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Spectre of Dem Landslide Sparking GOP Civil War

Wins for Obama, Dem lawmakers could spell Republican collapse

(Newser) - As polls continue to give the election edge to Barack Obama, GOP leaders are fearing the Democrat could win in a landslide, reports the Telegraph. Second-guessing of John McCain's campaign and deep fears for the GOP are already triggering a battle among Republican faithful for control of the party's future....

GOP's Weld Jumps Ship, Backs Obama
GOP's Weld Jumps Ship, Backs Obama
Oct 24, 2008 10:27 AM CDT

GOP's Weld Jumps Ship, Backs Obama

Ex-governor of Mass. could help swing votes in New Hampshire

(Newser) - The latest big Republican to jump ship, at least temporarily, is a former Massachusetts governor who supported Mitt Romney in the primaries. Barack Obama is a "once-in-a-lifetime candidate" with "common values" and "an ability to unite and inspire," says William Weld. The Democrats have Massachusetts in...

Conservative Sees Future in Palin
 Conservative 
 Sees Future 
 in Palin 
OPINION
Oct 23, 2008 7:14 PM CDT

Conservative Sees Future in Palin

Movement needs 'plain spoken' leader like VP candidate, not 'over-delicate' Noonans

(Newser) - Conservative commentators who shamelessly jump on the Barack Obama bandwagon are blinkered to the new face of conservatism, Tony Blankley writes in the Washington Times. Just like “me-too” Republicans of the New Deal era, “they all cast their admiration for Mr. Obama in contrast to Sarah Palin—who...

As McCain Falls, NH Senator Faces Trouble

Sununu in hotly fought battle as Granite State turns on GOP

(Newser) - One of this year's most bitterly contested Senate races is in New Hampshire, where the Republican John Sununu is facing a rematch with Jeanne Shaheen, whom he defeated in 2002. In the famously independent Granite State, Sununu was counting on the popularity of John McCain to propel him to victory....

Voters Flee GOP Fury Like It's 1964
 Voters Flee GOP 
 Fury Like It's 1964 
OPINION
Oct 21, 2008 10:10 AM CDT

Voters Flee GOP Fury Like It's 1964

Angry base has handed election to Obama, writes Cohen

(Newser) - Eight years ago George W. Bush made it to the White House as a "compassionate conservative," with plans to reform education and build a multiracial coalition. In 2008, writes Richard Cohen, that vision of the GOP is dead—replaced by "a mean, grumpy, exclusive, narrow-minded and...

'Outsider' Palin Used Media Insiders to Win VP Nod

PR firm helped her woo pundits, make case

(Newser) - Sarah Palin likes to play up her outsider credentials while decrying the media elite, but she’s relied on both throughout her career. Belying her mockery of the “mainstream media,” Palin hired a well-connected PR firm to target East Coast journalists and courted conservative media insiders who eventually...

Sacramento GOP Site Takes Down Obama Hate Images

Officials voice disgust over local party linking Dem to bin Laden

(Newser) - Sacramento Republicans yesterday removed images from their website urging voters to “Waterboard Barack Obama” and declaring “The Only Difference Between Obama and Osama is a Little BS.” State party leaders condemned the content, with a spokesman for Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger calling it “completely and totally inappropriate,...

Va. GOP Chair Links Obama to Osama
Va. GOP Chair
Links Obama
to Osama
Oct 13, 2008 10:34 AM CDT

Va. GOP Chair Links Obama to Osama

Says both 'have friends that bombed the Pentagon'

(Newser) - In the latest volley in the battle for Virginia, the state's GOP chief compared Barack Obama to Osama bin Laden, reports the Washington Post, and Democrats and even Republicans are reacting angrily. Jeffrey Frederick slammed Obama's links to radical political activist Bill Ayers in a recent meeting with McCain campaign...

Populism Killed the Republican Party
Populism Killed the Republican Party
OPINION
Oct 10, 2008 10:55 AM CDT

Populism Killed the Republican Party

Anti-elite attitude personified by Palin drove away base

(Newser) - Anti-intellectual populism has reduced the Republicans to a resentful rump party, writes David Brooks in the New York Times. A movement that once prized good ideas began to rely on bashing the educated as a political tactic. “What had been a disdain for liberal intellectuals slipped into a disdain...

Palin's Rise Proves GOP Just Doesn't Care
Palin's Rise Proves GOP
Just Doesn't Care
OPINION
Oct 9, 2008 11:13 AM CDT

Palin's Rise Proves GOP Just Doesn't Care

Governing not foremost in GOP's mind

(Newser) - If the polls are right, Republicans are about to lose the election, and when that happens Sarah Palin "will reign as the party’s crown princess,” writes Jay Bookman in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. That would be a travesty, because Palin epitomizes the reason Republicans are falling from favor:...

Obama Ordered to Return Illegal Donations

Newsweek report prompts GOP to request federal inquiry

(Newser) - Barack Obama’s record-breaking $485-million war chest includes a number of small, illegal donations that federal officials have ordered the campaign to return, reports Newsweek. The GOP has requested a federal investigation into Obama’s campaign finances, the Washington Post writes. Roughly half of Obama's funds have been raised through...

'Nihilist' House GOP Doomed US to Recession
'Nihilist' House GOP Doomed US to Recession
OPINION
Sep 30, 2008 12:00 PM CDT

'Nihilist' House GOP Doomed US to Recession

American leadership is 'scarcer than credit,' writes Brooks

(Newser) - When FDR became president, writes David Brooks, his first priority was to give Americans faith in their leadership, to show that someone was running the show. Now that the US is facing the greatest financial crisis since the Depression, today's political leaders "have failed utterly and catastrophically to project...

Time for Hopefuls to Wax Philosophical

We still don't know how the candidates think: Noonan

(Newser) - Barack Obama is rising in the polls, but he still seems “exotic”; John McCain is playing the maverick but his maneuvering on the bailout may have been “too cute.” In a week with “all categories upside-down and out the window,” it’s time for both...

Palin Effect Reinvigorates GOP Slate
Palin Effect Reinvigorates GOP Slate
ANALYSIS
Sep 19, 2008 2:09 PM CDT

Palin Effect Reinvigorates GOP Slate

Enthusiasm for VP pick may help limit damage in Senate, House races

(Newser) - The Sarah Palin factor has energized Republican donors and campaign volunteers, giving the party a boost in the fall’s congressional races, the Washington Post reports. Everyone agrees the GOP won't be able to win back the House or Senate, but it looks like the Democrats won't get to a...

GOP Mailing Confuses Voters in Swing States
GOP Mailing Confuses Voters in Swing States
ANALYSIS
Sep 18, 2008 7:47 PM CDT

GOP Mailing Confuses Voters in Swing States

Wrong addresses, missing information muddle absentee ballot forms

(Newser) - Republican mass mailings have some swing-state residents confused about their voting status, Miller-McCune reports. Mailers with absentee-ballot applications or requests for updated voter-registration records in at least eight states were either missing information or organized confusingly, which could lead to discounted votes or registration errors.

Obama Hopes to Find Southern Comfort in Va.

State demographics shifting blue, but Dems haven't won since '64

(Newser) - Barack Obama is seeking to become the first Democrat to win Virginia since LBJ in 1964. He's got a good shot, writes the New York Times: demographic changes favor his party, and Virginia has now elected two Democratic governors and a senator. But John McCain has the support of several...

Palin Plans Meet-and-Greet at UN Next Week

McCain plans to introduce her to foreign leaders at general assembly

(Newser) - John McCain plans to introduce Sarah Palin to foreign leaders at the United Nations next week to boost her foreign-policy experience, the Wall Street Journal reports. McCain advisers say they hope the running mate will demonstrate her diplomatic prowess and understanding of foreign-policy issues during the visit Tuesday, the same...

Where Conservatives Have it Wrong
 Where 
 Conservatives 
 Have it Wrong 
OPINION
Sep 12, 2008 6:51 AM CDT

Where Conservatives Have it Wrong

Individualism can't solve everything for a social species

(Newser) - Barry Goldwater wrote that the key to conservatism is “maximizing freedom,” and since his time, individual liberty has been the party’s central tenet. But people are a “deeply interconnected,” social species, as study after study has found —and today’s conservatives need to recognize...

GOP: Incumbents in Opposition Clothing
GOP: Incumbents in Opposition Clothing
ANALYSIS
Sep 5, 2008 7:02 AM CDT

GOP: Incumbents in Opposition Clothing

Establishment party adopts anti-establishment stance

(Newser) - The Republican National Convention was so full of calls for change and vows to clean up Washington that it was almost easy to forget that the GOP has been in power for the last 8 years, writes Peter Baker in the New York Times. John McCain is seeking to distance...

GOP Throws a Very White Party
 GOP Throws a Very White Party 
Sep 4, 2008 10:13 AM CDT

GOP Throws a Very White Party

Diversity not strong for GOP

(Newser) - Scan the faces in the Xcel Energy Center, and you’ll see a sea of white. This year’s Republican National Convention is the whitest on record, the Washington Post reports, with just 36 black delegates —out of 2,380. “It’s hard to look around and not...

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