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O'Malley touts state economy in address on middle class
WASHINGTON -- Gov. Martin O'Malley used an address at the Center for American Progress on Thursday to argue that Maryland has become a national model for growing the middle class and suggested that most states led by Republican governors "only made things...Tags: Government, Elections, Executive Branch, Regional Authority, September 11, 2001 Attacks
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GOP moves to plug technology gap with Democrats
WASHINGTON (AP) — Embarrassed by how the last presidential election exposed their yesteryear technology, Republicans are turning to a younger generation of tech-savvy social media experts and software designers to improve communications with voters,...
Tags: 2012 U.S. Presidential Election, Political Candidates, Barack Obama, eHarmony, Board of Directors
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GOP governors take a pragmatic turn
WASHINGTON (AP) — Many Republican governors who worked to thwart much of President Barack Obama's first-term agenda are shifting gears and softening their rhetoric now that his run was extended for four more years and they're facing their own re-...
Tags: Medicaid, Jan Brewer, Bobby Jindal, Crime, Law and Justice, CBS Corp.
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After shootings, states rethink mental health cuts
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Dozens of states have slashed spending on mental health care over the last four years, driven by the recession's toll on revenue and, in some cases, a new zeal to shrink government. But that trend may be heading for a U-...Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Safety of Citizens, Mark Sanford, Parties and Movements, Chris Christie
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El futuro habla espanol (The future speaks Spanish)
WASHINGTON -- The new year has begun with an avalanche of Republican retrospectives: What went wrong? What must the GOP do? In attempting to navigate my own thoughts, I keep bumping into advice my father gave me a long time ago: "Learn Spanish. You will...
Tags: U.S. Senate, Minority Groups, Ted Cruz, Bobby Jindal, Cuba
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GOP governors walk balance beam on health law
ATLANTA (AP) — Florida Gov. Rick Scott, who made a fortune as a health care executive, long opposed President Barack Obama's remake of the health insurance market. After the Democratic president won re-election, the Republican governor softened...
Tags: Medicaid, Healthcare Laws, Bobby Jindal, Crime, Law and Justice, Rick Perry
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As DGA run ends, O'Malley likely to stay on national stage
President Barack Obama no longer needs Gov. Martin O'Malley as a top campaign surrogate, and the Democratic Governors Association is set to elect someone else as its chairman on Monday when the group meets in Los Angeles. But neither development is...
Tags: Bob Schieffer, Same-Sex Marriage, White House, Illegal Immigrants, Peter Franchot
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Romney inadvertently shows why he lost
Defeated presidential nominee Mitt Romney, who helped do himself in with his closed-door characterization of nearly half of all Americans as content to live off federal handouts, wasted no time doubling down on the theory. He did so in a conference call...Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, The New York Times, White House, Bobby Jindal, Executive Branch
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Corbett named to RGA leadership team.
Capitol Ideas with John L. MicekThis one comes courtesy of our pals at Early Returns at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Just in time for the Republican Governors Association's meeting in Sin City, Gov. Tom Corbett has been tapped for an eight-member executive committee, the group... -
Wednesday Morning Coffee: State university faculty frustrated on contract talks.
Capitol Ideas with John L. MicekGood Wednesday Morning, Fellow Seekers. We're running a little late this morning, so we'll just dive right into a quick round- up of the day's political headlines. Think of this of the ADHD version of Capitol Ideas, which already has...... -
Reports: Governor McDonnell's security travel costs $160,000
Costs for travel and lodging through October for Gov. Bob McDonnell's State Police security detail totaled slightly more than $105,000. That's according to accounts first reported Monday by the Virginian-Pilot and the Richmond Times-Dispatch from open...
Tags: Government, Elections, Executive Branch, Regional Authority, Bob McDonnell
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Jindal: Liking people is key to expanding GOP tent
WASHINGTON (AP) — Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal says the Republican Party needs to go back to basics to attract the broad coalition of voters credited with putting President Barack Obama back in the White House. Kindergarten basics. "If we want...
Tags: U.S. Senate, White House, Bobby Jindal, Executive Branch, Barack Obama
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