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The Modern GOP: Complex and Nuanced

Tuesday, May 30th, 2006

Politics sure is complicated: But some worried that the constitutional victory for Hastert would be a public-relations problem for the rest of them. They fear that the nuances of constitutional principle will mean little to voters who conclude that the GOP, which aims to be the “law-and-order” party, is now on the wrong side of […]

More on the anti-immigrant backlash against Dreier

Monday, May 29th, 2006

With headlines like “Dreier slams immigration compromise” and “Dreier rejects Senate version of immigration bill” you’d think Dreier might have learned a lesson from 2004, when talk radio decided to eat its own. Here’s an account from Wikipedia (if someone has another source, I’d appreciate it): In the run-up to the 2004 elections, their main […]

David Dreier: “Hard-liner on the border”

Thursday, May 25th, 2006

Dreier rejects Senate version of immigration bill: Rep. David Dreier announced Wednesday that he will not vote for the Senate’s version of immigration legislation, breaking ranks with the White House and bolstering his image as a hard-liner on the border. Emblematic of the impending battle for a compromise, the Republican chairman of the House Rules […]

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