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发帖数: 4174 | 1 By CHARLES BABINGTON, Associated Press Writer Charles Babington,
Associated Press Writer – Wed Aug 25, 5:22 pm ET
WASHINGTON – A Republican civil war is raging, with righter-than-thou
conservatives dominating ever more primaries in a fight for the party's soul
. And the Democrats hope to benefit.
The latest examples of conservative insurgents' clout came Tuesday at
opposite ends of the country. In Florida, political newcomer Rick Scott beat
longtime congressman and state Attorney General Bil |
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发帖数: 2053 | 2 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_census2010_count
By HOPE YEN and CHARLES BABINGTON, Associated Press Hope Yen And Charles
Babington, Associated Press – 8 mins ago
WASHINGTON – Republican-leaning states will gain at least a half dozen
House seats thanks to the 2010 census, which found the nation's population
growing more slowly than in past decades but still shifting to the South and
West.
The Census Bureau announced Tuesday that the nation's population on April 1
was 308,745,538, up from 281.4 mil... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29576 | 3 打破了以前政客和资本家之间的亲密互惠关系，茶党堪忧啊。
AP: Tea Party Has Unmoored GOP from Big Business
The Associated Press says the Tea Party's growing power and influence has
unmoored Republican politicians from their traditional alliance with Wall
Street in favor of grassroots conservative activists.
AP reporters Charles Babington and Jim Kuhnhenn cited the "corporate
community's waning clout" and "the remarkable drop in the business community
's influence among House Republicans, who increasingly respond more to Tea... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 4 By CHARLES BABINGTON, Associated Press – Mon May 30, 11:54 am ET
WASHINGTON – In the first presidential election since the tea party's
emergence, Republican candidates are drifting rightward on a range of issues
, even though more centrist stands might play well in the 2012 general
election.
On energy, taxes, health care and other topics, the top candidates hold
positions that are more conservative than those they espoused a few years
ago.
The shifts reflect the evolving views of conservative vo... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1972 | 5 Reuters) - Prime Minister George Papandreou said on Thursday a referendum on
Greece's bailout lifeline would be scrapped if the conservative opposition
agreed to back the package in parliament.
His office denied Papandreou had spoken to news outlets on Thursday after
some reports quoted him as saying he had scrapped plans for a referendum.
Papandreou, under fire at home and abroad over his shock decision to call
for a referendum, told his cabinet he was ready to hold talks with the
opposition an... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1972 | 6 Reuters) - France and Germany, Europe's two central powers, clashed on
Wednesday over whether the European Central Bank should intervene more
forcefully to halt the euro zone's accelerating debt crisis after modest
bond purchases failed to stop the rout.
Facing rising borrowing costs as its 'AAA' credit rating comes under threat,
France appeared to plead for stronger ECB action, adding to mounting global
pressure spelled out by U.S. President Barack Obama.
Bond market contagion is spreading acro... 阅读全帖 |
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