Posts tagged Republicans

Republicans abandoned their blockade against legislation to clamp tough new controls on Wall Street Wednesday, clearing a road to likely passage for the most sweeping rewrite of financial rules since the Great Depression. Democrats and Republicans agree the Senate will ultimately pass landmark changes aimed... [+]

First he called congressional Democrats’ yearlong march toward health care overhaul an ugly process. Now President Barack Obama wants to talk directly with Republicans, the very people his Capitol Hill allies call obstinate and uncooperative. It’s no wonder Democratic lawmakers are less than enthusiastic about... [+]

A new Daily Kos/Research 2000 poll, conducted among 2,000 self-identified Republican respondents nationwide, gives an interesting peek into the psyche of the minority party’s base. Kos has not yet released the full numbers, but here’s some early info on the poll that he has posted... [+]

Among top GOP operatives in Washington, there is overwhelming majority sentiment that the Republican National Committee blundered a year ago when it tapped Michael Steele as its chairman. There is equally strong sentiment among members of the RNC about what Republicans can do it about... [+]

Across the globe, conservatives who have gone green are under fire for their carbon-cutting zeal. Sam Bungey on David Cameron’s comeuppance, Monsieur Taxe’s troubles, and Australia’s denier coup. While Republicans have focused on finding new ways to demean Mother Nature (in the lead, Sarah Palin:... [+]