ENG - The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. It is often referred to as the Grand Old Party or the GOP. Founded in 1854 by anti-slavery expansion activists and modernizers, the Republican Party quickly surpassed the Whig Party as the principal opposition to the Democratic Party. It first came to power in 1860 with the election of Abraham Lincoln to the presidency and presided over the American Civil War and Reconstruction. Today, the party supports a conservative platform (from an American political perspective), with further foundations in supply-side fiscal policies, partial government ownership of the financial industry, and social conservatism.The Republican Party is currently the second largest ...
Although a minority of Republicans approve of President Barack Obama's job performance, some remain optimistic about the country's direction. Here are opinions from five Republicans who voted for Sen. John McCain in the presidential election but still believe the country is headed in the right direction, even under Obama's watch:___William Bialozor, 46, of Walla Walla, Wash., teaches Junior ROTC at a high school.—Why do you think the country is headed in the right direction? "I think based on the last election we've got more of an openness of the two country's parties working together ...
spetr - 9 months ago, in poll Republican Whenever a president gives a major address, like the one Barack Obama delivered to Congress this week, the opposition party delivers a rejoinder. Which American citizens always ignore. Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal’s speech was, therefore, a kind of triumph. So bad, people actually paid attention!
We will pass over Jindal’s delivery, which sounded a little like a junior high schooler’s entry into the Chamber of Commerce “I Speak for Fiscal Restraint” contest. The content was the thing: a message to the nation that the Republicans were not going to have anything ...
spetr - 11 months ago, in poll Republican Take the legislative process for what it is. You might win some partisan battles, you might lose some others, but in all cases, you work with what you have in front of you.When Republicans opposed the stimulus bill, that was fine. They voiced dissent, there was debate, and as a result of the rigorous discussion, more than a hundred billion dollars was trimmed from the final version (largely thanks to the bipartisan support of three Republican Senators). But despite the best efforts of other legislators to stop the bill’s passage, a majority of the people’s elected representatives ...
123 - 11 months ago, in poll Republican
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