http://republicansenate.org Mon, 09 Jun 2008 18:34:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en On Saturday, the DFL nominated Al Franken to challenge Sen. Norm Coleman in spite of stiff opposition, including that of members of Minnesota's Democrat Congressional delegation. Democrats fear that Franken's past, which includes an article written for Playboy and jokes about rape, could cost them a great opportunity to ... http://republicansenate.org/2008/06/09/dfl-nominates-misogynist-planned-parenthood-not-happy/ In his first real show of leadership in a long time, Sen. John Cornyn, doubtless at the direction of Sen. Mitch McConnell, effectively shut down the Senate with a procedural move earlier this week, punishing Democrats for their inaction on judicial nominations. By objecting to a routing procedural motion, ... http://republicansenate.org/2008/06/06/well-done-sen-mcconnell/ Conservative Rep. Steve Pearce defeated moderate Rep. Heather Wilson on Tuesday, setting up a general election with Rep. Tom Udall. Pearce enjoyed nearly universal support from the conservative organizations that chose to get involved in the race, most notably the Club for Growth. He did, however, have to ... http://republicansenate.org/2008/06/04/pearce-drops-wilson-faces-uphill-battle/ After a long run of polls that showed, well, imminent disaster, a few newly released polls finally indicate that things, while still bad, may not be quite as bad as they looked. For starters, in North Carolina Sen. Elizabeth Dole's recent flex of her financial muscle via an ad ... http://republicansenate.org/2008/06/02/finally-some-good-news/ Amid a spate of very troubling polls come two that show incumbents in Dixie holding strong. In Alabama, Sen. Jeff Sessions leads state Sen. Vivian Figures, who is not actively campaigning, 62-29. Sessions' favorable/unfavorable ratings sit at 72/19 while the lesser known Figures actually has a remarkable 33/42 ... http://republicansenate.org/2008/05/29/strong-leads-in-the-deep-south/ Let's hear it for the Hoops' forty-second league championship! http://republicansenate.org/2008/05/27/wheres-yer-helicopter-now/ I've been experiencing some technical difficulties. I hope to resolve the issues this weekend and be back to daily blogging on Monday. http://republicansenate.org/2008/05/22/technical-difficulties/ On Tuesday, Senators Mitch McConnell and Gordon Smith learned who their Democrat opponents will be. In Kentucky, Democrats nominated two time gubernatorial primary loser Bruce Lunsford. In a poll released earlier this month, Lunsford trailed McConnell 48-36. He will have some fence-mending to do if he is ... http://republicansenate.org/2008/05/21/ky-or-dems-choose-nominees/ Sen. Ted Kennedy, who has been hospitalized since suffering a seizure on Saturday, has been diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor. Kennedy has been a leading voice for the opposition for decades. According to the AP, the average survival rate is less than a year for patients with ... http://republicansenate.org/2008/05/20/kennedy-diagnosed-with-malignant-brain-tumor-2/ In his attempt to convince Democrats that he can in fact attract white voters, Sen. Barack Obama has turned to none other than former KKK leader Sen. Robert Byrd. Byrd, who has come so far in his views on race that just a few years ago he used the ... http://republicansenate.org/2008/05/19/giving-new-meaning-to-the-word-insulting/