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TwitterMichael Steele, the National Committee Chairman of the Republican Party, announced yesterday that he will put himself up for re-election. Steele got off on the wrong foot with Republicans on the national level almost immediately, and has been viewed by many in the party as a disappointment. But yesterday he said he would seek re-election [...]
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Steele Crazy After All These Years?
Posted by Bobby West on December 14th, 2010
Posted in Featured News, U.S 
Tags: ann wagner, gentry collins, maria cino, michael steele, Politics, reince priebus, rnc, saul anuzis 
No Comments »Petraeus’s Karzai Kerfuffle
Posted by Bobby West on November 16th, 2010
Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s public criticism of United States military strategy in Afghanistan is a significant threat to American progress in the war, according to the coalition military commander in Afghanistan, General David H. Petraeus. Karzai’s insistence that the U.S. “reduce military operations” and end Special Ops raids in southern Afghanistan (which, according to coalition [...]
Posted in U.S, World Tags: Afghanistan, David Petraeus, Hamid Karzai, Politics, Taliban No Comments »Pelosi’s Private Power Play
Posted by Bobby West on November 13th, 2010
A back-room arrangement among House Democrat leaders will keep Nancy Pelosi in charge of House Democrats in January, ending speculation about her continued leadership in the House. The deal will see Maryland’s Steny Hoyer as the second in command, or Whip, while South Carolina’s James Clyburn will be the third in command. Clyburn’s position has [...]
Posted in U.S Tags: 2010 Mid-term Elections, House of Representatives, James Clyburn, Nancy Pelosi, Politics, Steny Hoyer No Comments »G-20: We Won’t Tolerate New Dollar Rate
Posted by Micheal Barbrick on November 13th, 2010
International leaders from across the political and economic spectrum are continuing their chorus of disapproval in response to the Obama administration’s recent decision to inject $600 billion into the American economy. Critics from Germany’s Angela Merkel to France’s Nicolas Sarkozy to China’s Hu Jintao have attacked the move as a deliberate attempt to lower the [...]
Posted in Money, U.S, World Tags: Angela Merkel, G-20, Hu Jintao, Nicolas Sarkozy, Obama, Politics, Seoul, Timothy Geithner No Comments »Boehner, Likely to Get Election, Discusses Speaker Plans
Posted by Micheal Barbrick on November 10th, 2010
Republican John Boehner is expected to become the next Speaker of the House after a momentous week for Republicans across the board, with sweeping wins in last week’s Congressional elections. Boehner has served as a U.S. Representative for Ohio’s 8th Congressional district since 1991, and has been the Republican Minority Leader since 2007. One of [...]
Posted in U.S Tags: 2010 Election, health care, John Boehner, Politics, President Obama, tax cuts No Comments »
