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In a campaign season branded by voter anger, Arkansas Republican Rep. John Boozman has built a commanding lead while taking a low-key approach in his U.S. Senate campaign. View post: Quiet Republican Rises in Noisy Year
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Quiet Republican Rises in Noisy Year
Republicans in the closest races for Congress reported a fund-raising burst and nearly erased the financial advantage Democratic candidates have enjoyed for most of the midterm campaign season Read more: GOP Seizes Fund-Raising Momentum
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GOP Seizes Fund-Raising Momentum
By a narrow 210 to 209 margin, the House on Wednesday voted to adjourn for the fall campaign season without voting on whether or not to extend the Bush tax cuts. Thirty nine Democrats joined Republicans in opposition to the move. The closeness of the vote is further evidence of Democrats in tough races trying to distance themselves from Nancy Pelosi as the election nears. On Tuesday, 47 Democrats sent a letter to Pelosi urging the extension of the Bush tax cuts on investments. While this hasn’t received as much attention as other aspects of the tax issue, in reality raising capital gains taxes could prove devestating to markets and the dividend tax hikes would hurt seniors who depend on such income. As it turns out, during one of the Democratic presidential debates, Barack Obama was asked how he could support hiking capital gains taxes when in each case that’s been tried, it’s reduced government revenue. Obama responded that he still supports raising taxes on successful investing for “purposes of fairness.” Video below:
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House to Adjourn Without Vote on Bush Tax Cuts
As always, the left brings the level of discourse to a new low… (Huff Po) – In an unofficial start to the last stretch of the 2010 campaign season, top officials throughout the Democratic Party upped the rhetoric on Wednesday, spotlighting the crazier characters and policy positions that could land in Congress with GOP gains. No one, however, brought as much gusto to the pitch as Gov. Ed Rendell (D-Penn.) Introducing DNC Chairman Tim Kaine at the University of Pennsylvania, the retiring Pennsylvania Democrat, known for his oratorical flair, warned about the government being taken over by “whackos.” He called some of the more colorful characters in the Republican Party “fruit loops.” He derided House Minority Leader John Boehner as “the tan guy,” and said that some of the GOP’s positions are “flat out crazy.” “I’m telling you,” Rendell said. “If I’m an independent voter in [Rep.] Patrick Murphy’s district, sure I’m worried about the deficit but I sure as heck am worried about people who want to do away with the 14th amendment. I’m sure as heck worried about people who don’t think the president was born in the United States of America. I sure as heck am worried about people who think that workers are staying home because of unemployment benefits… they are nuts. They are flat-out crazy.” “We are going to turn the reins of the Congress over to these people who are more and more dominated by the whacko right?” he added.
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Penn Dem Gov. Ed Rendell Calls Republicans “Whackos,” “Fruit Loops” And “Flat Out Crazy”…
