http://gop.web2announcer.com/ Web 2.0 announcer top stories for GOP en Thu, 14 Jun 2007 02:21:53 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2045125 unknown@Netscape.com The Macaca moment has morphed into an official learning tool for the Republican establishment. Thu, 14 Jun 2007 02:21:53 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2045125GOPMacacamomentsrepublicanplaybookNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2041443 unknown@Netscape.com Provocative statements on handling the threat from Iran made at last week's G.O.P. presidential debate reveal a reckless attitude towards nuclear weapons, experts at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation reiterated today. Tue, 12 Jun 2007 04:26:45 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2041443GOPPoliticspresidentialdebateNukeTheworldNuclearstrikes.ARMscontrolNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2041789 unknown@Netscape.com According to the American Conservative Union's ratings, Sen. Thompson is little more conservative than Sen. McCain. He voted for Sen. McCain's attack on free speech, voted for first-trimester abortions and, despite his recent opposition to the Bush-McCain Amnesty act, has a mixed record on immigration. Tue, 12 Jun 2007 02:38:53 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2041789FredthompsonrepublicansConservativesGOPNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2040318 unknown@Netscape.com Republicans blocked the Senate's no-confidence vote on Attorney General Alberto Gonzales Monday, rejecting a symbolic Democratic effort to prod him from office despite blistering criticism from lawmakers in both parties. Tue, 12 Jun 2007 01:33:52 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2040318GOPGonzalesSenatenoconfidencevotebushNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2037992 unknown@Netscape.com As the House Appropriations Committee met last week to consider four massive spending bills, something was missing: congressional "earmarks." Long dismissed as pork, earmarks had more than quadrupled under the Republican-controlled Congress. By some estimates, lawmakers were quietly adding nearly $19 billion a year in special projects. Sun, 10 Jun 2007 15:09:20 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2037992congressEarmarksrepublicansGOPdemocratsPoliticsporkNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2034045 unknown@Netscape.com Our partners at MediaCurves.com played selected scenes from the CNN debate for 396 Republicans and independents. Watch the video to see how they responded to the clips in real time. (Note the interesting reactions to Mitt Romney's discussion of abortion and John McCain's warm words about "Hispanics.") Fri, 08 Jun 2007 18:18:46 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2034045GOPdebatevoterResponsesrepublicansindependentsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2035239 unknown@Netscape.com Lessons we should have learned since 9/11.... Fri, 08 Jun 2007 14:30:58 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2035239NuclearweaponsiranGOPrepublicansnukesNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2031238 unknown@Netscape.com Italia Federici, the president of a Republican environmental group who came under Senate scrutiny last year because of her ties to disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff, has agreed to plead guilty to charges of tax evasion and obstructing a congressional investigation. Thu, 07 Jun 2007 07:29:34 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2031238italiaFedericiJackAbramoffLobbyistscorruptiontaxEvasionObstructionofjusticerepublicanGOPNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2031979 unknown@Netscape.com Sen. Ted Stevens, the longest-serving Republican in the Senate, disclosed in an interview that the FBI asked him to preserve records as part of a widening investigation into Alaskan political corruption that has touched his son and ensnared one of his closest political confidants and financial backers. Thu, 07 Jun 2007 07:18:54 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2031979tedstevensFBIcorruptioninvestigationalaskaPoliticsGOPrepublicanNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2033185 unknown@Netscape.com Sen. Ted Stevens, the longest-serving Republican in the Senate, disclosed in an interview that the FBI asked him to preserve records as part of a widening investigation into Alaskan political corruption that has touched his son and ensnared one of his closest political confidants and financial backers. Thu, 07 Jun 2007 07:18:54 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2033185tedstevensFBIcorruptioninvestigationalaskaPoliticsGOPrepublicanNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2029020 unknown@Netscape.com House Democrats are expanding their investigation into ties between jailed GOP lobbyist Jack Abramoff and the White House and have contacted several Abramoff associates recently about testifying to Congress. Wed, 06 Jun 2007 06:33:40 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2029020JackAbramoffwhitehousebushadministrationscandalcorruptionLobbyistsLobbyingGOPNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2030908 unknown@Netscape.com House Democrats are expanding their investigation into ties between jailed GOP lobbyist Jack Abramoff and the White House and have contacted several Abramoff associates recently about testifying to Congress. Wed, 06 Jun 2007 06:33:40 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2030908JackAbramoffwhitehousebushadministrationscandalcorruptionLobbyistsLobbyingGOPNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2030949 unknown@Netscape.com House Democrats are expanding their investigation into ties between jailed GOP lobbyist Jack Abramoff and the White House and have contacted several Abramoff associates recently about testifying to Congress. Wed, 06 Jun 2007 06:33:40 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2030949JackAbramoffwhitehousebushadministrationscandalcorruptionLobbyistsLobbyingGOPNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2030985 unknown@Netscape.com House Democrats are expanding their investigation into ties between jailed GOP lobbyist Jack Abramoff and the White House and have contacted several Abramoff associates recently about testifying to Congress. Wed, 06 Jun 2007 06:33:40 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2030985JackAbramoffwhitehousebushadministrationscandalcorruptionLobbyistsLobbyingGOPNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2028300 unknown@Netscape.com As Ron Paul has pointed out to Mr. Giuliani, our wealth and our freedom (or, now, the remnants of it) had nothing to do with the terrorist attacks carried out by al-Qaeda Γ;ΒΆΓΆβ;;Β¬" it was "blowback" from the Middle East that was a direct consequence of our interventionis Tue, 05 Jun 2007 00:19:35 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2028300ronpaulforeignpolicyGiulianiGOPNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2025394 unknown@Netscape.com The Grand Old Party, the party of Lincoln, Roosevelt, and Reagan appears to be winding down. Sun, 03 Jun 2007 18:38:02 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2025394republicanselectionsGOPNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2024478 unknown@Netscape.com The immigration "compromise" bill before Congress presents conservatives with a stark choice: In order to save its ideology, should the conservative movement declare its independence from the Bush administration and the GOP? The arguments for doing so are compelling. Sun, 03 Jun 2007 05:50:03 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2024478ConservativesrepublicansbushGOPImmigrationPoliticsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2025079 unknown@Netscape.com The immigration "compromise" bill before Congress presents conservatives with a stark choice: In order to save its ideology, should the conservative movement declare its independence from the Bush administration and the GOP? The arguments for doing so are compelling. Sun, 03 Jun 2007 05:50:03 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2025079ConservativesrepublicansbushGOPImmigrationPoliticsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2022459 unknown@Netscape.com The rambunctious GOP candidate wants to drag the U.S. out of Iraq, can the war on drugs, and overturn the Patriot Act. No wonder Republican power brokers want to boot him off the stage. Sat, 02 Jun 2007 19:58:10 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2022459ronpaulGOPelection2008News http://web2announcer.com/go/2022212 unknown@Netscape.com Senate Minority Leader Louis DeLuca was arrested Friday on charges that he tried to have a businessman at the center of a federal racketeering probe arrange to rough up someone the senator believed was abusing a relative. Sat, 02 Jun 2007 04:58:33 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2022212louisDelucaconnecticutarrestedGOPMafiaNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2021783 unknown@Netscape.com When one candidate, Ron Paul, moves and speaks against the grain of both liberal and neo-conservative politicians, we wonder about this person. Some have called him a crackpot extremist because he doesn't fit their image of a "progressive" president. Why I'm impressed by Ron Paul? In one word: Integrity. Fri, 01 Jun 2007 21:37:20 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2021783ronpaulelectionsGOPrepublicansconstitutionNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2013349 unknown@Netscape.com Mississippi's GOP governor did a good job getting cash out of Republicans in Washington, but is he really doing a good job cleaning up after Katrina? Mon, 28 May 2007 04:11:21 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2013349hurricanekatrinaMississippihaleyBarbourmiseryGOPNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2012066 unknown@Netscape.com In defending the Iraq war, leading Republican presidential contenders are increasingly echoing words and phrases used by President Bush in the run-up to the war that reinforce the misleading impression that Iraq was responsible for the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Mon, 28 May 2007 00:51:09 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2012066GOPiraq911liesrepublicanselection2008bushNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2009927 unknown@Netscape.com Rudy Giuliani's candidacy threatens to shatter the Republican Party. The former New York mayor remains the party's front-runner for the 2008 presidential nomination. If this trend continues, his victory will mark the end of the modern GOP. Fri, 25 May 2007 17:10:56 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2009927GiulianichristiansGOPKuhnervictoryendmodernNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2009045 unknown@Netscape.com Kathleen Ensz, a Democratic volunteer, stuffs an envelope of dog feces through the mail slot of Marilyn Musgrave, CO-R 4th District. Ensz's lawyer says that the action is covered by the First Amendment. Tasty. Fri, 25 May 2007 10:47:15 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2009045GOPdemocratspoopFlingingFirstAmendmentSACREBLEUNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1958129 unknown@Netscape.com Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons (R) has had a few brushes with the law recently over vacationing with defense contractors and grabbing a woman in a parking garage. Now that federal investigators are bearing down on him over an alleged cash-for-contracts scheme, Gibbons is likely to remain in the limelight. Sat, 19 May 2007 04:25:15 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1958129JimGibbonsnevadadefenseContractorscorruptioninvestigationGOPrepublicangovernorNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1954437 unknown@Netscape.com In Tuesday's debate, only John McCain and Ron Paul bucked the collective swooning over enhanced interrogation. Paul mused about the way that torture has become "enhanced interrogation technique. It sounds like newspeak," he noted, referring to George Orwell's term for totalitarian doubletalk in his novel "1984." Fri, 18 May 2007 22:43:41 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1954437GOPronpauljohnMcCainNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1872721 unknown@Netscape.com Compassionate conservatism strikes again: Radio personality Laura Schlessinger, in Salt Lake City to speak to Army families at Ft. Douglas, said she was tired of hearing the complaints of lonely and overwhelmed military wives whose husbands are deployed. Sun, 13 May 2007 08:25:58 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1872721GOPrightwingconservatismiraqwarlackofcompassionNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1852844 unknown@Netscape.com President Bush helped raise $10.5 million for the national Republican Party at its annual gala on Thursday night, the smallest take in years for the event that came only months after the GOP lost control of both houses of Congress. Sat, 12 May 2007 02:28:04 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1852844GOPrepublicanpartybushfundRaisingPoliticsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1854091 unknown@Netscape.com a new National Journal "Congressional Insiders Poll," which surveyed 124 members of Congress, finds that the September deadline may not mean much to war supporters. Fri, 11 May 2007 23:35:42 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1854091iraqGOPcongresswarNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1829420 unknown@Netscape.com How does a group of GOP Politicians as well as supporters, figure out how to go from here? Finding a new identity while at the same time trying to reconcile the fact they were the ones that created the monster. They made their beds, slept with dogs, now they got fleas... go figger Fri, 11 May 2007 00:49:45 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1829420GOPbushneocondilemmaelectionsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1823765 unknown@Netscape.com Moderate Republicans gave President Bush a blunt warning on his Iraq policy at a private White House meeting this week, telling the president that conditions needed to improve markedly by fall or more Republicans would desert him on the war. Thu, 10 May 2007 05:40:34 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1823765bushadministrationGOPiraqwarNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1774789 unknown@Netscape.com It could be the defining role of Fred Thompson's varied career -- the reluctant politician who saves a foundering party, restores its conservative principles and keeps it in the White House. Thompson, who plays a district attorney on NBC's "Law and Order," already places third among Republicans in most polls. Sun, 06 May 2007 19:02:40 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1774789Fredthompson2008electionPoliticsGOPrepublicansNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1765842 unknown@Netscape.com Her Majesty walks the walk with His Idiocy. Sat, 05 May 2007 22:27:55 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1765842cheneyQueenElizabethJamestowniraqGOPNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1752932 unknown@Netscape.com For several thousand dollars and other promises, an Alaska legislator and two former lawmakers threw their support behind a tax scheme and a natural gas pipeline plan that would have benefited an oil services company, prosecutors said. Sat, 05 May 2007 19:12:42 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1752932alaskacorruptionPoliticsoilGOPNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1752027 unknown@Netscape.com What do these monochromatic candidates offer? Without exception, war and more war. No exit from Iraq. New confrontation with Iran, with only former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani mumbling a hint of caution. Wartime for America. All this is done while invoking Ronald Reagan's sunny optimism. But they've forgotten Reagan's basic caution. Sat, 05 May 2007 17:45:51 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/17520272008presidentialraceGuilianiGOPcandidatesRomneyMcCainNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1728782 unknown@Netscape.com Ten Republicans, one stage, 90 minutes - just enough time for Rudy Giuliani, John McCain or Mitt Romney to make a major gaffe as underdog rivals scramble for relevancy during the first GOP presidential debate Thursday. Thu, 03 May 2007 17:21:07 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1728782GOPdebate2008presidentialraceGuilianiMcCainNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1652912 unknown@Netscape.com Friday's document dump reveals that Monica Goodling, who was recently granted immunity after pleading the fifth, instructed DOJ officials to delete documents relevant to the US Attorney Firings, ahead of congressional subpoenas. Sun, 29 Apr 2007 00:04:52 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1652912usattorneyFiringsmonicaGoodlingscandalDOJObstructionofjusticeGOPNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1644585 unknown@Netscape.com When it comes to Ronald Reagan's 11th commandment -- "Thou shalt not speak ill of thy fellow Republicans" -- GOP presidential candidates seem to be losing their religion. Republican candidates have been speaking a lot of ill -- sometimes quite directly. Sat, 28 Apr 2007 08:32:19 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1644585GOPrepublicans2008electionronaldReagan11thCommandmentNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1614993 unknown@Netscape.com Prominent GOP operatives give devastating critique: This White House is isolated and ineffective; the country has stopped listening to President Bush, the president's misplaced loyalty is hurting his party and the nation. Thu, 26 Apr 2007 10:35:42 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1614993bushPoliticsGOPNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1569640 unknown@Netscape.com Now, with the Administration's troubles mounting, it seems America and the world cannot wait until 2008, to put an end to Bush's reign of error. When Pelosi arrives at the California Democratic Convention in San Diego on April 28--the same day that activists nationwide will rally for presidential accountability. Mon, 23 Apr 2007 08:15:54 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1569640bushcheneyGOPjusticePolosiNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1571486 unknown@Netscape.com One White House adviser anonymously said the support reflected Bush's own view that a Gonzales resignation would embolden the Dems to go after other targets-like Karl Rove. "This is about Bush saying, 'Screw you'," said the adviser. The trick, said the adviser, would be to find a graceful exit strategy for Bush's old friend. Sun, 22 Apr 2007 20:41:49 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1571486AlbertoGonzalesbushscandalusattorneyFiringsGOPNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1560403 unknown@Netscape.com The abrupt resignations last week of two Republican House members from their sensitive committee assignments have thrust lingering legal and ethics issues back into the limelight, potentially complicating GOP efforts to retake Congress next year. Sun, 22 Apr 2007 14:37:19 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1560403johnDoolittlerickRenziGOP2008electionPoliticsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1524728 unknown@Netscape.com Attorney General Alberto Gonzales struggled Thursday to convince skeptical senators he did nothing improper in firing eight federal prosecutors, losing ground as a second senator from his own party joined the calls for his resignation. Fri, 20 Apr 2007 03:19:05 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1524728GOPsenatorcallsforGonzalesToresignNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1476648 unknown@Netscape.com In what could prove an embarrassing new setback for embattled Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on the eve of his testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, a group of influential conservatives and longtime Bush supporters has written a letter to the White House to call for his resignation. Mon, 16 Apr 2007 17:31:00 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1476648AlbertoGonzalesbushadministrationwhitehouseConservativesGOPNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1421046 unknown@Netscape.com The top Senate Democrat leading investigations into the dismissal of 8 U.S. Attorneys by the Justice Department is comparing e-mails lost by the Republican National Committee to President Richard Nixon's famous "18-minute" gap in White House tape recordings. Thu, 12 Apr 2007 17:59:36 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1421046PatrickLeahyGOPU.S.attorneysbushadministrationPoliticsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1420724 unknown@Netscape.com Republican primary voters need to rally around an authentic conservative presidential candidate before the 2008 nomination is claimed by an ideological imposter, former Virginia governor Jim Gilmore told The Politico Wednesday. Thu, 12 Apr 2007 15:03:38 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1420724JimGilmoreVirginia2008electionGOPNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1368104 unknown@Netscape.com When Karl Rove and his top deputies arrived at the White House in 2001, the Republican National Committee provided them with laptop computers and other communication devices to be used alongside their government-issued equipment. Democrats say evidence suggests the RNC e-mail system violates federal record preservation and disclosure rules. Mon, 09 Apr 2007 09:42:30 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1368104RNCLaptopsGOPwhitehousePoliticsbushadministrationNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1338543 unknown@Netscape.com "We all have personal lives, we all have things that go right and wrong in our personal lives," he told me. "The real question is how does it affect how you can perform?" Sat, 07 Apr 2007 15:21:19 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1338543RudyGiulianielection2008presidentialcandidateGOPsupportNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1307508 unknown@Netscape.com Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani told CNN Wednesday he supports public funding for some abortions, a position he advocated as mayor and one that will likely put the GOP presidential candidate at odds with social conservatives in his party. Thu, 05 Apr 2007 02:19:56 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1307508RudyGiulianielection2008presidentialcandidateGOPsupportabortionNews