Inbreeding has caused Jews to become stupid; - No more synagogues should be built in the United States; - Jews should be expelled from the United States. Would such a person be invited to speak at a major conservative Christian gathering? And would prominent Republican lawmakers and GOP presidential candidates agree to share the stage with this extremist? Not at all. There would be righteous indignation by the buckets, loads of denunciations, and loud calls for a boycott. ...
Democrats' New Drive: Tea Party, Republican Agenda Is 'One and the Same'
By Lynn Sweet - Politics DailyThe Democratic National Committee is brewing up a new multi-front campaign: linking the Tea Party to all Republicans. A Democratic source told Politics Daily the latest strategy was triggered when Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) launched the Tea Party Caucus in the House last week -- a step too far for many voters in November, the DNC is betting. A briefing memo on the DNC's Tea Party drive was circulated to Politics Daily and other outlets in advance of a Wednesday press conference featuring DNC Chairman Tim Kaine (pictured) and Vice Chairman Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) A key ...
Michele Bachmann Forms 'Tea Party Caucus' in Congress
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyRep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) has officially formed a congressional caucus for the Tea Party movement, giving the small-government movement a formal presence on Capitol Hill. Bachmann has been a leading advocate for Tea Party activists in the halls of Congress. In an op-ed for Fox News.com, Bachmann wrote that she started the caucus "to bring members' attention to the cries of everyday Americans who are asking for a return to the fundamental principles contained within our nation's greatest document, the Constitution." She added, "I have talked to many people who felt discouraged because ...
Facebook Launches Page for Congress
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyMembers of Congress can now be followed on Facebook, after the social networking site launched a page devoted to lawmakers on Capitol Hill. The "Congress on Facebook" page went up this week and provides quick links to individual senators and representatives. Constituents can keep track of how their elected officials are using the site and even get alerts about bills coming up for votes. "We hope this will encourage even more use of social technologies like Facebook by politicians and government agencies to interact with and serve their constituents," Tim Sparapani, Facebook's public policy ...
Obama's Nuclear Summit: Invisible for Conservatives?
By David Corn - Politics DailyOn Monday and Tuesday, President Obama convened a historic gathering in Washington to deal with the most urgent threat facing the globe: nuclear terrorism. Never before have so many world leaders gathered to discuss together how to thwart one of the greatest nightmares imaginable; 47 nations were represented. Though no sweeping treaties or agreements were reached, Obama did succeed on two important fronts. He placed the issue of controlling and securing nuclear material that could be used by terrorists (including al-Qaeda and its allies) at the top of the global to-do list. And he encouraged ...
Palin and Bachmann: Feminists in Naughty Monkey Peep Toe Heels
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyPoor, poor Tim Pawlenty. The earnest Minnesota governor brought his best zingers and one-liners to the Minneapolis Convention Center on Wednesday, but he got his biggest applause at the GOP fundraiser only when he introduced Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann. The two brightest stars of the conservative movement were headliners for the event to raise cash for Bachmann's re-election campaign. On the charisma scale, he was chalk to their napalm. With Martina McBride's "This One's for the Girls" blaring in the background, Bachmann and Palin took the stage in a blur of waving hands, teased hair, ...
Sarah Palin Rallies for Michele Bachmann on Wednesday
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyMore than 10,000 Republican faithful are expected to crowd into the Minneapolis Convention Center on Wednesday when Sarah Palin joins Rep. Michele Bachmann at a fundraiser and rally for Bachmann's re-election bid and the Minnesota state Republican Party. The state GOP has already distributed 10,000 tickets to the right-leaning, star-studded afternoon event, which will include Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty and Fox News' Sean Hannity. Following the rally, which is free, Palin will headline a high-dollar fundraiser, where tickets run from $500 to get in the door to $10,000 for a photo-op with the ...
Sarah Palin Sticks to Her Guns, and Gun Imagery, in Message to Supporters
By David Sessions - Politics DailyIn a message posted on her Facebook page Sunday afternoon, Sarah Palin reiterated her call for supporters to "reload" in the battle against health care reform, a term that provoked controversy last week after critics accused her of inciting violence against members of Congress. Presenting her message as an exhortation to college basketball teams competing in March Madness, Palin stood her ground in using firearm imagery against the administration. "The crossfire is intense, so penetrate through enemy territory by bombing through the press, and use your strong weapons -- your Big Guns -- to ...
'Repeal It' Group Vows to Undo Health Reform If It Becomes Law
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyRarely have politicians signed up to undo a law before it takes effect, or has even passed. But dozens of Republican members of Congress and candidates have done just that with health care reform, agreeing to a "Repeal It" pledge authored by the conservative Club for Growth. The repeal movement is still small -- fewer than 40 House and Senate members and another 160 or so candidates -- but it suggests the contentious debate will extend beyond any possible resolution of the issue in Congress this year and also past the November elections. The signers include some of the most conservative ...
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