Ian Prior
Regional Press Secretary
Ian is in his first cycle as a Regional Press Secretary for the NRCC after working as Campaign Manager for Brendan Doherty for Congress in Rhode Island. Prior to getting involved in politics, Ian was a successful trial attorney in Providence, Rhode Island and Boston Massachusetts.
Carol Shea-Porter doesn’t seem to get it. As she tours her district holding press conferences about the “sequester,” she either ignores or is ignorant of the following well established facts: (1) The sequester was President Obama’s proposal (Woodward, Bob, Price of Politics, p. 326), (2) The President refused to offer an alternative because he believed
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When the Liberal Madness 2013 selection committee drew up the brackets, this was the matchup it had circled on its wish list. A liberal nightmare, but a TV ratings dream! Nancy Pelosi v. Barack Obama. It simply doesn’t get any better than this. The odds makers agree, with the early line coming in as a
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Good morning and welcome to Phony Four Friday in Liberal Madness 2013! We are down to the worst of the worst liberals and there are going to be some real barn burners. Coming out of the mouthpiece bracket in the closest contest of the tournament is everyone’s favorite MSNBC-only spokeswoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz. Can she keep
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This is unbelievable. John Tierney just voted for the ultra-liberal ‘Progressive Budget’ that is so far to the left that 101 other Democrats voted against and only 84 Democrats voting for it. Even Nancy Pelosi voted against it! It’s a budget that slashes defense spending to 2006 levels, making the sequester look like a paper
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Late yesterday in the U.S. Capitol, Nick Rahall and 83 other liberal Democrats DECLARED WAR ON COAL when they voted for the far left “Progressive Budget.” In response, the NRCC began a paid advertising campaign highlighting his irresponsible and out-of-touch vote. In fact, this budget is so far left, the majority of Democrats voted against
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Liberal Madness’s Sweet Sixteen saw a HUGE upset in the Obama Mouthpiece bracket where Rachel Maddow scored a lopsided win over Joe Biden. Now she faces the Number 2 seed Debbie Wasserman-Schultz to see who advances to the Phony Four against Harry Reid or Barack Obama. On the other side of the bracket, the seeds
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In baseball, if you’re batting below .200, you’re under the Mendoza Line; it’s not a place a player wants to be. When it comes to balanced budgets, Nick Rahall is WAY below the Mendoza line. In fact, in the 36 years that he’s been in Congress, we’ve only seen four balanced budgets. Rahall is batting .111. Maybe
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In case you missed it, despite having millions of dollars in special interest money spent on his behalf to get him to Congress, Dan Maffei is now changing faces as he proposes legislation that would shift the burden of political campaigns to the taxpayer. GIFSoup Talk about hypocrisy from Dan “Do as I say,
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After John Tierney decided to walk out of yesterday’s Education and Workforce Committee Hearing, the National Republican Congressional Committee is demanding that Tierney return his pay and offer an explanation to his constituents for his childish and unacceptable actions. Tierney’s actions are especially reprehensible in light of the fact that other federal workers may see
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According to Bloomberg News Reporter Greg Giroux, West Virginia Democratic Congressman Nick Rahall has spent 56.9% of his life in Congress. For those that don’t know, Rahall began his Congressional career 36 years ago. Here are 10 things that were happening in 1977 when Rahall first started collecting a federal paycheck. 1. Jimmy Carter was
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