Right Turn Archive: Senate Democrats
Tim Kaine for Senate?
It seems that the president and many Democrats are imploring former Virginia governor Tim Kaine (D) to run for the Senate to replace the retiring Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.). Is this really the best the Democrats can do? Kaine left...
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Jennifer Rubin
| February 17, 2011; 3:31 PM ET |
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Democratic Senate majority at risk?
The Cook Political Report (subscription required) tells us: Republican At-Large Rep. Dennis Rehberg is slated to announce Saturday that he will challenge first-term Democratic Sen. Jon Tester next year, according to a report in Roll Call and confirmed by a...
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Jennifer Rubin
| February 1, 2011; 1:00 PM ET |
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Heal thyself, Sen. Webb
My home-state senator, Jim Webb (D.-Va.), made a remarkable statement yesterday. The Virginian-Pilot reported on his appearance in Norfolk: The Obama administration "did a really terrible job handling health care reform," he said, because the president relied on Congress to...
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Jennifer Rubin
| January 13, 2011; 9:15 AM ET |
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Stalling on filibuster reform
For ever-hopeful liberal bloggers, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's introduction of a filibuster reform measure yesterday was a sure sign, yes indeed, that the Democrats are serious about filibuster reform. But are they? Reid could have staged a vote, but...
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Jennifer Rubin
| January 6, 2011; 8:30 AM ET |
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Reconsidering filibuster reform
I've been admonished by a smart Republican who e-mails me about my opposition to the proposed change in the filibuster rule: I kind of like what the Democrats want to do. The filibuster is entirely a tool of restraint, it...
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Jennifer Rubin
| January 5, 2011; 9:50 AM ET |
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Is there consensus emerging on filibuster reform?
The filibuster-reform minuet has begun. Democrats have been talking "reform" for a little while -- namely, a three-part proposal from New Mexico Sen. Tom Udall to modify, but not eliminate, the Senate filibuster. But all of the sudden, now that...
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Jennifer Rubin
| January 5, 2011; 8:30 AM ET |
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