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Obama takes friendly fire on economy

Hope and Change in Flames! Let's wrap our brains around the current state of affairs... •13 men and women are slaughtered at Ft. Hood and mounting evidence shows a PC U.S. Army aided and abetted al Qaeda. •Americans are so broke they fear spending $1. ...

From MARTIN KADY II, The Politico,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  John McCain,  U.S. Democratic Party,  George W. Bush,  White House

Will Hoffman fever spread to Illinois?

A conservative candidate for the Republican Senate primary in Illinois has dropped out of the race, which should be good news for Rep. Mark Kirk, a moderate running for the GOP nomination. Photo: John Shinkle A conservative candidate ...

From MARTIN KADY II, The Politico,  4 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  Mark Kirk

Brooke gets Congressional Gold Medal

President Barack Obama on Wednesday honored a politician who broke racial barriers in Washington when Obama himself was still in grade school. Obama gave former Sen. Ed Brooke — a black Republican from Massachusetts — the Congressional Gold Medal in a ...

From MARTIN KADY II, The Politico,  29 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  U.S. Republican Party,  Edward M. Kennedy,  U.S. Senate,  Paul Tsongas

GOP-ers want rules meetings videotaped

A spokesman for Rules Committee Chairwoman Louise Slaughter (D-N.Y.) says cameras are welcome anytime but stopped short of agreeing to have them installed permanently. Photo: AP The House Rules Committee is one of the most powerful yet ...

From MARTIN KADY II, The Politico,  27 Oct 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Congress,  Louise Slaughter,  Charlie Dent,  David Dreier

DeMint rants from a safe place

Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) is one of the safer incumbents in 2010. But in his reelection announcement Monday, DeMint sounded as if he’s trying to be a national leader of the tea party movement as much as he is trying to remain the GOP senator from South ...

From MARTIN KADY II, The Politico,  13 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Jim DeMint,  U.S. Republican Party,  Barack Obama

Strange bedfellows: Beck and Feingold?

This may be one of the few times Fox News's Glenn Beck endorses a policy of liberal Sen. Russ Feingold. Photo: Reuters This may be one of the few times Fox News firebrand Glenn Beck endorses a policy of liberal Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.). ...

From MARTIN KADY II, The Politico,  30 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Russ Feingold,  Glenn Beck,  White House,  U.S. Congress,  Barack Obama

More outcry for McChrystal testimony

Republicans want to make the idea of a high stakes congressional hearing with Gen. Stanley McChrystal look inevitable. On Monday, Sen. Kit Bond (R-Mo.), the ranking Republican on the Senate Intelligence Committee, became the latest GOP lawmaker to ...

From MARTIN KADY II, The Politico,  29 Sep 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Senate Intelligence Committee,  Kit Bond,  White House

Michael Moore targets Blue Dogs

Michael Moore is in town to promote his film 'Capitalism: A Love Story,' and while his movie is already being mocked by Republicans, Moore's real targets are Democrats. Photo: AP This one has all the makings of a perfect Washington media ...

From MARTIN KADY II, The Politico,  29 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Michael Moore,  U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. Republican Party,  Barack Obama,  U.S. Congress

Begich has a bone to pick

Alaska Sen. Mark Begich has been a loyal Democrat so far in his first year as a freshman senator. But on Alaska issues, he hasn’t had any problem criticizing President Barack Obama. He’s publicly disagreed with the president on missile defense ...

From MARTIN KADY II, The Politico,  28 Sep 2009

Related Topics: White House,  Mark Begich,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Barack Obama

Byrd released from hospital

Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.) has been released from the hospital and is on his way home, two days after suffering a fall in his home. Byrd, 91, has been in and out of the hospital this year several times, and on Tuesday he was rushed to the hospital ...

From MARTIN KADY II, The Politico,  24 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Robert Byrd,  Edward M. Kennedy,  U.S. Democratic Party

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