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... Talks Mid-Term Election Strategy Democrati c National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine appeared on The Rachel Maddow Show Tuesday to talk about the party's strategy for the midterm elections. He predicted that the party would "do better than people expect."The former Virginia governor confirmed that the Democratic party will focus on three things as part of their midterm election strategy: good candidate recruitment, the passage of health care reform, and Republican hypocrisy. Kaine also ...

... Talks Mid-Term Election Strategy Democrati c National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine appeared on The Rachel Maddow Show Tuesday to talk about the party's strategy for the midterm elections. He predicted that the party would "do better than people expect."The former Virginia governor confirmed that the Democratic party will focus on three things as part of their midterm election strategy: good candidate recruitment, the passage of health care reform, and Republican hypocrisy. Kaine also ...

Regarding Kaine, former Virginia Gov. Douglas Wilder (D) has written an op-ed arguing that Kaine -- a fellow former VA governor -- is not a good fit for DNC chair. (Do note that Wilder has been an unpredictable Democrat; in last year's gubernatorial race in Virginia, Wilder refused to endorse Creigh Deeds.) Tim Kaine is a friend who I respect. I personally pushed for his consideration by Obama for the vice-presidency because Tim was the first governor outside of Obama's home state to endorse ...

As the Democrats attempt to ram their hugely unpopular idea of health care reform through the legislative process, there is increased interest in how that process works. There's been plenty of talk lately about reconciliation and how the Obama machine will most likely attempt to mis-use this part of the budget process and that brings us to another little known moment in US Senate history known as the Byrd Rule.Continued...The Byrd Rule, named for Senator Robert Byrd (D-West Virginia), was ...

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer says Congress isn't broken, but one branch of it is: the Senate. On MSNBC this morning, the Maryland Democrat defended the House, saying that it "had one of the most productive sessions, frankly, in recent times last year." Hoyer went on to tell MSNBC anchor Chuck Todd: "And in fact, the Congress was productive in some respects because the president signed into law some very significant pieces of legislation."The Senate, he said, is to blame. However, I ...

With populist outrage apparently pulsing across the land, many Democrats, including President Obama, have acknowledged a need to focus more directly on reducing unemployment and creating new jobs.But the House majority leader, Representative Steny H. Hoyer, Democrat of Maryland, wanted to drive home the point that Democrats have taken numerous successful steps to create or save jobs, including the big stimulus package last year.Mr. Hoyer, at a weekly news conference, distributed a chart showing ...

February is African American History MonthPart I. West Virginia History Made West Virginians are aware that a number of nationally prominent African Americans like Carter G. Woodson and Booker T. Washington are from our State. And West Virginians are aware that many nationally significant events in African American history, like John Brown’s Raid and the founding of the Niagra Movement, took place in West Virginia. This February, I want to recognize African Americans who have made and ...

Speaker Nancy Pelosi is firing back at House Republican leaders, saying they were slow to take interest in legislation to create jobs. The Republicans on Wednesday demanded an open forum on the jobs issue, months after House Democrats approved a $154 billion package with not a single Republican vote in favor of it.“In her most recent meeting with Leader Boehner earlier this month, the speaker raised the subject of jobs but did not receive a positive response,” said Brendan Daly, a ...

Doug Ross has been on this story and broke some news yesterday about the millions of dollars - that's right, millions - that Speaker Nancy Pelosi has rung up in travel using military aircraft.Now we learn from Doug that it appears Pelosi is using military jets to facilitate the personal travel of her children and grandchildren. No member of congress involved, just the junketing of her kids:Since Nancy Pelosi took over as Speaker in 2006, she's rung up millions in military travel expensesWorse ...

Libertarian Party chairman William Redpath (who resides in Leesburg, Virginia) had a scathing response to President Obama's State of the Union address, and even to Gov. Bob McDonnell's rebuttal."I can say exactly the same thing about President Obama's speech tonight that I said about George W. Bush's State of the Union speech in January 2008: 'Tonight's State of the Union address went much as expected. Instead of calling for a more limited role of the federal government in American society, the ...

U.S. Interrogators At Questioning Terrorists Ever since Nigerian Umar Farouq Abdulmutallab’s failed attempt to blow up a U.S. airliner over Detroit on Christmas Day, Republicans and conservatives have been attacking and politicizing the Obama administration’s response. Many have been whining that Abdulmutallab had not been properly interrogated and that valuable information has been lost. In an attempt to bash the Obama administration, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell ...

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) today swung hard against a public-relations campaign by the Obama Administration to clean up its tattered image over its handling of the war on terrorists, and especially Nigerian terrorist Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab.In a major address at The Heritage Foundation, McConnell gave a point-by-point refutation of all of the administration’s failures in this area, from the decision to close the detention facilities at Guantanamo Bay to the botched ...

RNC chairman Michael Steele on Fox after meeting with Tea Party activists:MICHAEL STEELE TELLS FOX & FRIENDS: THERE "WAS NOT ANY TALK" ABOUT THE TEA PARTY "BECOMING OR CREATING A THIRD PARTY"In an interview earlier this morning on FOX News Channel's FOX & Friends, RNC Chairman Michael Steele spoke with co host Steve Doocy about the Tea Party activists, GOP "mistakes," and the future of the Republican Party. Steele said "there was not any talk about becoming or creating a third party," ...

Y'all know how much I like smacking around (rhetorically speaking) Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele. He makes it SO easy. That's why when Steele not only does the right thing, but also says the right thing, I feel obligated to give him his props.Steele's vocal opposition to a proposed suicide pact -- otherwise known as the purity test for GOP candidates -- being considered at the party's annual meeting in Hawaii was a show of real leadership. In order to be considered ...

U.S. House minority leader is featured speaker at March 1 luncheon. MIDDLETOWN — U.S. Rep. John Boehner will be the featured speaker at a special luncheon to be held March 1 at the Manchester Inn & Conference Center beginning at noon.The event, sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce Serving Middletown, Monroe and Trenton, is open to the public. While chamber members are being encouraged to submit business-related questions in advance, at least half of the hourlong program will be ...

CPAC Convention, Washington - What if Rep. John Boehner was Speaker of the House? That's the picture the current minority leader wanted to paint for his fellow conservatives at the Conservative Political Action Conference today. As part of his introduction, audience members watched a montage of big Boehner moments on the House floor this past year: Boehner dropping the Democrat's health care bill on the floor in disgust, Boehner reading parts of the Democrat's cap and trade bill on the floor to ...

President Barack Obama needs Harry Reid to get his legislative agenda through the Senate. Reid needs Obama for something more — his political survival.The two leading Democrats are taking those efforts to Las Vegas, where Obama is heading Thursday to bolster the embattled Senate majority leader. The president’s overnight trip, the first of his second year in office, is a sign of how entwined Reid and Obama’s fortunes have become. And of how Obama, whose administration was ...

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's poll numbers make him look like an easy mark, but casino owners who have a history of disregarding party and going with the winner in Nevada politics are putting their money on him winning re-election.While his leadership is under assault in Washington and the GOP has made him its No. 1 target in November's election, Reid is counting on decades of close ties with the gambling industry and the nearly one in every three jobs it supports in the state to win over ...

On September 17, 1787 the U.S. Constitution was signed by 39 brave patriots who changed the course of history. Their commitment to freedom birthed a form of government designed to secure liberty. Never before was such a bold and blessed experiment attempted. Let us make a renewed commitment to honor our country by working to restore government to its Constitutional foundations. Join with the Constitution Party today, get acquainted with your CP state party members, sign up for email alerts and ...

The Republicans have not given any hint of finding an opponent for unstoppable killing machine Gov. Mike Beebe. The little-known Constitution Party IS giving such hints. They already have someone lined up to run. It only remains to be seen if they can get ballot access. Here is a message to the members from Chairman Tom Mayfield....We are quickly approaching the November election in Arkansas and throughout the nation. I want to supply everyone with some general information about candidates and ...