U.S. Chamber of Commerce Launches $10M Campaign for GOP

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Tuesday August 01, 2006 · 2:34 PM PDT

2006/08/01 · 14:34

Cross-posted from The Stakeholder, the blog of the DCCC.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has emerged as the GOP's single biggest ally - but why? Well, I always like to start off a post related to the US Chamber of Commerce with my favorite quote from the Social Security privatization debate...

Noting that there is already a lot on the congressional to-do list, Tom Donohue, president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, said, "We'd like them to address the low-hanging fruit that's already keyed up," such as passing an energy bill and limiting the public's ability to file medical malpractice and class-action lawsuits. "A mandate lasts about 15 minutes in this town," Mr. Donohue said.

It's just such a good quote. You've got the almost comically greedy analogy of "low-hanging fruit" which to my mind kind of puts everything the Republicans do in perspective. Republicans don't pass "legislation" in any serious policy sense -- it's goodies, treats! And with their games on minimum wage, it's exactly the same... Read More

Preempting SOTU: Exclusive dkos Rubberstamp Website Release, New DCCC Ad on Fox News

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Monday January 30, 2006 · 10:24 AM PST

2006/01/30 · 10:24

"Tuesday's speech, with its massive prime-time audience, may be the most important forum Bush has all year to try to seize the initiative from the Democrats and frame the election season on his terms."
-- Washington Post

On Tuesday night, President Bush will have an opportunity to broadcast his framing of 2006 and the next set of Republican sham policies without fact-check and without interruption - except for the raucous applause of Republicans in Congress. His bully pulpit will be at its zenith - but we can fight back and give the Republicans a healthy dose of reality. That's why we at the DCCC are picking Tuesday to launch an entire new website, as well as a new TV ad airing on Fox News in the hours leading up to his speech. But we thought it would be fun to give the dkos community an advance look. Click on the graphic to see the ad, go below the fold for the dkos username and password for our new "Rubberstamp" site exposing the ways in which your local Republicans have substituted blind obedience to President Bush for any semblance of loyalty to their constituents...

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Tuesday November 08, 2005 · 11:21 AM PST

2005/11/08 · 11:21

This is our top priority over at the DCCC right now -- read on to find out why it should be yours.

ACTION ITEM: KILL THE SLASH AND BURN BUDGET CUTS
Republicans in the House are hoping to slash more than $50 billion from programs like food stamps, Medicaid, school lunches, child support, and student loans. At the same time, they hope to pass $70 billion in tax cuts targeted at the wealthy, actually increasing the deficit. The vote is tentatively scheduled for Thursday.
Call Your Republican Representatives and Promise them Hell If They Even Consider Voting For These Despicable Priorities.
Contact Your Republican Representative.

In the wake of Tom DeLay's pseudo-removal from the Majority Leader post, there was an initial flurry of activity as the future of GOP Leadership came into question.

The first two insurgent candidates out of the box seemed to be Zach Wamp, who would be challenging DeLay foot soldier Eric Cantor for the Whip position, and John Boehner, who could take on Blunt himself for the Republican Leader position.

And Blunt knew it. From October 5th in The Hill... Read More

President Bush's Watergate

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Tuesday November 01, 2005 · 10:45 AM PST

2005/11/01 · 10:45

We at the DCCC have put together a new video on the Plamegate indictments. Let me know what you guys think, and send it around if you think it worthy...

Watch the Video.

"Valerie Wilson's cover was blown in July 2003."

-- Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald

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Friday September 30, 2005 · 1:10 PM PDT

2005/09/30 · 13:10

"Without Tom DeLay it would be complete and total chaos," said one Republican strategist with close ties to the White House. "The House would descend into 'Lord of the Flies.' "

-- New York Times, October 8, 2004

Back in March, when DeLay's future first started to be seriously questioned, I posted a diary here explaining why it would be difficult to remove DeLay from power even if the White House wanted to - and there was evidence at the time that that might have been the case. The problem, in essence, was that he is the most entrenched Republican Leader in history, everybody else in leadership owes their power to him, and anybody else who poked their head up to dissent would quickly find it rolling on the floor. Read More

Breach of Contract - SEC Investigates Frist

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Friday September 23, 2005 · 7:59 AM PDT

2005/09/23 · 07:59

As Republican Members of the House of Representatives and as citizens seeking to join that body we propose not just to change its policies, but even more important, to restore the bonds of trust between the people and their elected representatives.

-- Contract with America

Welcome to the "bonds of trust" club, Mr. Frist...

SEC Probes Frist's Sale of Stock Ahead of HCA Profit Warning [WSJ]

The Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating stock sales made by Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist in HCA Inc. shortly before the Nashville, Tenn.-based company warned it wouldn't meet its previous second-quarter earnings forecast...

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Thursday August 04, 2005 · 3:00 PM PDT

2005/08/04 · 15:00

Update [2005-8-4 18:0:33 by Armando]: From the diaries by Armando. Title edited for style.

Hey folks, this is Jesse Lee, online editor for the DCCC, but I'm handing the controls over to John Lapp, our Executive Director. John posted this yesterday at MyDD and provoked a rather lively discussion to say the least. His account is still finalizing here, so when you see my name pop up, that will be him.

I first want to thank Jerome Armstrong and Markos Moulitsas Zuniga for taking the time to come by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. I truly enjoyed the opportunity to hear their views and discuss our vision for the 2006 cycle.

Let me reiterate here, as stated in our meeting and on MyDD.com, I will keep my commitment. On our website, by the end of the year, we will list every single Congressional District and those candidates who have the courage to file for Congress. And we will do our best to update it on a timely basis when new candidates have filed, with the latest contact information so that the grassroots and netroots can get involved.

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Don't Let Rove Slide on "Knowingness"!

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Saturday July 16, 2005 · 10:18 AM PDT

2005/07/16 · 10:18

Over the past two days, we've been treated to a stream of stories discussing who knew Plame was covert. Pro-Rove leaks led to major stories in NYT, WaPo, and the AP suggesting Rove did not know. Two more stories in WaPo and NYT today discuss the question in detail. And yet not once did any of the journalists ask Rove or Luskin flat out whether Rove knew. If they had, the stories might have unfolded very differently.

There's an old axiom that Bush can never quite remember. Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me. For journalists it should be more along the lines of "fool me once, shame on me, fool me twice, slap me upside the head." Read More

The Rove Blitz Continues

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Friday July 15, 2005 · 12:17 PM PDT

2005/07/15 · 12:17

A new barrage from House Dems, beginning - but most certainly not limited to - the new DCCC video. Enjoy.

jesselee

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Tuesday July 12, 2005 · 11:55 AM PDT

2005/07/12 · 11:55

So it now appears that the longstanding line that Rove "never knowingly disclosed classified information" is also no longer operative. And unfortunately for him, that was the only line that mattered... Read More

More Work for DoJ on Rove

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Saturday July 02, 2005 · 4:59 PM PDT

2005/07/02 · 16:59

Update [2005-7-2 19:59:33 by Armando]: From the diaries by Armando.

The other spectacular DoJ case, the one surrounding Jack Abramoff, has stayed similarly quiet so far as leaks go. Little is known about it, except perhaps that Bob Ney is being looked into. But Rove might have something to worry about here as well... Read More

Rove Takes His Party Hostage?

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Friday June 24, 2005 · 9:22 AM PDT

2005/06/24 · 09:22

Update [2005-6-24 12:22:33 by Armando]: From the diaries by Armando

When you slip to 40-60, it's time to renew the battle lines that made it 50-50...

Immediately after the election, there was much speculation as to what would become of the "values voters" who were claiming credit for Bush's re-election. Of course, since then we've all come to realize that this term essentially referred to wingnuts like Falwell and Dobson, not some demographic which just happened to have more values in their souls than the rest of us. But what has become of these folks and their claim to dominance over the Republicans? Seems like a question all those speculators might want to answer at some point.

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