Republican Leaders Have Work Cut Out For Them

Republicans will have an even smaller minority in the next Congress, after losing at least 20 seats in the House and seven in the Senate. This week they've been been picking new leaders, and the results are in.

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GOP back to square one with Hispanics

Republicans have lost most of the gains Bush made with Hispanic voters.
Posted under Featured News by carhub on Sunday 16 November 2008 at 12:03 pm

Obama Effect Trumps Bradley Effect

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The Bradley Effect was supposed to be the ace in the hole for Republicans during this presidential election -- a dirty little Election Day factor steeped in white mistrust of a black candidate.

But a funny thing happened on the way to the 2008 presidential election results.

The Bradley Effect had no effect. Voting in the election pretty much mirrored what pollsters had predicted. Whites who told pollsters they were going to vote for Obama, in fact, did.

So for now, the Bradley Effect, the theory that says in elections between a black and white candidate that some white voters will express a willingness to vote for a black candidate to pollsters before the election but will ultimately vote for the white nominee, is left in tatters. ...

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The theory was born when Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley, an African-American, led in the polls, but lost his 1982 bid for governor.

And it has been witnessed in more than a dozen major elections in Chicago, New York, Philadelphia and Virginia since then where a black candidate either lost an election after polls forecast their victory or a black candidate eked out a narrow win after a landslide victory was predicted.

Some believe Obama may have suffered from the Bradley Effect in his California primary battle with Hillary Clinton. Obama lost by a landslide 10 percentage points despite one late survey showing him ahead by 13 points and two others giving him a one-point lead.

One thing is certain. If any election was going to exhibit the Bradley Effect, this sure seemed to be the one.
First of all, it marked the first time a man of African descent was so close to winning a presidential election. Other observers predicted white voters would be scared off by Barack Obama's unusual name or perhaps the unsubstantiated yet widely spread rumors about him being a Muslim.

But Obama defanged many of the worries raised by his opponents because he never allowed race to become a defining characteristic of his campaign. In fact, the only time race became an issue was when his association with his former pastor Jeremiah Wright was unearthed.

And then, Obama handled the situation with poise and honesty in a speech on race which seemed to put the issue to bed for most Americans.

So while Obama took race out as a factor in the election, the poorly-run McCain campaign and its selection of the not-ready-for primetime vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin gave voters of all colors sufficient reason to say they would vote Democratic - and to follow through.
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Paul Shepard blogs the Democrat side of the election for BlackVoices. He has been a journalist for 16 years; on the national urban/minority affairs beat for The Cleveland Plain Dealer and for The AP in Washington, DC

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Posted under Featured News by carhub on Tuesday 11 November 2008 at 6:00 pm

O’Reilly’s Take on the Election

The Fox News anchor discusses what Obama's win means for Republicans.
Posted under Featured News by carhub on Monday 10 November 2008 at 2:24 pm

Eight races still too close to call

Republicans cling to thin leads, Dems hope for pickups. See also: The 2010 campaign kicks off
Posted under Featured News by carhub on Thursday 6 November 2008 at 1:02 am

Obama’s Priority: Chief of Staff, Treasury Secretary

Obama indicates that he will have several Republicans on his team.
Posted under Featured News by carhub on Thursday 6 November 2008 at 12:54 am

Dems gain gov.; gay-marriage bans pass

Democrats now control of 30 governor’s mansions, an 8-seat swing from 2004 when Republicans held 28.
Posted under Featured News by carhub on Wednesday 5 November 2008 at 8:34 am

Republicans play their cards Wright

It may not be an October surprise, but Republicans in Pennsylvania have finally pulled out their ace in the hole: The Rev. Jeremiah Wright.

Posted under Featured News by carhub on Monday 3 November 2008 at 4:35 pm

GOP offers scant proof of voter fraud

Republicans  have yet to provide significant evidence of voter fraud, which McCain said is "maybe destroying the fabric of democracy."
Posted under Featured News by carhub on Sunday 2 November 2008 at 11:16 am

GOP pushes Pelosi as boogeywoman

It didn’t work in 2006, and it’s not working this year, yet many Republicans still use Pelosi as a threat.
Posted under Featured News by carhub on Saturday 1 November 2008 at 3:53 pm

Ensign: Stevens ‘should do the right thing’

Several leading Republicans, including Sen. McCain and Gov. Palin, have called on the Alaska senator to resign.
Posted under Featured News by carhub on Wednesday 29 October 2008 at 10:07 pm

‘Mad Men’ of the GOP

What Republicans have in common with 1960s pitchmen.
Posted under Featured News by carhub on Thursday 23 October 2008 at 8:50 pm

McCain ‘amazed’ by Palin treatment

John McCain called out fellow Republicans who questioned running mate Sarah Palin’s credentials. See also: Terrorists endorse
Posted under Featured News by carhub on Wednesday 22 October 2008 at 2:52 pm

New GOP strategy: Beware of ‘Book Learnin’

When I hear Republicans making fun of Barack Obama because he is a product of the Ivy League it makes me mad. It is another attempt to make Americans think he is not one of us.

Posted under Featured News by carhub on Tuesday 9 September 2008 at 1:34 pm

Obama revives anti-Kerry line

The Obama campaign is reviving the Republicans’ use of a gaffe made by John Kerry for a new ad.
Posted under Featured News by carhub on Monday 8 September 2008 at 9:26 pm

Obama-O’Riley Face Off Part 1 - Hypothetical Bombs Over Iran

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Republican Leaders Have Work Cut Out For Them

Republicans will have an even smaller minority in the next Congress, after losing at least 20 seats in the House and seven in the Senate. This week they've been been picking new leaders, and the results are in.

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Posted under Featured News by carhub on Thursday 20 November 2008 at 11:00 am

GOP back to square one with Hispanics

Republicans have lost most of the gains Bush made with Hispanic voters.
Posted under Featured News by carhub on Sunday 16 November 2008 at 12:03 pm

Obama Effect Trumps Bradley Effect

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The Bradley Effect was supposed to be the ace in the hole for Republicans during this presidential election -- a dirty little Election Day factor steeped in white mistrust of a black candidate.

But a funny thing happened on the way to the 2008 presidential election results.

The Bradley Effect had no effect. Voting in the election pretty much mirrored what pollsters had predicted. Whites who told pollsters they were going to vote for Obama, in fact, did.

So for now, the Bradley Effect, the theory that says in elections between a black and white candidate that some white voters will express a willingness to vote for a black candidate to pollsters before the election but will ultimately vote for the white nominee, is left in tatters. ...

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The theory was born when Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley, an African-American, led in the polls, but lost his 1982 bid for governor.

And it has been witnessed in more than a dozen major elections in Chicago, New York, Philadelphia and Virginia since then where a black candidate either lost an election after polls forecast their victory or a black candidate eked out a narrow win after a landslide victory was predicted.

Some believe Obama may have suffered from the Bradley Effect in his California primary battle with Hillary Clinton. Obama lost by a landslide 10 percentage points despite one late survey showing him ahead by 13 points and two others giving him a one-point lead.

One thing is certain. If any election was going to exhibit the Bradley Effect, this sure seemed to be the one.
First of all, it marked the first time a man of African descent was so close to winning a presidential election. Other observers predicted white voters would be scared off by Barack Obama's unusual name or perhaps the unsubstantiated yet widely spread rumors about him being a Muslim.

But Obama defanged many of the worries raised by his opponents because he never allowed race to become a defining characteristic of his campaign. In fact, the only time race became an issue was when his association with his former pastor Jeremiah Wright was unearthed.

And then, Obama handled the situation with poise and honesty in a speech on race which seemed to put the issue to bed for most Americans.

So while Obama took race out as a factor in the election, the poorly-run McCain campaign and its selection of the not-ready-for primetime vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin gave voters of all colors sufficient reason to say they would vote Democratic - and to follow through.
_________________
Paul Shepard blogs the Democrat side of the election for BlackVoices. He has been a journalist for 16 years; on the national urban/minority affairs beat for The Cleveland Plain Dealer and for The AP in Washington, DC

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Posted under Featured News by carhub on Tuesday 11 November 2008 at 6:00 pm

O’Reilly’s Take on the Election

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Eight races still too close to call

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Obama’s Priority: Chief of Staff, Treasury Secretary

Obama indicates that he will have several Republicans on his team.
Posted under Featured News by carhub on Thursday 6 November 2008 at 12:54 am

Dems gain gov.; gay-marriage bans pass

Democrats now control of 30 governor’s mansions, an 8-seat swing from 2004 when Republicans held 28.
Posted under Featured News by carhub on Wednesday 5 November 2008 at 8:34 am

Republicans play their cards Wright

It may not be an October surprise, but Republicans in Pennsylvania have finally pulled out their ace in the hole: The Rev. Jeremiah Wright.

Posted under Featured News by carhub on Monday 3 November 2008 at 4:35 pm

GOP offers scant proof of voter fraud

Republicans  have yet to provide significant evidence of voter fraud, which McCain said is "maybe destroying the fabric of democracy."
Posted under Featured News by carhub on Sunday 2 November 2008 at 11:16 am

GOP pushes Pelosi as boogeywoman

It didn’t work in 2006, and it’s not working this year, yet many Republicans still use Pelosi as a threat.
Posted under Featured News by carhub on Saturday 1 November 2008 at 3:53 pm

Ensign: Stevens ‘should do the right thing’

Several leading Republicans, including Sen. McCain and Gov. Palin, have called on the Alaska senator to resign.
Posted under Featured News by carhub on Wednesday 29 October 2008 at 10:07 pm

‘Mad Men’ of the GOP

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New GOP strategy: Beware of ‘Book Learnin’

When I hear Republicans making fun of Barack Obama because he is a product of the Ivy League it makes me mad. It is another attempt to make Americans think he is not one of us.

Posted under Featured News by carhub on Tuesday 9 September 2008 at 1:34 pm

Obama revives anti-Kerry line

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Posted under Featured News by carhub on Monday 8 September 2008 at 9:26 pm

Obama-O’Riley Face Off Part 1 - Hypothetical Bombs Over Iran

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Ahh, did you miss Barack Obama on Bill O'Riley 's show Thursday night?

Coincidently, while the Republicans where wrapping up their National Convention on every other TV channel,
Bill-O's long-awaited interview with Barack opened with a bang on Fox News.

The 'No Spin Zone' host launched the question on the minds of all Americans. Especially the Americans wearing the 10-gallon cowboy hats at the Republican convention all this week.

When in the hell are we going to bomb Iran?

Wait! Bomb Iran? No so fast Bill. ...

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Black Republican Quiz

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Close your eyes and imagine a room full of Republicans.

Now, do any of them look remotely like you?

If you're like many black people, the answer is probably, "No, they don't look like me, and they don't think like me." But is it really true that they don't think like you? Do you actually know what positions Republicans are taking on the issues that matter to you?

You might be surprised to find that you could share some of the same views as card-carrying members of the GOP. To find out if you're a closet Republican (or at least, not totally Democrat), take this Black Voices quiz.

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Prominent Black Republicans

    Condoleeza Rice

    United States Secretary of State

    Joseph Barrak, AFP/Getty Images

    Colin Powell

    Former United States Secretary of State (2001-2005)

    Ron Edmonds, AP

    Clarence Thomas

    Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States

    Randy Snyder, AP

    Alan Keyes

    Political activist.

    Kelley McCall, AP

    JC Watts

    Republican politician and entrepreneur.

    Steve Jaffe, AFP / Getty Images

    Armstrong Williams

    Television, radio host, columnist and political pundit.

    Graham Williams Group, AP

    Alveda King

    The author is a niece of the civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr.

    Johnny Nunez, WireImage.com

    Don King

    Boxing promoter.

    Frank Franklin II, AP

    Martin Luther King, Jr.

    Civil rights icon.

    AP

    TD Jakes

    Famous American preacher.

    Johnny Nunez, WireImage.com

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Where are the GOP’s Great Lakes governors?

Ten years ago, Republicans held governorships in Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Illinois and Iowa. Not anymore.
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Is she ready to be commander in chief?

Republicans argue that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has more executive experience than Barack Obama or Joe Biden. But they've had a difficult time convincing the media that Gov. Palin has foreign policy experience.

Posted under Featured News by carhub on Tuesday 2 September 2008 at 6:38 am

Republicans’ hopes rest on fresh faces

The fate of the GOP nationally depends as much on a House with fewer but fresher Republican faces.
Posted under Featured News by carhub on Monday 1 September 2008 at 9:00 am

GOP sees potential redemption in Gustav

Republicans may have an opportunity to prove their competence with the impending hurricane. See also: 'Day by day,' and Bush to address nation
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Hurricane Gustav threatens New Orleans, Republican Convention

Three years to the day after Hurricane Katrina hit, Republicans are preparing as Hurricane Gustav threatens to strike not only New Orleans but Minneapolis as well.

Posted under Featured News by carhub on Sunday 31 August 2008 at 3:30 pm

Sunday talk show tip sheet

The morning talk shows turn their Klieg lights on the Republicans on the eve of their national convention.
Posted under Featured News by carhub on Saturday 30 August 2008 at 4:15 pm

Palin’s hubby, son not Republicans

Todd Palin hasn’t been affiliated with a party since 1989, and their 19-year-old son is “undeclared.”
Posted under Featured News by carhub on Friday 29 August 2008 at 10:24 pm

Clinton Passes the Torch to Obama

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The Big Dog still has his rakish charm. Bill Clinton walked out on stage last night and basked in the delegates' love and chants of "Bill, Bill, Bill." Clinton's pleas for the delegates to "please stop" and "sit down" were as sincere as his lip-biting.

There reportedly is bad blood between Clinton and Barack Obama . But a Rasmussen poll found that 57 percent of Democrats don't believe the hype. Most Democrats think any problem between Obama and Clinton is manufactured by the media. Only 21 percent believe they are frenemies.
For three days, delegates were walking on pins and needles. There was more concern about Bill's speech than Hillary's. You could see the wariness on Michelle Obama's face as Clinton stepped up to the microphone.

But in the end, Bill came through :
I am here first to support Barack Obama.
After reminding folks that Hillary got 18 million votes, Bill made a strong case for Obama:
And here's what I have to say about that. Everything I learned in my eight years as president, and in the work I have done since in America and across the globe, has convinced me that Barack Obama is the man for this job.

Now, he has a remarkable ability to inspire people, to raise our hopes and rally us to high purpose. He has the intelligence and curiosity every successful president needs. His policies on the economy, on taxes, on health care, on energy are far superior to the Republican alternatives.
Clinton addressed Obama's readiness to lead:
And so, my fellow Democrats, I say to you: Barack Obama is ready to lead America and to restore American leadership in the world.

Barack Obama is ready to honor the oath, to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.

Barack Obama is ready to be president of the United States.
He also reminded us of of how Republicans in 1992 were adamant about Bill Clinton's lack of experience.

Clinton sought to reassure undecided voters by noting that old Joe Biden will be by his side:
With Joe Biden's experience and wisdom, supporting Barack Obama's proven understanding, instincts, and insight, America will have the national security leadership we need.
So on Day Three, the Man from Hope passed the torch to the man who has the audacity of hope. But let's not get too carried away. Clinton reportedly will skip Obama's acceptance speech .

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