Frustration with Congress Could Hurt Republican Incumbents. GOP Base Critical of Party's Washington Leadership Overview Public discontent with Congress has reached record levels, and the implications for incumbents in next year’s elections could be stark.
Two-in-three voters say most members of Congress should be voted out of office in 2012 – the highest on record. And the number who say their own member should be replaced matches the all-time high recorded in 2010, when fully 58 members of Congress lost reelection bids – the most in any election since 1948. The Republican Party is taking more of the blame than the Democrats for a do-nothing Congress. To be sure, neither party’s leadership is viewed positively right now. The latest national survey by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press, conducted Dec. 7-11, 2011 among 1,521 adults, finds that Republicans are as eager to see big changes in Congress as they were two years ago. Yet independents have few positive things to say about the Democratic Party either. Matt Bieber: I Was Kicked Out of a Mitt Romney Event and Arrested. I'm Still Trying to Figure Out Why. I'd been in New Hampshire for several days to follow the Republican primary campaign and see the candidates in person.
On Monday, January 9, I traveled to Hudson, NH to hear a speech by Mitt Romney at the Gilchrist Metal Fabricating Company. The event had been advertised on Romney's website and was open to the public. I was shooting the breeze with a campaign volunteer before the event when a police officer approached. Sir, we have to ask you to leave the premises, he said. "Sir, is this about my backpack? " "No, sir - we'll explain it to you outside.
" I was intimidated. Outside, the officer said, "Sir, the campaign has identified you as someone who was at a protest at Romney's office in Manchester. " Now I was really confused. I'd never been arrested, so I was beginning to feel fairly nervous about the whole situation. I explained to the officer that there must have been some misunderstanding. I asked about his authority to remove me. "Both. " Stephen Colbert Is Now Offering $500K To Sponsor South Carolina’s GOP Primary (With A Few Conditions) Ever since Stephen Colbert’s Colbert Super PAC first became a real thing, it was clear that he and his staff were creating a fairly ingenious statement condemning the corrupt nature of campaign finance as it now is in our nation.
But there was one big question remaining; what the heck was he going to do with all that money? Sure, he bought some ad space in primary states, but there were a whole lot of contributor names scrolling by on our TV screens. What did he have planned? Well, a guest editorial Colbert wrote in South Carolina’s The State has been published today and it reveals some of the behind the scenes dealings that were going on and shows just how brilliant he and his staff’s plan has been. Recently, there has been a growing debate in South Carolina (Colbert’s home state) over who exactly would pay for the Republican Party’s primary, the first in the southern part of America. From Colbert’s editorial: Can we take a look at what Colbert did?
“The S.C. And, the best part? Newt Gingrich New Hampshire Event Disrupted By Occupy Protesters. CONCORD, N.H. -- Not long into Sunday's Town Hall meeting at Don Quijote Restaurant in Manchester, Newt Gingrich was interrupted by Occupy protesters banging on the glass windows around the restaurant.
"Newt.. Newt.. Newt," repeated a voice through a bullhorn. "Director Newt. We have you surrounded. Gingrich, who was discussing manufacturing, an issue of local importance in the Granite State, ignored the disturbance. Ironically, as Slate's David Weigel pointed out on Twitter, the protesters outside distracted the audience inside from a question raised on corporate money's influence on the presidential candidates. "You are the 99 percent," he said. "I'm in favor of jobs," Gingrich responded. "Everyone's in favor of jobs! " "Well, not necessarily... " "Who's not in favor of jobs here? " Gingrich said he didn't want to start a debate and moved on to the next subject. The Occupy sentiment also followed leading candiate Rick Santorum on the campaign trail.
"How about you talk? "