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Democrats Try to Turn the Tables on the Tea Party
By Paul Wachter - AOL News(Aug. 5) -- Democrats are providing an interesting wrinkle to the tea party fever sweeping over Red State America. Just as tea partiers have pressed GOP candidates to announce their conservative bona fides, the Democrat National Committee is now challenging Republican office holders and candidates to declare their feelings about the tea party before the November midterm elections. For all the buzz about the tea party and polls showing high support for the movement's candidates, Democrats believe its principles are out of touch with mainstream America. The DNC today began sending letters ...
Sen. Chuck Grassley Files His Own Twitter Entries, Thank You Very Much
By Dylan and Ethan Ris - Politics DailyPoliticians have a complex relationship with the social networking fad-of-the-moment, Twitter.On the one hand you have the tech-savvy younger generation, who have used the microblogging service to do everything from launch a gubernatorial campaign (Gavin Newsom) to declare their heterosexuality (Charlie Crist).On the other hand, you have a bumbling older generation who either has no idea what Twitter is (Jim Bunning) or suddenly remembers that they invented the whole technology and enlists a staffer to "tweet" for them (John McCain).This week, Capitol Hill daily newspaper The Hill made an ...
GOP to Dick Cheney: Go Back Into Hiding!
By David Knowles - Politics DailyAccording to The Hill, not all Republicans are happy that former Vice President Dick Cheney has taken it upon himself to wage war against President Barack Obama. Some are openly wishing he'd go back to a life in hiding, or, at the very least, follow George W. Bush's example of holding his tongue a bit more. Rep. Zach Wamp (R-Tenn.), who is running for governor, suggested that past leaders should not be seeking the spotlight at a time when the party is rebuilding and redefining itself, after "hitting bottom" in the devestating losses last November. "Interpret it however you want to, but what ...
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