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APRIL 2010 Headlines
Midterm/2012 Elections:
Boehner: at least 100 seats are in play... (NPR)
Crist officially leaves GOP... says it's the 'right thing for America'...
(HotAir)
Rove video on Crist defection from GOP... (RCP)
Lower than low: Harry Reid's
polling numbers in Nevada... (Rasmussen).
GOP eyes 3 trophy senate seats... (WaPo)
Michael Reagan set to barnstorm Iowa...
(IowaRepub)
Florida: Crist will run as independent in Senate race...
(Fox)
Defense contractors pour $$ into Murtha top aide's coffers in PA race for seat ... (WaPo)
Marco Rubio has "concerns" about Arizona's new immigration law...
(TampaBay)
Most anti-incumbent electorate since 1994...
(WaPo)
Both parties voice optimism over upcoming Midterm elections...
(WaPo)
Party affiliation gap in U.S. narrowest since 2005...
(Gallup)
Newt Gingrich coming to Iowa... (CRGazette)
Dems' long-held seats now in danger of turning GOP... (NYTimes)
Scott Brown rules out 2012 run; says Palin is qualified to be president...
(HuffPo)
Cheney endorses Marco Rubio... (Politico).
Crist on Cheney: "Just another Washington politician telling Florida what to do..."
Are you ready for President DeMint?... (BrodyFile)
Florida GOP calls on members to oppose Crist if he runs as indie...
(MiamiHerald)
drip, drip, drip... another report that Crist will run as an independent... (SPR)
Special election for Murtha's seat a toss up... (CQPolitics)
Feds to probe Florida GOP credit card expenses...
(MiamiHerald)
Hawaii special election upset: dead heat... (StarBulletin)
Minnesota: cash flows into Bachmann race...
(StarTrib)
Florida: GOP leaders believe Crist indie run is a 'virtual certainty'
(Hotline)
Crist pulls ads in Florida... (TampaBay)
McCain calls for Senate to oppose VAT...(TheHill)
McCain calls for high-tech military systems to monitor border...
(NextGov)
Florida: Jeb Bush slams Crist...
(Politico)
DCCC buys $136K in ads for Murtha seat special election...
Florida: Connie Mack resigns as Crist's campaign chairman...
(MiamiHerald).
CNN:
Huckabee on top...
TheHill:
Huckabee compares gay marriage to drugs, incest, polygamy...
Politico:
McCain: Don't call me a maverick...
HotAIr:
Florida: Crist advisers begin talking up independent run...
Rasmussen:
Pennsylvania: Toomey 50%, Specter 40%...
Politico:
Hawaii special election has Dems in knots...
PostGazette:
Murtha seat battle: Tim Burns (R) up by 4 points over Critz (D)...
TheHill:
Murtha's 'Airport for nobody' an issue in Kansas GOP primary...
Politico:
'Citizen Newt' book on its way...
Rasmussen:
Blowout: Rubio 57%, Crist 28%...
WaPo:
Michigan swinging red...
CNN:
Pawlenty raises $550,000 in first quarter...
LVRJ:
Reid's situation in Nevada worsens...
TheHill:
Bachmann endorses Rubio in Florida; passes on Arizona race...
HotAir/Morrissey:
Stupak to retire, Dems likely to lose seat in Nov...
Twitter/Ingraham:
Rumor of the day: will Barney Frank retire?...
538:
Panic: Nate Silver says Dems could lose 50 seats this Nov...
Quinnipiac:
Pennsylvania: Toomey 46, Specter 41...
Politico:
Marco Rubio 2012?...
Giuliani endorses Rubio...
WaPo:
Two GOP stars - Palin & Bachmann - align for 1st time...
CBS:
Battle begins for 2012 contenders...
PoliticsDaily:
Could the GOP pull off an upset in Hawaii??...
Rasmussen:
Poll: Reid sinks lower in Nevada...
TheHill:
US Chamber endorses McCain...
LATimes:
CA: Boxer holds lead over 'generic' Republican...
WaPo:
Can GOP win in 2010 with a negative strategy?...
Telegraph
UK:
Petraeus for President: Run General, run...
DailyKos:
McCain 52%, Hayworth 37%...
NatlJournal:
Returning Gov. Branstad tests Iowa's rightward tilt...
DailyKos:
Rumors of a John Thune run in 2012...
TheFix:
Pawlenty rolls out 2010 endorsements...
House/Senate
Lawmakers press for PMA Group docs...
(Politico)
House set to let Puerto Rico vote on statehood...
(Heritage.org)
Controversy boiling over Navy ship named for Murtha...
(NavyTimes)
Reid caves to Graham, will introduce cap-and-trade before immigration...
(HotAir)
Senate: bank bill down!! (Reid goofs and votes 'no', again)...
(WaPo)
Sen. Graham backs out of climate change coalition...
(NYTimes)
Dems move to blunt effect of SCOTUS ruling on campaign $$$...
(Politico)
Pelosi says she'll talk to House Ethics Panel about Massa... (NYTimes)
Pelosi ok with delaying climate bill in lieu of immigration reform...
(Fox)
Inhofe: only 26 votes for Dems' climate bill...
(TheHill).
Temple for Ted Kennedy built with pork... (BostonHerald)
Sen. Harkin: let's spend $23 billion on schools, public colleges!...
Politico:
Dems plan to blow off budget ...
BostonHerald:
John Kerry supports a 'European-style' national sales tax...
TheHill:
McCain: inadequate border security is Obama's fault ...
Politico:
Jim DeMint: Rainmaker...
Reuters:
Greenspan accuses Congress of pushing Fed on housing boom...
Gallup:
Anti-incumbent sentiment reaches all-time high...
TheHill:
Grassley blasts VAT (Value-added Tax)...
AP:
FBI arrests man for threatening Pelosi over ObamaCare...
Obama/White
House
Judge won't subpoena Obama to testify in Blago case...
(WSJ)
National Enquirer claims Obama cheating scandal, security video...
(NatlEnquirer)
Slow fed response threatens to turn oil spill into Obama's 'Katrina'... (WashTimes)
Polling data on senior citizens is ugly for Dems/Obama...
(McClatchy)
Judge Obama: "I do think at a certain time you've made enough money"...
(HotAir)
CNBC's Kneale calls Obama 'Bam the Bully', compares him to Nixon...
(CNBC)
Obama takes his tour to Iowa; "I wouldn't be president if it weren't for Iowa"...
(DSM Register)
GOP mocks Obama's Midwest tour as 'Jobless Tour'... (TheHill)
Carville's polling firm: absolutely no bounce whatsoever from ObamaCare...
(DemocracyCorp)
Obama plays the race card for 2010 elections... (Politico)
Obama's national security advisor tells joke depicting Jews as greedy merchants...
(YouTube)
"Hope" artist not pleased with Obama performance...
(NBC)
Obama slams 'irresponsible' pending Arizona immigration law...
(MSNBC)
Redactions revealed: the 6 secrets you need to know from the Obama subpoena
request... (NBC Chicago)
Sen. Schumer rips Obama for his handling of Israel... (Politico)
Grassley slams GM, Obama over loans repaid with bailout money...
(Fox)
Blago moves to subpoena Obama... (CBS)
Pentagon disinvites Franklin Graham from prayer service... (Fox)
Obama to keep Goldman cash - $994,795 from employees...
(RCP)
Police push reporters away from gay protestors at White House fence...
(Politico)
Obama coming to Iowa next week... (DSM
Register)
DOJ abandons attempt at warrantless reading of emails...
(CNET)
Obama to launch public campaign to crackdown on Wall Street...
(Fox
Obama: USA a superpower 'whether we like it or not"... (YouTube)
Secret
Gates memo warns US has no strategy for dealing with nuclear Iran...
(NYTimes)
Poll: trust in government reaches new low... (PEW)
Obama skips boisterous D.C. Tea Party...(WashTimes)
Obama mocks tea partiers: 'you should thank me for cutting taxes'...(AP)
Are Jewish voters
starting to turn on Obama?...(McLaughlin)
Federal judge rules Day of Prayer is unconstitutional...(SFGate)
The DOJ wants to
read your email...(CNET).
Politico:
Neil Armstrong: Obama hurts space effort...
Rasmussen:
Head-to-head: Obama 42, Ron Paul 41...
PPP:
Obama 48%, Bush 46%...
LATimes:
Americans now prefer Hillary Clinton over Barack Obama...
WND:
WorldNetDaily sues White House press corps for denial of access...
WaPo:
CNN poll shows Obama tops all potential 2012 GOP contenders...
Forbes:
Gov't Motors ranked among worst on the road...
WaPo:
GAO: Postal Service 'not viable'...
Gallup:
Obama hits new low...
Fox:
Obama 2-day summit seeks global support for nuke crackdown...
AP:
Obama's election year jobs agenda stalls in Congress...
Reuters:
Israel's Netanyaho cancels trip to Obama's nuclear summit...
Savage.wnd.com:
Michael Savage: Obama the Destroyer ...
"He's in the White House living his life of royalty, flying around
on Air Force One, inflicting untold damage on this great country."
-Rush
Limbaugh
NYTimes:
Obama, Medvedev sign nuclear arms reduction pact ...
Fox:
Obama bans Islam, Jihad from National Security strategy doc...
Reuters:
Iran's Ahmadinejad calls Obama 'an amateur politician'...
Reuters:
Volcker: higher taxes, European-style VAT (Value-added Tax) needed...
NewsMax:
Giuliani: Obama's anti-nuke move 'Left-wing dream'...
NYTimes:
The Obama no-nuke policy...
ABC:
Reagan to replace Grant on $50 bill?...
WaPo:
Obama over-responds to women's 'over-taxed' question...
CBS:
CBS poll: Obama approval rating now at 44%...
WashTimes:
ObamaCare may hobble economic recovery...
HotAir/Allahpundit:
Obama spins the negative healthcare polls: "It's only been a
week!"...
TheHill:
Justice Stevens says he will surely retire during Obama's
presidency...
USA Today:
Poll: 50% say Obama doesn't deserve re-election...
Immigration
Arizona deputy sheriff shot by illegal immigrant...
(KTAR)
Arizona tweaks new law over racial profiling concerns...
(ABC)
Illegal immigrants plan to leave over Arizona law...
(AP)
Immigrants plan massive rallies for reform... (AP)
Poll: Arizona governor's approval rating up 16 points since signed bill...
(Rasmussen)
Nationally, 60% favor letting local police stop and verify immigration status...
(Rasmussen)
Is Ohio next??
...
(MiddletownJournal)
Iowa candidate: microchip illegals... (Gazette)
UPDATE:
Bertroche says he wasn't serious about microchipping...
CA lawmaker: deport the children of illegals...
(NBC)
CA's top lawmaker: Cut off all ties with Arizona...
(NBC)
Los Angeles could pass Arizona boycott... (NBC)
Rove says he has 'problems' with AZ immigration law...
(OrlandoSent)
Poll: 70% of Arizona voters favor new state measure...
(Rasmussen)
Liberals working hard to jump-start boycott of Arizona...
(NYTimes)
San Francisco mayor issues travel moratorium to Arizona...
(SFGate)
Drones to fly over Texas-Mexico border... (DRUDGEREPORT)
Mexico issues travel warning for Arizona over law...
(Bloomberg)
Arizona governor
dismisses threats of Arizona boycott...
(AP)
Arizona governor signs bill into law...
(HotAir)... here is a
PDF file of the bill
McCain: I'm not sure if Arizona's immigration law is legal...
(Politico)
Protestors smear refried beans 'swastikas' on state Capitol's windows...
(WaPo)
Al Sharpton vows protest march... (WaPo)
Napolitano calls new law 'misguided'...
(ABC)...
Texas town vows fight to keep illegals from renting house...
(McClatchy)
Demonstrators rally in Arizona... (Fox)
Small riot in Arizona over immigration bill... (HumanEvents)
Economy
Economists say the stimulus didn't help... (CNN)
Most Americans back stricter financial reform...(WaPo)
Food prices jump most in 26 years...
(AP)
ABC:
National consumer confidence waning...
HeritageFoundation:
Washington will spend $31,405 per household this year...
WashTimes:
Personal incomes down 3.2% in Obama's first year...
SeattleTimes:
44% of unemployed have been out of work for 6 months or more...
Rasmussen:
66% say America is overtaxed...
CNN:
33 states out of money for unemployment benefits...
WaPo:
Bernanke sounds warning on growing deficit...
AP:
Jobless claims rise again...
Reuters:
Bernanke: Economy still a mess...
AP:
Nearly half US household pay no federal income tax...
AP:
Homebuyers scramble as mortgage rates jump...
Tea Party Movement:
Tea Party Express launches first primary ads - in Nevada...
(CBS)
Op-Ed: Arizona, another Tea Party moment?...
(WaPo)
DeMint: the Tea Party will inspire a spiritual renewal... (MSNBC)...
Tea partiers feel sorry for the CrashTheTeaParty idiot... (Fox)
GEICO voice actor fired after insulting tea parties... (WaPo)
Tea Party Express endorses Democrat in Idaho race... (DailyCaller)
TIME's Klein: Beck, Palin potentially committing sedition...
(Newsbusters)
Texas Gov. Perry warns tea partiers to watch their backs...
(DallasNews)...
Crisis explooiter Bill Clinton connects Tea Party with Oklahoma City bombing... (Fox)
Sarah Palin, Ron Paul top Tea Party exit polling results...
(Politico)
The crashers: They came, they saw, they failed...(Malkin)
Fox:
Palin fires up the Boston Tea Party rally...
Fox:
Do Dems fear Tea Party power?...
AP:
Okla. tea parties and lawmakers discuss state militia...
WaPo:
Dana Milbank says Tea Party is a 'paper
tiger'...
BostonHerald:
Scott Brown snubs Tea Party & Sarah Palin (Boston rally) ...
Fox:
Tea partiers cheer Rep. Bart Stupak's 'retirement' ...
Fox:
Critics of 'extreme' tea partiers showed little interest in
Bush-bashers...
LATimes:
Tea party leaders agree to form a federation...
Atlanta, GA:
Who is behind the anti-Obama billboards?...
Rasmussen:
Tea Party 48%, Obama 44%...
HotAir/Allahpundit:
David Letterman's shocking interview with a Tea Party leader...
EntertainmentWeekly:
Letterman gives the Tea Party the best showcase it's ever had...
Health Care Reform:
Poll: Americans steadily losing confidence in healthcare...
(Reuters)
ObamaCare will increase, not decrease USA's tab...
(USA Today)
Doctors: our patients don't understand ObamaCare, and neither do we
(NYTimes)
Arizona doctor goes 'Galt'...(DailyCaller)
WSJ:
US faces severe doctor shortage due to ObamaCare...
NYTimes:
NYTimes catches up with ObamaCare reality: unintended consequences...
Rasmussen:
Repeal ObamaCare: 58%!...
CNN:
Breastfeeding rooms hidden in ObamaCare...
UnionLeader:
Romney says ObamaCare is unconstitutional...
NYTimes:
Liberals finally admitting they're going to say 'no' to patients...
RollCall:
Viagra for rapists, sex offenders...
StarTrib:
Minn. Gov. Pawlenty overrules his A.G., will sue over healthcare...
AP:
Scam alert issued on ObamaCare...
Politico:
Man arrested for Patty Murray death threats (voted 'yes')...
DailyCaller:
Buy health insurance or lose your tax refund...
OrlandoSentinel:
Urologist tells ObamaCare supporters to find another doctor...
LATimes:
Californians generally take positive view of ObamaCare...
WashTimes:
Rep. Steve King: 100% repeal of ObamaCare...
HotAir/Allahpundit:
It begins: GOP inching away from campaign to repeal ObamaCare...
States
Arizona introduces Presidential 'birther' bill... (AZCentral)
WSJ:
Arizona police to begin arresting illegals...
LATimes:
California Senate votes unanimously to create 'Reagan Day' ...
GOP/RNC:
Is Bush's reputation ready for a rebound?...
(McClatchy)
GOP treads lightly in efforts to clear fields... (CQPolitics)
RNC spends more on donors than it gets... (WashTimes)
Steele acknowledges GOP had 'Southern Strategy' for decades...
(Plumline)
RNC spent $340,000 on Hawaii meeting...(Hotline)
Top GOP fundraisers for 1st quarter... (Politico)
Limbaugh, Clinton square off... (Limbaugh)
Gingrich's American
Solutions PAC raises $2.7 million... (Politico)
Romney-Palin in 2012 - you betcha!...(BostonHerald).
GOP
split over terms of new 'Contract with America'...
Romney healthcare appointee leaving to work on ObamaCare...
TheHill:
Smart power: Reps King, Bachmann to share press staffer...
Politico:
Massa aide opens door to lawsuit...
Gallup:
GOP now has biggest lead ever in generic ballot...
538:
GOP Leadership Conference - straw poll results...
LATimes:
Should GOP be the party of 'yes' or 'no'?...
WSJ:
Ron Paul says Obama is not a socialist - he's a 'corporatist'...
Salon:
Palin rocks GOP conference; fires back at Obama nuke comment...
CBS:
Palin fires back at Obama nuke experience slam...
WaPo:
Jindal to GOP: I'm not running for president...
CBS:
Liz Cheney: Obama putting America on the path to decline...
AP:
Gingrich: Obama is 'most radical president ever'...
CNN:
Gingrich: Leave Steele alone!...
TheFix:
Five ways Michael Steele could make a come back...
Politico:
RNC member resigns in protest...
Politico:
RNC chief of staff resigns...
Politico:
RNC loses top fundraiser...
TheHill:
Rove promotes compliance with US Census...
Rasmussen:
Poll shows G OP winning trust battles on the issues...
NYPost:
Linda Chavez says Michael Steele must go...
DEM/DNC:
Dems spark alarm with call for national ID card...
(TheHill)
Democrats' young voter problem... (TheFix)
Ways & Means GOP:
GOP doc: Dems have increased taxes by $670 billion and counting...
TheHill:
CNN poll shows Dems leading generic ballot...
Gallup:
Democratic favorables hit 18-year low...
HuffPo:
DNC outraises GOP by over $2 million in March...
Politico:
Dems' 2012 National Convention date set for Sept. 3rd....
WaPo:
Dems pull in more cash for campaigns than GOP....
Sarah Palin:
Palin e-mail hacker convicted on 2 charges...
(KnoxNews)
Palin's business sense analyzed in New York magazine... (Examiner)
Women slam Larry King for saying Sarah Palin should pose nude...
(Politico)
Biden on "The View" - I like Sarah Palin... (WSJ)
Bristol Palin testifies against her mother's email hacker...
(CBS)
Larry King thinks Sarah Palin should pose for Playboy... (YouTube)
Palin slams Obama over 'superpower' comment...
(FaceBook)
Sarah Palin contract debacle - dumpster find wasn't the final agreement...(SF
Gate)
ABC:
California to investigate Sarah Palin speaking contract...
Politico:
Palin outraised by rivals...
USA Today:
Lieberman: "everybody should listen to" Sarah Palin...
ABC:
Palin's (unofficial) earnings since July: $12M...
WaPo:
SNL: Tina Fey launches 'Sarah Palin Network' [skit] ...
"The last I checked, Sarah Palin is not much of an expert on
nuclear issues" -President
Obama
ABC:
Palin: Obama's nuke stance is like a kid who says 'punch me in the
face'...
TheHill:
Reid mocks Sarah Palin during campaign speech...
AP:
LL Cool J dropped from Palin's 1st Fox special...
Courts:
Court temporarily reinstates ACORN funding ban... (GOP
Oversight)
Bill Clinton says he and Hillary are too old to be appointed to SCOTUS... (NYDaily)
Politico:
Dems: ignore GOP in court choice...
Politico:
Dems take aim at Court's conservatives...
ABC:
Who's on Obama's short list?...
AP:
GOP promises 'whale of a fight' if nominee is too liberal...
Reuters:
Will GOP use filibuster to block nominee?...
AP:
Justice Stevens officially announces he is retiring...
ABC:
Nebraska abortion law challenges Roe v Wade...
CNet:
Court: FCC has no power to regulate Net neutrality...
Globull
Warming:
Sting calls Earth Day rally 'Green Tea Party', want 'big government'... (Newsbusters)
Avatar's James Cameron: global warming as big a threat as WWII...
(CNS)
Telegraph UK:
Good news: cows don't cause global warming...
World:
AP:
Israel tells its citizens to get out of Sinai now...
Trends
Telegraph UK:
Smokers have lower IQs...
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