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What Will Christine O'Donnell Do for an Encore?
By Mara Gay - AOL News
(Nov. 3) -- Christine O'Donnell isn't letting a little thing like a big loss get in the way of midterm election fun. The tea-party-backed GOP Senate candidate was plainly trounced by Democrat Chris Coons in a race many say helped map out the limits of the tea party's influence. But while the colorful candidate may be off the mat, she's still fighting on, railing against the Republican Party's leadership and vowing to hold Democrats accountable for their big-spending ways. The defiance came through loud and clear in her concession speech Tuesday night, which was just about as unorthodox as ...
Angry Clowns: Don't Call Washington Politics 'a Circus'
By Barry Weintraub - AOL News
(Oct. 29) -- You can call Washington a mess. You can call it a farce. But please don't call it a circus. Clowns, jugglers, carnies and other performers making their living under the big top are frustrated by the state of American politics, but they say it's unfair to compare their business to what's going on inside the Beltway. "If you look at the history of the American circus, you'll find that it's one of the most efficient and well-run industries," says Keith Nelson, also known as Kinko the Clown of the Bindlestiff Family Circus, a New York City-based group that has traveled the world. ...
Which Celebrity Would You Vote For?
By Barry Weintraub - AOL News
(Oct. 12) -- George Clooney and Angelina Jolie already have faces that could have been chiseled by Michelangelo, so why not just carve those two directly into Mount Rushmore? The two left-leaning activist celebrities were among those most frequently mentioned when AOL News asked a random sampling of New Yorkers, "What celebrity would you chose to lead the country?" Indeed, some people took the question quite seriously, pointing to Jolie's charitable efforts as a U.N. goodwill ambassador. Of course, many others thought the question was all in good fun. One woman said she'd cast her vote ...
Opinion: The Tea Party Pendulum Has Swung Too Far
By Mark Budman - AOL News(Sept. 30) -- A longtime Republican, I voted Sept. 14 in the New York state primary to defeat Carl Paladino on his way to becoming our next governor. Paladino is the loudest voice of the shrill cacophony of the tea party cries in my state. He's a local, male Sarah Palin. I don't have any problems with tea parties, though I prefer my tea decaffeinated and my parties not too noisy. As he tells us in the video on his website, Paladino "is mad as hell" and he is "on a crusade." Do we need someone who is self-proclaimed mad to govern the great but dysfunctional state of New York? Just read what ...
Word Cloud Smackdown: The Pledge to America vs. The Contract With America
By Carl Franzen - AOL News(Sept. 23) -- The GOP unveiled a new "Contract with America," sorry, scratch that, "Pledge to America," today, attempting to articulate to voters what Republicans would do differently, specifically, if they were in charge of Congress. Of course, the new document was designed to echo Newt Gingrich's seminal 1994 document, "The Contract with America," which is widely credited with helping usher in a 12-year Republican Congressional majority. Although Republicans were already favored to make big gains when voters go to the polls for the midterm elections on November 2, it is unclear how much ...
Labor Group Sends Out 2.5 Million Mailers Targeting GOP Candidates
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyFollowing up on its promise to spend big and fight hard for Democrats this election year, the nation's largest labor federation sent out 2.5 million campaign mailers Monday, going after GOP candidates in nearly 50 congressional and gubernatorial races. The aggressive mail campaign by the AFL-CIO and the Service Employees International Union accuses Republicans of being anti-union, wanting to privatize Social Security, being too close to Wall Street donors, and opposing basic worker safety requirements, The Huffington Post reported: But it's some of the specific attacks -- in addition to the ...
Opinion: GOP Men Need to Grow Up
By not in system - AOL News
(Sept. 20) -- Most people watching Karl Rove's initial reaction to Christine O'Donnell's unexpected win in Delaware for the Republican Senate nomination could have easily compared him to a toddler having quite the temper tantrum. Men who are supposed leaders of the national GOP have been diminished to screaming 2-year-olds who didn't get their way when their so-called mainstream candidates lost races all across the country. It's at the point of being largely entertaining to watch these grown men, from former presidential advisers to current U.S. senators, just melt when they don't get their ...
Christine O'Donnell's LinkedIn Says She Studied at Oxford
By not in system - AOL News(Sept. 15) -- Did Sarah Palin-backed tea party heroine Christine O'Donnell really study at Oxford? A public LinkedIn profile under her name appears to claim as much. Under the education heading, it lists "Post Modernism in the New Millennium" at the University of Oxford. Have a look: O'Donnell, who swept to an upset defeat of nine-term Congressman Mike Castle in Tuesday's GOP primary, hasn't yet mentioned an Oxford connection on the campaign trail. So what was the course, and how long ago did she take it? Surge Desk searched Oxford's course library and did not come across any current ...
Tea Partiers Surge in Final Round of Primaries
By not in system - AOL News(Sept. 14) -- Republican establishment candidates Michael Castle in Delaware, Kelly Ayotte in New Hampshire and Rick Lazio in New York are trying to fend off Tea Party threats. ...
Low Democratic Turnout in Primaries Could Bode Well for GOP in General Election
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyMany polls have painted a rosy picture for Republican prospects in the November elections, and now the GOP's chances also appear to be boosted by new data from this year's primaries. An American University study released Tuesday finds that the average statewide turnout by Republicans in primary contests topped that of the Democrats for the first time since 1930. Four million more votes were cast by GOP voters than by Democratic ones. Democratic primary turnout, as a percent of the eligible electorate, was the lowest ever recorded during a midterm election, the researchers said. "Given the ...
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