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GOP House Minority Leader James Townsend and Republican Senate Minority Whip Craig Brandt are scheduled Tuesday to release plans for New Mexico that say will bring moderate Democrats and Republicans together following one of the nation’s worst recessions amid the pandemic. The plans will be a blueprint for candidates who have endorsed the agenda of Respect New Mexico — a group funded by state House and Senate Republican leadership PACs. … [Read more...] about New Mexico Republicans to announce ‘moderate’ agenda

In 2013, when Barack Obama was president, a Washington Post–ABC News poll found that only 22 percent of Republicans supported the U.S. launching missile strikes against Syria in response to Bashar al-Assad using chemical weapons against civilians. A new Post-ABC poll finds that 86 percent of Republicans support Donald Trump’s decision to launch strikes on Syria for the same reason. Only 11 percent are opposed. If you see indications that overall support for Trump’s attack on Syria is relatively strong, there’s your reason. As it happens, though — in the ABC/Post survey, and in others like Gallup’s daily presidential-job-approval tracking poll — the judgment of so many pundits that Trump has had some sort of breakthrough in appearing “presidential” is not at this point being reflected in overall public support. So while Republicans like the missile strikes because it’s a Republican president launching them, other Americans are … [Read more...] about Republicans Love the Same Attack on Syria They Hated When Obama Considered It

While it is probably not a surprise that the numbers fell the most among respondents who identified as Republicans, it also bottomed out among independents. Those who called themselves Republicans went from plus eleven last year to minus 35 in the latest survey. That is a massive drop of 46 points. However, independents also fell out of love with sports going from plus 26 last year to minus ten. That is a 36-point drop. … [Read more...] about Poll: Sports Industry Image Rating Crashes Among Republicans and Independents

“I will say right now a new CBS poll came out saying that 60 percent of the American public distrusts President Trump on the coronavirus, but 65 percent distrust the media,” McCain said. “But going to the initial point of this Bob Woodward interview, I cannot tell you the levels of insanity and stupidity you have to be in politics to give 18 hours to any journalist on the record, period,” she exclaimed. “If Bob Woodward said, 'What did you have for breakfast?' I would say, 'Off the record, Bob, no comment.'” … [Read more...] about Meghan McCain: Bob Woodward Is the ‘Enemy’ to Republicans

Kassebaum, the first woman ever to win a full term in the Senate without a husband who had previously served in Congress, was elected three times before retiring in 1996. She is also a living link to an older tradition of moderate Republicanism in her state, as the daughter of governor and 1936 presidential nominee Alf Landon. … [Read more...] about Two Former Republican U.S. Senators Endorse Kobach’s Democratic Opponent