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Republicans Get Desperate to Save Bank Subsidies

They must be desperate. Unhappy with the Obama plan to end subsidies for student loan lenders, Republicans look to mar the benefits gained by the plan. Touting findings by an unofficial CBO estimate, Republicans look to use it as ammunition to kill the historic Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act. But with a closer look, their arguments receive a failing grade. more »

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RNC’s Michael Steele Becomes A Union Man

Republican Party Chairman Michael Steele appears to be suffering from philosophical identity confusion.

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The Power of Defiance

If the electoral disaster of 2004 should have taught us anything, it's that our votes are wasted when cast for those candidates who represent the status quo and refuse to fight it. How many of you regret throwing your ballots away on John Kerry? more »

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Republican voters considering a vote for a Democratic candidate cite “trade agreements” as the top reason not to vote Republican.

Source
“Re: The Meltdown Election,” memo to “Friends of Democracy Corps” from Robert Borosage, James Carville and Stan Greenberg, 15 November 2006 CAMPAIGN

59% of Republican primary voters say “Foreign trade has been bad for the U.S. economy”.

Source
Hardwood, John, “Republicans Grow Skeptical of Free Trade,” Wall Street Journal, 4 October 2007. http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB119144942897748150.html