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SUBMITTED BY: Kyle Mantyla, Wednesday 10/27/2010, 11:03am
Ever since he was anointed as "The Right Hand of God" fifteen years ago, Ralph Reed has enjoyed a reputation as the Religious Right's leading political operative.
So influential is Reed, in fact, that even his work exploiting his Religious Right allies on behalf of disgraced criminal lobbyist Jack Abramoff's gambling clients could not sink his career, as he returned last year with a new group called the Faith and Freedom Coalition, which he touted as a more hip, more strident "21st Century version of the Christian Coalition on steroids, married with MoveOn.org, with a... MORE >
SUBMITTED BY: Brian Tashman, Wednesday 10/27/2010, 9:45am
Sharron Angle
Ad: Controversy over latest anti-immigration ad, Latino groups call it “one of the ugliest anti-illegal immigrants ad campaigns in history” (AP, 10/26).
Voting: Accuses Reid camp of trying to “steal” the election (Politico, 10/26).
Campaign: Stopped paying her staff in latest FEC filing (HuffPo, 10/25).
Outside groups: Pro-GOP groups outspend Democrats 2:1 in Nevada (AP, 10/23).
Ken Buck
Religious Right: Denies existence of separation of church and state (Think Progress, 10/26).
Women: Mother Jones investigates Buck’s handling of the rape... MORE >
SUBMITTED BY: Brian Tashman, Tuesday 10/26/2010, 4:21pm
Lauren Valle, the 23-year old activist who was assaulted by supporters of Rand Paul, who threw her to the ground and stomped on her head, is now speaking out about her experience:
"They tried to grab me and chased me around Rand Paul's car," she said of the politician's supporters." And once I'm in front of the car, they take me down…I remembered someone stomping my head in the ground."
Video of the incident shows Valle tripping after someone ripped a blond wig off her head. She is then wrestled to a curb by one man. After she is placed face down, another man... MORE >
SUBMITTED BY: Brian Tashman, Thursday 10/21/2010, 12:39pm
Watching his once formidable lead in the polls crumble, Pennsylvania Senate candidate Pat Toomey asserted, “It’s very clear. The person who is the extreme candidate that is so far out of touch with Pennsylvania is Joe Sestak.”
A huge part of Pat Toomey’s campaign strategy seemed to be based on remaking his image to come across as a moderate Republican. In an election year with the likes of Ken Buck, Sharron Angle, Christine O’Donnell, and Joe Miller, even solidly conservative Republicans could come-off as “moderate” due to the elevated extremism on... MORE >
SUBMITTED BY: Brian Tashman, Wednesday 10/20/2010, 9:28am
Sharron Angle
Terrorism: Angle refuses to apologize to Canadian Ambassador who condemned Angle for saying that terrorists are crossing into the US from Canada (AP, 10/19).
Latinos: Says that Latino students, and herself, look Asian (NYDN, 10/19).
Ad: Claims that Harry Reid is in “the conga line” with Michelle Obama (Slate, 10/19).
Fundraising: Spent over $5 million on fundraising (Salon, 10/18).
Palin: MissesTea Party Express kickoff with Palin, who praises Angle and slams Reid (Nevada News Bureau, 10/18).
Ken Buck
Religious Right: Claims that homosexuality, “... MORE >
SUBMITTED BY: Brian Tashman, Monday 10/18/2010, 12:22pm
Stephen Fincher, best known for his role in the “Fincher Family” singing ministry, is now the Republican nominee in a top Congressional race in northwestern Tennessee. He is running as a livid critic of “wasteful government spending,” and says that “when a Tennessee family has to make tough decisions, they sit down and prioritize spending. Government just spends and borrows and taxes.”
Despite all of his heated anti-government rhetoric, it appears that when Stephen Fincher has to make tough decisions about family spending, the only decision he makes is:... MORE >
SUBMITTED BY: Brian Tashman, Wednesday 10/13/2010, 9:28am
Sharron Angle
Fundraising: Raised $14 million in three months (WaPo, 10/12).
GOP: Leading Nevada Republicans endorse Reid over Angle (Politico, 10/12).
Religious Right: ADL criticizes Angle for refusing to condemn her pastor’s anti-Mormon comments (KVVU, 10/8).
Extremism: Cites Dearborn, Michigan and a non-existent town in Texas as outposts of Sharia law (CNN, 10/9).
Ken Buck
Controversy: Referred to a rape victim’s situation as “buyers remorse;” suspect even admitted that it was rape (PFAW, 10/12; Colorado Independent, 10/12).
Ad: DSCC launches new ad blasting... MORE >
SUBMITTED BY: Brian Tashman, Friday 10/08/2010, 4:31pm
Although a number of media narratives describe 2010 election as revealing the rise of conservative woman, the "Awakening of the Conservative Woman," or the "Year of the Mama Grizzly," and what Sarah Palin calls “the emerging conservative, feminist identity,” it’s easy to forget that women have always played a prominent role in the conservative movement: Phyllis Schlafly, Clare Boothe Luce, and Beverly LaHaye, just to name a few.
But are women really running to embrace the rightwing agenda in 2010? Most polls show that the growing support for Republican... MORE >
