A new Pew poll has found that close to one-third of American Jews now identify with or lean towards the Republican Party, up from just 20% in 2008. Does this indicate a temporary aberration, or a long-lasting shift by Jewish voters? And if so, why? The Nevada caucuses offer an important clue. (more)
1.) Republican adopting the language of Occupy Wall Street? – In a campaign strategy she really ought to take a moment to reconsider, the Republican opponent of California Sen. Diane Feinstein, Elizabeth Emken, is adopting the language of Occupy Wall Street. TheDC’s Alexis Levinson reports: (more)
On Sunday’s “Fareed Zakaria GPS” on CNN, New York Times columnist David Brooks had a new, and specific, definition of “Republican establishment” — “anybody who knows what Newt Gingrich is really like.” (more)
RENO, NEV. — The remaining candidates in the winnowed Republican presidential field are attacking one another with abandon, each day bringing fresh headlines of accusations and outrage. (more)
Ron Paul’s campaign is receiving financial support from Silicon Valley tech visionaries, including PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel. The billionaire venture capitalist donated nearly a million dollars to Endorse Liberty, the pro-Ron Paul super PAC disclosed Tuesday. (more)
Two narratives, both wrong, have emerged from the latest round in the cage match otherwise known as the race for the Republican nomination. Influential voices on both sides predict ruin for one team of combatants and triumph for the other. (more)
Veteran Republican strategist Ed Gillespie’s latest plan to help GOP candidates win state-level elections involves making sure they aren’t stuck with crappy campaign websites. (more)
Mark Kirk, the freshman Republican senator from Illinois who won the special election for President Barack Obama’s former Senate seat in 2010, suffered a stroke on Monday morning and was admitted to a hospital in Chicago to undergo surgery, The Daily Caller has confirmed. Kirk’s Washington, D.C. office also confirmed to TheDC that the surgery was successful. (more)
You expect Democrats to accuse former businessman Mitt Romney of “putting profits over people — making a buck or a few million of them no matter what it took or who it hurt,” as Democratic National Committee spokesman Brad Woodhouse did in releasing a new Web video. (more)
EXETER, N.H. — At a Sunday evening campaign rally for former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie clashed with “Occupy” protesters and called President Obama “the most pessimistic man I’ve ever seen.” (more)
“Running with scissors,” read the headline above a picture of Ron Paul at The Daily Caller last week. As Alex Pappas reported: (more)
As if the primary season isn’t reason enough for Republicans to succumb to a sense of despair and futility, the latest polls show the president’s numbers are rebounding. (more)
These days, virtually all Republicans call themselves “conservatives” and claim to be dedicated to cutting spending, balancing budgets, reducing debts and limiting government. Most of them are liars. The failure of the super committee this week was but the latest reminder. (more)
So far, against every temptation, the GOP has resisted mounting pressure from Congress, the White House, and their powerful media allies, all of whom are intent on raising taxes. The super-sized failure of the super committee might undo all that. Without a grip on their first principles, Republicans could lose much more than a tax fight or two. (more)
Failure by Congress’ debt-cutting super committee to recommend $1.2 trillion in savings by Wednesday is supposed to automatically trigger spending cuts in the same amount to accomplish that job. (more)
When I was a kid, my favorite Superman comics featured Bizzaro World, a place where everything was topsy-turvy and kryptonite was good for you. Today, you can find a real-life congressional version of Bizzaro World at the House Agriculture Committee, a place where deficit spending is rarely criticized and corporate welfare is stoutly defended. On Wednesday, the Republican committee chairman, Frank Lucas, successfully blocked a small but bipartisan effort to reduce agricultural spending — demonstrating that in Lucas’s political Bizzaro World, Republicans want to spend and spend. (more)
Want a way to keep up with legislation passing through the House, even while on the run? “There’s an app for that,” says House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy. (more)
NEW YORK (AP) — Rick Perry had barely gotten through his gaffe in Wednesday’s Republican primary debate when a rolling commentary on the TV screen declared his campaign on life support. (more)
Seven of the 238 House signers of anti-tax advocate Grover Norquist’s “Taxpayer Protection Pledge” have informed The Hill that they consider their signatures to have expired. (more)
