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The Difference Between Libertarians And The Tea Party

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, December 2nd, 2010. Filed under Libertarians, Political Parties, Politics, Republicans

Yea, this pretty much explains it:

H/T: Jason Pye

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Chris Christie: It’s Time For The GOP To Put Up, Or Shut Up

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, November 8th, 2010. Filed under 2010 Elections, Chris Christie, Elections, Political Parties, Politicos & Pundits, Politics, Republicans

Yet another reason why Chris Christie is one of my favorite politicians at this moment:

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A Warning To The GOP: It’s Not About You

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, November 1st, 2010. Filed under 2010 Elections, Elections, Political Parties, Politics, Republicans

Pollster Scott Rasmussen takes a look at the expected results of tomorrow’s elections and notes that they have a message for Republicans, but not the one they may think:
The reality is that voters in 2010 are doing the same thing they did in 2006 and 2008: They are voting against the party in power.
This is [...]

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Republican Congressman: GOP Is Getting A Second Chance, But We Don’t Deserve It

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, October 19th, 2010. Filed under 2010 Elections, Elections, Libertarians, Political Parties, Politics, Republicans

California Republican Tom McClintock isn’t among those who believes that his party has learned their lesson yet:
Speaking at an event last week in Orange County, CA, Rep. Tom McClintock (R-CA) said he expected big gains for his party at this year’s election, but said he worried that Republicans would squander the [...]

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The Conservative Message To Libertarians: Sit Down, And Shut Up

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, October 18th, 2010. Filed under Libertarians, Political Parties, Politics, Republicans

Over at Liberty Pundits, Melissa Clouthier responds to my post from yesterday about libertarian disenchantment with the GOP in a post provocatively entitled Libertarians: Still In Search Of Their Perfect World, Practically Irrelevant:
I have come to believe that Libertarians are worthless. Before them, a crop of wonderful, small government candidates sit and will likely [...]

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On (Small-L) Libertarians, Conservatives, And The Republican Party

by Doug Mataconis @ Sunday, October 17th, 2010. Filed under 2010 Elections, Elections, Libertarians, Political Parties, Politics, Republicans

Earlier this week at The Daily Beast, Tunku Varadarajan pondered the question of just how enthusiastic libertarians ought to be about Republican victories in the mid-term elections, specifically concerning candidates like Sharron Angle, Carl Paladino, and Christine O’Donnell, all of whom seem to be far more closely allied with the GOP socially conservative wing than [...]

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GOP Hypocrisy On Health Care Reform

by Doug Mataconis @ Saturday, September 25th, 2010. Filed under 2010 Elections, Dumbasses, Elections, Health Care Reform, Political Parties, Politics, Republicans

Let’s take a look at this ad from the National Republican Senatorial Committee that’s running in West Virginia:

In case you missed it, Alex Knepper points out the problem with this ad:
“Manchin supports Barack Obama’s big government agenda…Manchin supported the government takeover of healthcare that cuts Medicare…”
The words “Government takeover of healthcare” are actually juxtaposed with [...]

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