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Herman Cain wins Western Conservative Summit Straw Poll; Rick Perry Second ABC News (blog) Presidential candidate Herman Cain won the straw poll at the Western Conservative Summit in Denver this weekend with 48 percent of the votes, followed by Texas Governor Rick Perry. "How about spectacular," Cain said to ABC News when asked how he felt ... See all stories on this topic »

Reid Backs Tentative Debt Deal, Conservatives Voice Concern Fox News At the same time, concerns were spreading on the conservative side that the emerging plan could cut too deeply into defense spending, raising questions about whether the framework can attract enough bipartisan support. One congressional source said the ... See all stories on this topic » Fox News

The coming conservative battle between defense hawks and anti-tax crusaders Washington Examiner (blog) As Washington begins to digest the bipartisan deal to hike the debt limit, one thing that's clear that it will set up an obvious intra-conservative battle between defense hawks and the anti-tax crowd. For decades, the central difference between ... See all stories on this topic »

Why Canada Is Beating America Wall Street Journal Now with the first majority government since 2004, and the first Conservative majority since 1993, the country has an opportunity to vault forward. The Conservatives led by Prime Minister Stephen Harper have a chance to build on the reforms begun under ... See all stories on this topic »

Cain wins presidential straw poll of conservatives meeting in Denver Washington Post By AP, DENVER — Conservatives meeting in Denver have handed Georgia businessman Herman Cain a wide victory in a straw poll of Republican presidential candidates. Cain spoke to the Western Conservative Summit moments before the poll Sunday and drew the ... See all stories on this topic »

Coalition cuts have saved £3.75bn in eight months, says Francis Maude The Guardian Coalition efficiency cuts have saved £3.75bn and proved the Conservatives right, says Francis Maude. Photograph: Dan Chung for the Guardian. The government has achieved £3.75bn in savings over the 10 months from the election in May 2010 to this March, ... See all stories on this topic » The Guardian

Debt Deal Shows Republicans and Conservatives Suck at PR Technorati And then there are the Republicans and Conservatives. Each leader seems to be talking from a different playbook. Rep. Boehner says one thing one way and Sen. Mitch McConnell says another thing a different way and neither of them is willing to cross the ... See all stories on this topic » Technorati

Hilariously Named 'Smart Girls Summit' Throws Support Behind Michele Bachmann Jezebel Conservatives preach that the ideal expression of femininity is to stay home and have as many babies as your husband wants and then they act surprised when women who consider themselves conservatives actually do this. Why aren't there more conservative ... See all stories on this topic »

ABC Sees Conservatives 'Mounting an Unprecedented Assault on Environmental ... NewsBusters (blog) By Brad Wilmouth | July 31, 2011 | 05:29 On Saturday's World News, ABC anchor Dan Harris seemed to fret that the current debate over the budget is taking attention away from an "unprecedented assault" that is being "quietly" waged by conservatives "on ... See all stories on this topic »

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ABC Sees Conservatives 'Mounting an Unprecedented Assault on ... By Brad Wilmouth And, while Harris in his introduction shined a light on conservatives as the group who want fewer mining regulations, the one soundbite that Sciutto included in the report that was on the more anti-regulation side was centrist ... NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal...

Cain Charms Conservatives Meeting In Denver - News Story - WSB Atlanta DENVER -- Georgia businessman Herman Cain charmed several hundred conservatives meeting in Denver, who handed him a wide straw poll victory in a hypothetical Republican presidential field. Sunday, July 31, 2011. WSBTV.com - Local News

Weasel Zippers » Blog Archive » Striking Back at "Conservatives ... By Maggie Madame DeFarge on NY Times' Maureen Dowd: Tea Partiers Are "Political Suicide Bombers"… liberalprogressivecommieratbastard on NYT's Paul Krugman: Balanced News Media A "True Moral Failure," Conservatives Views Should Be Censored… ... Weasel Zippers

Conservatives Are Despicable | Lew Rockwell's Political Theatre By Lew Rockwell Conservatives Are Despicable. Posted on July 31, 2011 by Lew Rockwell. 508 neocons at the Western Conservative Summit in Denver voted: Cain 246. Perry 67. Santorum 50. Romney 49. Bachmann 44. Bolton 20. Paul 12. Pawlenty 7 ... Lew Rockwell's Political Theatre

Cain wins straw poll of conservatives in Denver | The Associated ... By The Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Conservatives meeting in Denver have handed Georgia businessman Herman Cain a wide victory in a straw poll of Republican presidential candidates. Cain spoke to the Western Conservative Summit moments before the poll Sunday ... Examiner Politics RSS

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Networks Deride 'Rebellious' 'Hardline Conservatives' Creating ... On Friday, all three network morning shows played up the theme of stubborn House GOP conservatives opposing Speaker John Boehner's debt ceiling plan. ... newsbusters.org/.../networks-deride-rebellious-hardline-conser...

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Google Alert - Progressives

News 10 new results for Progressives

Progressives in Revolt Slate Magazine (blog) Raul Grivalja, D-Ariz., to issue a remarkably bitter epistle against it, speaking on behalf of the House Progressive Caucus. (Sam Stein reports that they're meeting tomorrow.) Republicans have succeeded in imposing their vision of a country without ... See all stories on this topic »

$2.4 Trillion and the Progressives Say No Pajamas Media Yet, FOX also announced that the Progressive Caucus (the ones who proposed the most embarrassing and insulting budget ever!) has stated that they can not support the new possible deal because it DOES NOT include tax increases. ... See all stories on this topic »

Progressives Complain Obama's Debt Deal Trades Peoples' Livelihoods 'for the ... The Nation. (blog) Congressional Progressive Caucus co-chair Raul Grijalva says Obama and his negotiators have bent too far to the extremists. Like many progressives, Grijalva favored the straight up-or-down vote on debt ceiling. "Had that vote failed," he argued, ... See all stories on this topic »

Progressives Recoil At Reported Debt Ceiling Deal TPMDC Progressive groups are speaking out against the debt ceiling deal currently being hashed out in Washington. The response from two of the nation's largest organizations goes essentially like this: really?!? Progressives are more than a little upset that ... See all stories on this topic »

A Progressive Bet Delhi Newsline With not much activity in the art circuit during the last few months, the safest bet, it seems, is the Progressive Artists Group (PAG) and their associates, who are being banked upon to deliver hits in the art mart. After all, the last big bang was SH ... See all stories on this topic »

Recommended: House progressives 'sufficiently spooked' by potential debt deal msnbc.com By NBC's Luke Russert A source close to the House Progressive Caucus tells NBC News that after reading media reports about a potential debt deal between the White House and Senate Republicans, many members are, "sufficiently spooked. ... See all stories on this topic »

Debt deal bottom line: Dick Durbin, Nancy Pelosi, Jan Schakowsky, Mark Kirk ... Chicago Sun-Times (blog) The agreement -- with major spending reductions -- gives Republicans much of what they wanted while opening a rift with Democratic progressives for Obama because it puts cuts in Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid "entitlement" programs on the table ... See all stories on this topic »

Play Marvel Jackpot at Omni Casino Online Casino Advisor The newsletter says, "Omni Casino's Marvel Progressive Jackpot is now over $700000 and growing! The best part about winning any of the Marvel Progressives is that it does not require you to play maximum wagers! You can win any one of the four with any ... See all stories on this topic »

How Does Eugene Robinson Write This with a Straight Face? National Review Online (blog) Progressives should talk about bringing the nation back to full employment and healthy growth — and how this requires an adequately funded government to play a major role. The next time Moe asks about the big idea, Democrats, say "jobs. ... See all stories on this topic »

NOT GOOD ENOUGH: Conservatives Still Want More In Debt Ceiling Deal TPMDC Despite the fact that progressives and Democrats are publicly lamenting the reported deal as indicative of the effect of rhetoric like Erickson's has had on Washington, Erickson sounds as if he feels as betrayed as some on the left. ... See all stories on this topic »

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LIB CIVIL WAR – Progressives Pi$$ed After Dems Fold on Pilfering ... By Jim Hoft Progressives Are Pi$$ed! Libs are outraged after the progressive democrats folded on revenue adjustments tax hikes pilfering more cash from the American taxpayer to fund their socialist agenda. News Alert pointed to this rant today by ... The Gateway Pundit

Black Caucus, progressives to oppose debt deal | The Raw Story By Kase Wickman The Progressive Caucus and the Black Caucus have scheduled a press conference for Monday to outline why they are opposed to the deal, which would raise the debt ceiling and cut around $1 trillion in spending over the next decade. ... The Raw Story

Progressives in Congress: Vote for the President to Do It! | MyFDL By letsgetitdone In replying to these questions, some progressives are saying, both are worse, and it's completely illegitimate to tie the debt ceiling vote to deficit reduction. Deficit reduction should be discussed separately when it's time to pass a ... Firedoglake

Progressives in Congress: Vote for the President to Do It! | Corrente By letsgetitdone In replying to these questions, some progressives are saying, both choices are worse, and it's completely illegitimate to tie the debt ceiling vote to deficit reduction legislation. Deficit reduction, they point out, should be discussed ... Corrente

Debt Deal Horrible for Progressives, America | MyFDL By oldionus …may achieve the short term goal of avoiding catastrophic default, but it's clearly a disaster for progressives and for America. I'll just say it: Obama has again betrayed his core supporters, and his re-election is in jeopardy. ... oldionus's FDL blog

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Google Alert - U.S. Politics

News 10 new results for U.S. Politics

US debt deal: a victory for the Tea Party Telegraph.co.uk Though its members are disinclined to declare victory, the prolonged political tussle over the US debt ceiling was a clear win for the Tea Party. By Alex Spillius They would have liked to see greater cuts and a constitutional requirement to balance the ... See all stories on this topic » Telegraph.co.uk

Third-Party Chestnut Won't Fix Broken U.S. Politics: Albert Hunt Bloomberg Third- or fourth-party movements aren't unusual in US politics, from the Prohibitionists to the Communists. Sustainability requires a rationale and support from a committed slice of the electorate. Some of today's strongest advocates for an alternative ... See all stories on this topic »

In World's Eyes, Much Damage Is Already Done New York Times ... the bitterness, division and dysfunction that resounded around the world in recent weeks as the United States veered toward default did more than just fuel a perception that Washington is approaching Japan-like levels of political gridlock. ... See all stories on this topic » New York Times

US Debt Ceiling Politics of Default Hype, Fear Mongering and Idle Threats The Market Oracle Why, one might even conclude that they are -- perish the thought -- playing politics with the debt ceiling! Notice the common sense approach of Caroline Baum vs. that of Geithner, Obama, and Bernanke. Yes, a default would be a monstrous disaster. ... See all stories on this topic »

Debt debate darkens US mood on politics Denver Post By Elisabeth Bumiller US House Speaker John Boehner, right, R-Ohio, listens to his chief of staff, Barry Jackson, middle, and policy director Brett Loper in the Capitol on Saturday. (Alex Wong, Getty Images ) WASHINGTON — Ground zero of the debt ... See all stories on this topic »

US debt crisis: Democrats and Republicans close in on deal Telegraph.co.uk Amid nerves about the extended political showdown, stock prices have declined sharply and world leaders have warned that failing to raise the debt ceiling, which requires Congressional approval, would undermine confidence in the world's most powerful ... See all stories on this topic »

US debt crisis: vote expected but triple-A credit rating still at risk Telegraph.co.uk On a day of high drama in Washington, leaders from both sides expressed optimism that a political high wire act that has disillusioned the US public and alarmed the watching world would avoid disaster. Mitch McConnell, the leader of the Republican ... See all stories on this topic »

U.S. debt deal may avert default, but downgrade possible Reuters They noted the agreement called for just under $1 trillion in initial cuts, with a joint committee charged with finding another $1.5 trillion -- a task which, given the poisonous state of US politics, seemed to promise yet more uncertainty. ... See all stories on this topic »

People's Daily urges US to avoid default People's Daily Online The most important newspaper in China, the People's Daily, has urged politicians in the United States to put aside politics and avoid a debt crisis from developing into another financial disaster for the world. Racing the clock to avoid a government ... See all stories on this topic »

Downgrade US credit rating now The Canberra Times BY THE CANBERRA TIMES With or without a last-minute political fix to the US debt crisis, the credit rating of the United States ought to be sharply downgraded now, with the rest of the world considering ways of quarantining itself from seemingly ... See all stories on this topic »

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Congress closing in on a deal to avert US default — Maine Politics ... By UnBylined WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate plunged on Sunday into what many lawmakers and the White House — and millions of Americans coast to coast — hoped would be an all-but-decisive last-minute effort to raise the nation's debt ceiling and defuse ... Bangor Daily News

US Opinion: Learning The Ideological and Political ... - EA WorldView By Scott Lucas US Politics. When the dust eventually settles on a deal to avoid Armadebtdon 2011, there will be plenty of long-term consequences, among them the recognition that American politics is now a 24/7 struggle. That is not necessarily a bad ... EA WorldView

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Norway gunman utilized lax US gun laws - politics - More politics ... The U.S. should be ashamed that its laws would allow high-capacity gun clips used in the Norwegian massacre to be sold and shipped overseas, says a New York ... www.msnbc.msn.com/.../congresswoman-norway-gunman-tou...

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Google Alert - Liberals

News 10 new results for Liberals

House liberals urge 14th-Amendment fixl The Hill The liberal lawmakers are pushing back against the budget package being negotiated by the White House and Senate Republicans, which reportedly includes $1 trillion in federal spending cuts, and sets up a mechanism to guarantee up to $2 trillion more in ... See all stories on this topic »

Alberta Liberals spar over future of party Edmonton Journal By Karen Kleiss, edmontonjournal.com July 31, 2011 8:02 PM RED DEER — Alberta Liberal leadership candidates engaged in a raucous, hard-fought debate Sunday afternoon that focused on education, health care and the future of the party. ... See all stories on this topic »

Liberals, hawks are obstacles to debt deal's coalition Washington Post In a series of leadership huddles, conference calls and caucus meetings, top lawmakers and aides maintained cautious optimism of winning passage by Tuesday but had identified two potential obstacles: liberals in the Senate and defense hawks in the ... See all stories on this topic »

Rallying back to the Liberal fold Toronto Star Copps was in the midst of an epic battle with her own Liberal party — a battle she lost, along with her long-held seat in Hamilton — and NDP Leader Jack Layton called to sound her out on the possibility of defecting. While Copps appreciated the call, ... See all stories on this topic »

Hatred, smears and the liberals hell-bent on bullying millions of us into silence Daily Mail Moreover, he also mentioned dozens of other conservative or liberal writers and thinkers. Among others, he quoted: Winston Churchill, George Orwell, Mahatma Gandhi, the Labour MP Frank Field, Tory Nicholas Soames, philosopher Roger Scruton, ... See all stories on this topic » Daily Mail

Liberals feel betrayed after Friday's demos Egyptian Gazette By Amr Emam – The Egyptian Gazette CAIRO – A deep sense of betrayal is blowing through liberal revolutionary circles a few hours after massive demonstrations across the nation saw Egypt's Islamists flexing their muscles by sending hundreds of thousands ... See all stories on this topic »

Liberals take Reagan's actions out of context Lewiston Sun Journal That is long enough for liberals to feel safe making him their pet Republican. In their telling, Reagan raised the debt ceiling 18 times, passed tax increases, negotiated with the Soviets and then pretty much called it a day, adjourning to share a ... See all stories on this topic »

Guest essay: Liberal lawmakers are the real dim bulbs Gates-Chili Post And as for "science," the liberal left element of our society seems more than willing to pick and choose, or even create "facts," to bolster their arguments. I offer the example of Al Gore's video "An Inconvenient Truth," which contained no less than a ... See all stories on this topic »

Twitter explodes (mostly angrily) on debt deal CBS News Self-professed liberals and conservatives took to Twitter to express their dismay over a debt deal that both sides seem to think gave in too much to the other. That said, most of the outrage on Twitter appears to be coming from liberal members. ... See all stories on this topic »

Political left and right decry debt-ceiling deal USA Today The Progressive Change Campaign Committee, a group of liberals, issued a statement charging President Obama with selling out the middle class to get a deal to raise the nation's $14.3 trillion in borrowing authority by a Tuesday deadline. ... See all stories on this topic » USA Today

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11-0: Still No Liberals in the Debt Ceiling Debate at the New York ... Yesterday's tally in the lead story from Hulse and Jackie Calmes was 5-0, conservative-to-liberal labels. Today's tally was 6-0, including the label in the ... newsbusters.org/.../11-0-still-no-liberals-debt-ceiling-debate-n...

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Google Alert - "Tea Party"

News 10 new results for "Tea Party"

How the Tea Party 'hobbits' won the debt fight Washington Post By Marc A. Thiessen, The Tea Party came under fire from all sides Friday after House conservatives nearly brought down Speaker John Boehner's debt-limit bill. John McCain went to the Senate floor to mock Tea Partyers as "hobbits," and Democratic Rep. ... See all stories on this topic »

A Tea Party Triumph Wall Street Journal If a good political compromise is one that has something for everyone to hate, then last night's bipartisan debt-ceiling deal is a triumph. The bargain is nonetheless better than what seemed achievable in recent days, especially given the revolt of ... See all stories on this topic »

Tea Party Showdown Daily Beast Harry Reid said he would support the emerging compromise, but will it get liberals and the Tea Party support? Jill Lawrence reports on the deal's detractors. After months of congressional bickering and gridlock that brought America to the brink of ... See all stories on this topic » Daily Beast

Debt-ceiling games: Obama's vanity, Senate lies, Tea Party madness Washington Times Take Grover Norquist and the Tea Party Republicans. They're completely correct about a number of things. Our government is bloated, and its bloat has expanded at an obscene rate. If it continues, this nation will die: not as a political entity, ... See all stories on this topic » Washington Times

Rep. Joe Walsh: Tea Party leader will vote no on debt ceiling deal Chicago Sun-Times (blog) Joe Walsh (R-Ill.), who has emerged as a Tea Party leader, said Sunday night he will not back the bi-partisan agreement because it does not go far enough. "Tonight's deal shows how far the debate has moved in just a few months. ... See all stories on this topic »

Former Obama Adviser Brews A Different Tea Party NPR That same conservative wave went on to make a major splash in Congress through the Tea Party. Jones decided to fight back, founding a group called the "American Dream Movement." Some people call Jones' group a liberal version of the Tea Party. ... See all stories on this topic »

South Carolina may go rogue in GOP presidential primary MiamiHerald.com Meanwhile, GOP presidential candidates affiliated with the party's anti-establishment Tea Party wing have strong backing in the state, according to recent polls. Tea Party favorites also hold one of the state's US Senate seats, its Governor's Mansion ... See all stories on this topic »

The mad hobbits' Tea Party holds US hostage Independent Online The hobbits are a right-wing fringe group, more commonly known as the Tea Party (not the mad hatter's, but a homespun American version which supports low taxes and small government). The group's current thinking is that a failure to resolve the debt ... See all stories on this topic »

Tea party support not a given for a Perry presidential bid Houston Chronicle By RICHARD S. DUNHAM and JEANNA SMIALEK Bill Kostroun AP Tea party voters like Rick Perry, but some of his views — on New York's gay-marriage law, for instance — give them pause. WASHINGTON — Rick Perry was with the tea party before the tea party ... See all stories on this topic » Houston Chronicle

US Sen. John McCain gets 'tea party' flak Arizona Republic John McCain felt the wrath of some of the biggest names in the "tea party" universe after taking shots at them last week on the Senate floor. McCain, R-Ariz., on Wednesday criticized as unrealistic certain unnamed freshman tea-party-style lawmakers for ... See all stories on this topic »

Blogs 5 new results for "Tea Party"

Tea Party Role In Debt Ceiling Debate Could Prove Make Or Break ... By The Huffington Post News Editors The partisan standoff over raising the federal debt ceiling could do more than destroy the nation's credit rating and economic health. It could make or break the long-term prospects for the political movement that birthed the fight: the ... The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com

RealClearPolitics - Annihilating Democracy with the Tea Party By Gregor Schmitz, Der Spiegel Related articles, background features and opinions about this topic. A Commentary by Gregor Peter Schmitz in Washington. A Tea Party movement supporter dressed as Captain America at a recent rally. Democracy depends on compromise and ... RealClearPolitics - Homepage

Senator Jon Kyl: Tea Party Republicans Remind Me a Lot of Senator ... By Jim Hoft That deafening silence you hear across the nation is not the cowering of the Tea Party like the old guard would have you believe. It is seething rage. It's going to take several elections to restock the Gov. with men and women of honor. ... The Gateway Pundit

Jon Huntsman | Tea Party Town Hall | Tim Scott | The Daily Caller By Paul Conner Huntsman to appear at Tea Party town hall in SC | Rep. Tim Scott to host 'first in the South' presidential town hall series. The Daily Caller

CNN's Don Lemon And Rand Paul Clash Over Debt Ceiling (VIDEO) By The Huffington Post News Team Rand Paul about the debt ceiling drama on Saturday night. As the House and Senate again failed to reach an agreement on how to raise the debt ceiling, Paul appeared on CNN to explain the Tea Party position on the talks. Video on Huffington Post

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