By Elaine Donnelly
Extending sexual misconduct to combat units
Independent voices from the TWT Communities
Republican George Allen scored a big-time endorsement Thursday in his U.S. Senate campaign in Virginia, winning the support of Florida senator and conservative rock star Marco Rubio.
When it comes to tailoring his message, Mitt Romney has adopted a one-size-fits-all philosophy: There's little that his economic message can't do.
Once considered a leading voice of the foreign interventionist wing of the Republican Party, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich on the presidential campaign trail this year has been edging away from his trademark "Make my day" aggressiveness toward those hostile to the United States.
D.C. schools focus on students' emotional issues; Inspection team rappels Washington Monument; Probe subject wins Ward 5 post; FOP wins ruling on police overtime pay; D.C. employee accused of stealing $400K; McDonnell backs Frederick; Virginia withholds $20M from transit agencies; Perry fundraises in Baltimore.
Oh, those dastardly Republicans. Why, they're behind all this debt ceiling nonsense, right? Powerful broadcasters would have it so, and have dutifully cast the Grand Old Party as the villain of the debt debate, and one deemed unworthy of meaningful coverage.
D.C. Council to decide today on fate of Council member Thomas; Driver in fatal Va. bus crash due in court; D.C. Mayor Gray released documents on Whiting hire; Dream Act petitioners in Md. clear big hurdle; Frederick files papers to run again for Va. Senate; Obama at No. Va. Community College
D.C. considers "jock tax" for non-city residents such as Ovechkin; Details of Schaefer farewell, tearful goodbyes; Final ICC piece in place; Republican Jeff Frederick returns to Va. politics; Cuccinelli sees Supreme Court delay as a good sign
Every time Gov. Chris Christie plays another round of smash-mouth politics with New Jersey's public-sector unions, conservative voters across the country lead the cheers.
For voters and political activists who dictated the course of the 2010 elections with their cause of limited government and debt reduction, Tuesday's outcome doesn't signal the war has been won. The struggle, they say, now has entered a tougher phase.
"It's not just conservative RNC members heading home and sharing their new reasons to be skeptical, but every grass-roots conservative leader who catches wind of this and understands it," former Virginia Republican Party Chairman Jeff Frederick said.
' (his words at CPAC this year) as he has promised or whether he'll be more like the Massachusetts Gov. Romney we all remember."
