Recall Petitions Being Filed Against Third Wis. GOP State Senator | TPMDC

Recall Petitions Being Filed Against Third Wis. GOP State Senator | TPMDC

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Recall Petitions Being Filed Against Third Wis. GOP State Senator

Another recall effort by Wisconsin Democrats, targeting Republican state senators in reaction to Gov. Scott Walker's anti-public employee union legislation, is coming to a head on Monday, with signatures to be filed against GOP state Sen. Luther Olsen - the third such petition to reach that stage.

"As the Wisconsin State Journal reports, rural Wautoma substitute teacher Ann Schmidt will file 23,000 signatures, far more than the 14,700 minimum needed, though in practice signature efforts often collect an additional buffer against signatures that could be challenged and disqualified for errors."
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Klobuchar Facing Little Opposition In Minnesota - Hotline On Call

Klobuchar Facing Little Opposition In Minnesota - Hotline On Call

By Sean Sullivan
April 13, 2011 | 1:39 PM
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"On the heels of a state election where Republicans picked up a U.S. House seat, took control of both the state House and Senate, and came close to winning a gubernatorial contest, one would think the GOP would have at least a decent shot in the state's 2012 Senate race with a Democrat up for reelection.

That is, unless the state being discussed is Minnesota and that Democrat happens to be Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D).

Klobuchar was elected to her first term in a landslide in 2006, defeating her Republican opponent by 20 points. She heads into 2012 with a very encouraging approval rating, statewide popularity and a notable lack of a formidable Republican challenger on the horizon; all at a time when many Senate Democrats are playing defense across the country.

"Clearly, it's going to be a formidable undertaking. I don't think there is any doubt about that," said Minnesota GOP strategist Gregg Peppin, of the challenge facing Republicans trying to unseat Klobuchar.

One key to Klobuchar's success has been her ability to sound bipartisan while still voting largely on party lines."
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Fundraising by GOP House freshmen off to slow start - The Washington Post

Fundraising by GOP House freshmen off to slow start - The Washington Post

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Fundraising by GOP House freshmen off to slow start

Obama address was surprise attack, GOP lawmakers say - The Washington Post

Obama address was surprise attack, GOP lawmakers say - The Washington Post | By Lori Montgomery, Friday, April 15, 8:17 AM


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"The three Republican congressmen saw it as a rare ray of sunshine in Washington’s stormy budget battle: an invitation from the White House to hear President Obama lay out his ideas for taming the national debt.

They expected a peace offering, a gesture of goodwill aimed at smoothing a path toward compromise. But soon after taking their seats at George Washington University on Wednesday, they found themselves under fire for plotting “a fundamentally different America” from the one most Americans know and love." Full Article Here | The Washington Post

Arizona GOP to Obama: Show Us Your Circumcision Certificate | Mother Jones

Arizona GOP to Obama: Show Us Your Circumcision Certificate | Mother Jones
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AZ GOPers to Obama: No long-form birth certificate? No prob. But we will need to see yr circumcision records http://mojo.ly/gpoLll #birthers

"Republicans talk a lot about the need to make tough, painful cuts. We just didn't know this is what they had in mind."

POLITICAL THEATER: As promised, Gov. Brian Schweitzer (of Montana) fired up his infamous 'VETO' branding irons

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HELENA As promised, Gov. Brian Schweitzer on Wednesday fired up his infamous 'VETO' branding irons on the front steps of the Capitol and put the 'hot iron' to seven GOP-backed bills.

In one of the most spectacular productions of political theater in the Democrat's six years in office, Governor Schweitzer applied red-hot branding irons to wooden plaques representing bills ranging from a measure to repeal the Montana Medical Marijuana Act to a bill that would eliminate same-day voter registration, to one that would allow new open-pit gold and silver mines to ship materials to sites using the cyanide leaching process.

Will the Public Blame Paul Ryan if There's a Shutdown? | Mother Jones

Will the Public Blame Paul Ryan if There's a Shutdown? | Mother Jones

"Recent polling shows that more voters are inclined to blame Democrats than Republicans for a government shutdown. But the GOP may have shot itself in the foot by deciding to introduce Paul Ryan's controversial, entitlement-slashing budget plan for next year the very same week they move towards a shutdown."

The GOP's Pathetic Attack on Elizabeth Warren | Mother Jones

The GOP's Pathetic Attack on Elizabeth Warren | Mother Jones

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Yes, the GOP is attacking consumer crusader Elizabeth Warren...again. And this time it's lamer than ever http://bit.ly/hhDOpQ