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RNC purity test may trip up several candidates...greater success. Regardless of whether the purity test is formally adopted as initially outlined, the Democratic party should be using this to drive a wedge between the Republican party and its more moderate members. Why should they... In this article: Republican Party, Mike Castle, Democratic Party, Washington, Beau Biden, Republican National Committee, George Orwell, and Ronald Reagan |
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Huffington Post | 2 days ago
Patrick Maines: The Orphan Of The American Political Spectrum
...as well. In part, the underachievement of libertarianism is explained by the existence of the Libertarian Party and the philosophy's concomitant lack of standing in either the Democratic or the Republican Party. But it's also a...
In this article: Democratic Party, Political philosophy, US, Liberalism, Capitalism, Cato Institute, and Libertarian Party
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Slate Magazine - Politics | November 13, 2009
Sarah Palin gives the GOP an early start on its Thanksgiving family fight.
...is firing back. Republican strategist Alex Castellanos, who once worked for Mitt Romney, is the latest to question Charlie Crist, the Republican governor of Florida, who is in a primary fight against conservative Marco Rubio. Yes, the...
In this article: Sarah Palin, Katie Couric, John McCain, Sean Hannity, John Dickerson, Facebook, Slate, and Twitter
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Times Union | November 08, 2009
Incumbents bear brunt of voter anger
...strategist and University at Albany political science professor, in an e-mail. Gyory advises both Democratic and GOP clients, including Suozzi's campaign. "It was neither partisan nor ideological. It was a rare riptide from the vital...
In this article: Tom Suozzi, New York City, Democratic Party, Michael Bloomberg, Nassau, New Yorkers, E mail, and Political science
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Detroit News | 3 days ago
Nolan Finley: Finley: Is Obama out to torpedo Cherry?
That might prove fatal for the Republican, except that -- if he gets through the GOP primary -- Cox's most likely Democratic rival will be Lt. Gov. John Cherry, who bears on his shoulders the failed Granholm administration.
In this article: John Cherry, Barack Obama, Jennifer Granholm, Andy Dillon, Mike Cox, Kwame Kilpatrick, White House, Michigan, and Allegation
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NBC | November 16, 2009
Obama Looks to Escape The Long Shadow of 1994
...itself as independent has grown in the last several years. That group swung from going narrowly Obama last year to voting GOP by as much as 2-1 in the Jersey and Virginia elections. Obama has to figure out how to make more of those...
In this article: White House, GOP, Hillary Clinton, Democratic Party, Virginia, Newt Gingrich, and House Ways and Means Committee
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AP Online | November 16, 2009
NH radio host, blogger's gay Dem attack condemned
NH radio host, blogger's gay Dem attack condemned CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - A conservative Republican radio host, blogger and self-described citizen journalist is apologizing for calling New Hampshire's Democratic Party chairman derogatory gay...
In this article: New Hampshire, Democratic Party, and Concord
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CBS News | 5 days ago
GOP Governors Optimistic on Party's Future
...two years later, Republicans rebounded. The GOP made its biggest gains in gubernatorial races, picking up eight states in a class of 1966 that included such up-and-comers as Ronald Reagan in California. The GOP was soundly beaten again in 1976...
In this article: GOP, Haley Barbour, Barack Obama, Democratic Party, New Jersey, Virginia, Sarah Palin, Ohio, and Ronald Reagan
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The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. It is often referred to as the Grand Old Party or the GOP. Founded in 1854 by anti-slavery expansion activists and modernizers, the Republican Party quickly surpassed the Whig Party as the principal opposition to the Democratic Party. It first came to power in 1860 with the election of Abraham Lincoln to the presidency and presided over the American Civil War and Reconstruction. Today, the party supports a conservative platform (from an American political perspective), with further foundations in supply-side fiscal policies, and social conservatism.
The Republican Party is currently the second largest party with 55 million registered voters as of 2004, encompassing roughly one-third of the electorate. The current U.S. President, George W. Bush, is the 19th Republican to hold that office. Republicans currently fill a minority of seats in both the United States Senate and the House of Representatives, hold a minority of state governorships, and control a minority of state legislatures.
The party's nominee for President in the upcoming 2008 election is Senator John McCain of Arizona, and the party's nominee for Vice-President is Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska.
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