Former Senator Arlen Specter denies making deal with Rick Santorum

Former Senator Arlen Specter denies promising Rick Santorum conservatives on the Supreme Court. Related articles Former Senator Arlen Specter Disputes Santorum’s Endorsement-For-Confirmations Claim (thinkprogress.org) Arlen Specter Reacts To Romney’s Criticism: I ‘Never’ Made A Deal With Santorum (mediaite.com) “Former Pennsylvania senator Arlen Specter said Thursday that Rick Santorum got his facts wrong…” (althouse.blogspot.com) Arlen Specter: [...]

American Idiots on Parade! – Top 10 Greatest GOP Moments of 2011

In 2011, Republican presidential wannabes had a lot to say‹but they didn’t always make much sense. Here’s a countdown of the greatest GOP moments of 2011. Related articles GOP Nuts (tjwalker.com) When Idiots Attack (theobamacrat.com) Idiots on Parade!!! Rudy Giuliani and Sarah Palin attempt to ridicule the Occupy Movement (occupycyberspace.wordpress.com) The 99% for Dummies: The GOP must [...]

Newt Gingrich, Herman Cain’s other mistress – How Cain has influenced Gingrich and not for the better…

(RAfTLF) Herman Cain endorsing Newt Gingrich is no where near a surprise.  The two have been friends for years, and Newt Gingrich even says Cain is one of his Intellectual influences.  But the spear of influence doesn’t end there.  These two bosum buddies are more alike that anyone cares to admit….. and America should not only be skeptical and [...]

“Thou Shalt Follow Me or Else!” – The Grover Norquist’s political hit list

Good Ole’ Grover Norquist says that if a politician breaks the anti-tax pledge, he’ll help “educate the voters” about it. But His type of education equates to a political hit list. Related articles GOP Finds Leeway In Grover Norquist’s Tax Pledge (huffingtonpost.com) Grover Norquist fires back at Rep. Andrews over Twitter (thehill.com) Alan Simpson Calls [...]

Can Progressives and Tea Partiers Find Love Across the Aisle?

With the first shock waves of Tuesday’s election reverberating across Washington and the country, armchair pundits are taking it as gospel that the results will inevitably mean gridlock as progressives and newly elected Tea Partiers lock horns in mortal combat. This may be true on a number of issues, but there might also be several surprising areas of convergence, including on some aspects of foreign-policy. For many people, the Tea Party’s foreign policy agenda has been largely a cipher. As Kate Zernike noted, “Tea Partiers say they want to focus on economic conservatism, meaning that they don’t spend a lot of time talking about other topics — foreign policy, or social issues like gay marriage and abortion.” But it is not so difficult to predict where the Tea Party impulse lies on a number of issues.