The GOP Fu-dget Plan

March 26th, 2009

For some time now myself and others have been railing on the idea that the GOP has been simply fighting against the President?s plan for moving the country forward and fixing our economy without providing some sort of alternative to the President?s budget.

Today the GOP put out a Budget Alternative, or at least a blue-print for one. Maybe it?s a rough draft?

After the break is video from Fox News as posted on the Daily KOS.
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The Wired President

The US government has been making slow inroads into the information age by expanding services, such as paying property taxes online, or even filing your federal income tax, to the net for the last several years. Within hours of being elected president, Barack Obama’s staff has created a surge of online activity that may make him be to the Internet what John F. Kennedy was to TV.

Obama, capitalized on Howard Dean‘s 50 state campaign tactic and expanded the use to the internet immensely. The grass roots organization that he was able to develop by using the internet to organize events, spread campaign messages, and farm donations allowed him to far outspend John McCain.

The Washington Post has a great story that talks about Obama’s new web site Change.gov. It also looks like the Republican party is starting to learn from Obama’s success as well.

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Down and Out?

REP. MICHELE BACHMANN, R-MINN, who invoked McCarthyism, appertly has been tossed to the wolves by the RNC. First Read Blog and The Boston Globe reports

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Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann ?is one of four at-risk Republican incumbents left to fend for themselves by a cash-strapped House campaign arm in the crucial final days of the campaign amid a tough political environment for the GOP,” the AP writes.

The Boston Globe…

National Republicans have yanked TV advertising for Minnesota GOP Rep. Michele Bachmann’s re-election bid after she suggested Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama may have “anti-American” views and urged an investigation of unpatriotic lawmakers.

14 Days and Counting

Only 14 days to go before the Presidential Election and many states are all ready doing early voteing. In this video from Morning Joe, Chuck Todd from MSNBC’s First Read and the NBC Political Director talks about how the race currently stands in the polls.

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