Tea Afterparty

Think Progress: With the incendiary claim that the Obama presidency is the greatest threat the American people have ever faced, Newt Gingrich has launched a massively funded effort to mobilize ten million conservative voters this November. American Solutions for Winning the Future is bankrolled by a cadre of the right-wing billionaires and oil and coal companies who put George W. Bush into office and destroyed the national economy.

Another 'populist' uprising underwritten by the super rich and the multi-national corporations. Since we are talking the Republican Party it's sure to work.

Anti-American

AP: Senate blocks bill to punish firms that export jobs overseas.

All the Republicans filibustered this bill. They sure are good at job creation... in China. If the Chinese could vote in our elections they would for sure vote GOP. Why an American worker would however, is beyond us.

The Obstructionists

Two weeks ago, the Progress Report warned of a nightmare scenario where a single senator decides to object to virtually every measure being considered by the Senate, a maneuver could effectively bring the entire body to a screeching halt. Now, Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) has come close to turning this nightmare into a reality.

If these people don't want to govern they should get out of government. If voters want people in government who are actually interested in solving problems they will need to vote out the Republicans. Sen. DeMint has just made that abundantly clear.

Taliban Republicaan

Twenty-four hours after Democratic Rep. Alan Grayson launched a scalding TV attack comparing his opponent to the Taliban for his positions on women’s issues, Florida Republican Daniel Webster is pushing back.

Taliban Dan as they call him can "push back" all he wants, but the fact of the matter is large parts of the Republican party would like to see our democracy replaced with a theocracy and the constitution replaced with the bible.

Can't Get The Job Done

Former adviser to President Ronald Reagan, David Stockman told a news radio program recently that Republicans "can't get the job done" with their redux of the 1994 "Contract with America."

Oh yes, the last honest Republican. He's mistaken however. The GOP will get done the job they're trying to get done: enriching themselves and the crony constituents that fund their political campaigns while depriving the government of the resources to regulate the corporation. But why anybody else would think the policies that have wrought national disaster would turn out any different if implemented again is beyond us.

Entitlment

Yesterday West Virginia GOP senate candidate John Raese appeared on the Matt Lewis show, a conservative talk radio program. When Lewis asked Raese about his background and his life experience, Raese offered this straight-faced response:

LEWIS: Tell us a little bit about you and your business experience and how you got here.

RAESE: I made my money the old-fashioned way, I inherited it. I think that’s a great thing to do. I hope more people in this country have that opportunity as soon as we abolish inheritance tax in this country, which is a key part of my program.

Another rich Republican trying to buy public office. And this one is honest about the fact he's literally doing it in order to protect his own family fortune.

The Vote Cagers

“And since the voter law did not get passed this year that could hit you with $100,000 and three years for unsuccessfully challenging a voter, we can still do this,” said Tim Dake, a prominent tea party member with the Wisconsin GrandSons for Liberty, the group that provided cover for Americans for Prosperity and the Wisconsin GOP by agreeing to be the public face for the campaign.

“Hallelujah,” shouted an unidentified meeting attendee in response.

“Yes, everybody gets to take credit for that,” replied Dake, before decrying early voting and detailing purported instances of voted fraud committed by individuals with Vietnamese surnames.

Since the only actual case of individual voter fraud we can think of is Ann Coulter, it's pretty obvious this is just another shot in the long Republican war on democracy.

It's also worth noting how their efforts to take away people's vote always seem to target minorities.