“Gov. Scott Walker, a Tea Party-tinged Republican, is the advance guard of a new GOP push to dismantle public-sector unions as an electoral force.” ForcePartyRepublicanUnionsTeaTea PartyWalkersGopPublic SectorCollective Bargaining Author:Howard Fineman
“The Carlyle Group is the most politically connected investment firm in the world. The company has mastered the art of influence peddling on a global scale, hiring executives and consultants ranging from Republican power broker James Baker and former president George Herbert Walker Bush to foreign leaders like former British prime minister John Major and former Philippine president Fidel Ramos.” WorldArtPresidentCompanyLeaderGroupsInfluenceRepublicanMajorsInvestmentConnectedBritishScalesFormerFirmMinistersExecutivesPrimePrime MinisterHiringPhilippinesWalkersBakersConsultantsBrokersPeddling Author:William Hartung
“As we watch Republican candidates like Scott Walker and Rick Perry and Bobby Jindal and George Pataki, and even Jeb Bush and Chris Christie, guys who are either out or who are really struggling to stay in, it might seem like the Republican Party is no longer a very strong party. There may be people who use the Republican label, but the party itself might feel like it`s in a bit of disarray.” PeopleFeelsMayUseSeemsMightGuyStrongBitsPartyWatchesStruggleRepublicanLabelsCandidatesVery StrongRepublican PartyWalkersChristieDisarray Author:Melissa Harris-Perry
“In the words of Alice Walker, the biggest way people give up power is by not knowing we have it to start with. We have it: just to look at the power of fighting student debt or 25 million Latinos who learned that the Republicans are the party that hate and fear but Democrats are the party of people deportation and detention.” PeopleWayGivingLooksHateFightingPartyMillionsKnowingStudentsRepublicanGiving UpDemocratDebtNot KnowingLatinoWalkersDetentionDeportationHate And Fear Author:Jill Stein
“In fact, in the early days of the Republican primary, I was pointing to Governor [Scott ] Walker as the one guy who was demonstrating he knew how to fight back against the radical left and win! And he's tough, and he didn't shrink from it.” FactsGuyFightingWinningLeftRepublicanToughRadicalPrimariesGovernorsPointingShrinksWalkersDemonstrating Author:Rush Limbaugh