In state primary races, ex-HP CEO Carly Fiorina soundly defeated two opponents to win the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate. Former eBay CEO Meg Whitman garnered 64 percent of the vote in her bid for the GOP gubernatorial nomination. – Ex-high tech CEOs Carly Fiorina and Meg Whitman, running primarily
on their records at Hewlett-Packard and eBay, respectively, are a step
closer to statewide office after winning GOP nominations in California
June 8.
Fiorina, who received endorsements from the likes of
former Intel CEO Craig Ba…
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Ex-Tech CEOs Fiorina, Whitman Win California GOP Races
GOP Turns Up Heat to Block Network Neutrality
With the Federal Communications Commission voting as early as this month on Chairman Julius Genachowski’s plan to expand and codify the agency’s network neutrality principles, House Republicans seek to delay the vote as long as possible. In the Senate, Republicans may introduce legislation to block any new network neutrality rules.
– House Republicans continued their pushback to proposed new network neutrality rules Oct. 5 with 20 House members sending a letter to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski insisting that the FCC prove any market failures before approving any new regulations.
The letter came…
House GOP Warns Obama on Network Neutrality
In a familiar refrain from previous regulatory wars over the Internet, House Minority Leader John Boehner and House Republican whip Eric Cantor tell Obama new network neutrality rules proposed by Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski will stifle investment in networks.
– The House Republican leadership warned President Obama Oct. 2 that expanded network neutrality rules and the formal codification of those rules will jeopardize future broadband network investment by carriers. Moreover, the minority leadership claimed, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Juliu…
Ex-GOP Rep. Tom Davis Warns Republicans: “We’ve Become A Rural And Southern Party” (VIDEO)
Tom Davis, a former GOP Congressman from Virginia, had some tough, but seemingly sensible, advice for his party during an appearance on “Hardball” on Wednesday night. Asked by Chris Matthews if the flood of white ex-Democrats into the Republic…
Palin Considering Radio Talk Show
Alaska’s now former Governor is coy about her future political plans, but radio is at least one option she’s leaving on the table. While not exactly shopping the GOP’s 2008 vice presidential candidate, sources say Palin representatives have b…
Democratic Rep. Frank Kratovil Hung In Effigy By Anti-Health-Reform Protester
If this is the face of anti-health care reform protest, the GOP has a serious problem.
This unidentified man decided he was doing the Tea Party-anti-reform effort a real solid by hanging freshman Maryland Democratic Rep. Frank Kratovil in eff…
Huff TV: HuffPost Editor Roy Sekoff On GOP’s Southern Problem: “It’s Not Their Accents, It’s Their Ideas” (VIDEO)
HuffPost Editor Roy Sekoff joined “The Ed Show” panel tonight, along with Democratic strategist Jamal Simmons and Ron Christie, Former Special Assistant to President George…
Jim Bunning Not Running For Re-Election
WASHINGTON — Sen. Jim Bunning of Kentucky said Monday he will not run for a third term in 2010, citing a lack of campaign money and interference from Senate Republicans who were pushing for him to exit the race. In a statement issued by …
GOP Strategist: Palin Is Just Another Huckabee
It looks like Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin may have one less fan.
On the same day that Palin is set to transfer power to her lieutenant governor, Republican strategist Alex Castellanos said her prospects for national office looked grim.
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Kyl Calls DeMint And Inhofe’s Health Care Remarks “Unfortunate”
Senator Jon Kyl, R-A.Z., pushed back against his GOP colleagues on Sunday for suggesting that they could break the president and reap electoral advantage in 2010 if they derail health care reform, calling statements to that effect “unfortunate…
Obama Dismisses GOP Senator DeMint’s “Waterloo” Warning: “I’m From Chicago. I Don’t Break”
SHAKER HEIGHTS, Ohio – President Obama left the Cleveland area and an afternoon of health care reform events for two Democratic National Committee fundraisers in Chicago, where he struck a defensive and at times defiant tone about his top prio…
David A. Harris: Rep. Cantor: An Exclusivist Caucus of One
In the historically Democratic demographic of the Jewish community, there is now only one Republican congressman — Eric Cantor (R-VA). And he is doing his part to think narrowly and exclusively.
Nathan Daschle: How The GOP Plans to Redistrict Its Way Back Into Power
For those in California, New York and Florida who wonder why you should care about governors’ races in Nevada, Georgia and Texas: those states will all pick up Congressional seats in 2012.
Michele Bachmann, John Kline Oppose Public Option Because It’s “Cheaper”
If you’re trying to dissuade someone from buying something, it’s best not to tell them it’s the cheaper option. But that’s the strategy behind some GOP opposition to the “public option” contained in the healthcare reform efforts currently bein…
Art Levine: Wake-Up Call For GOP’s “Values” Hypocrites: Unions Are Pro-Family, Report Finds
The latest escapades of such GOP “family values” hypocrites as Sen. John Ensign, and Gov. Mark Sanford, not to mention Rep. Chip Pickering, continue…
Peter Dreier: GOP Liars on Health Costs
“Democrats’ government-run plan will make health care more costly than ever,” Ohio Representative John Boehner, the House Republican leader, told the Wall Street Journal…
Democrats Threatening GOP’s Control Of Florida For First Time In Years
For the first time since the GOP won control of Florida’s government in the mid 1990s, the Democratic Party and its leading candidate for governor together raised more money than their Republican counterparts at the start of a gubernatorial el…



