Alan Grayson: The Counter-Puncher

Alan Grayson: The Counter-Puncher

Late in July, during the heat of the Congressional debate on extending unemployment benefits, Representative Alan Grayson took to the House floor and charged Republican obstructionists with keeping "food out of the mouth of children." A YouTube clip of the moment instantly popped up on lef...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Nation (New York, N.Y.) N.Y.), 2010-10, Vol.291 (15), p.15
1. Verfasser: Pinsky, Mark I
Format: Magazinearticle
Sprache:eng
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Grayson, Alan
Legislators
Political behavior
Political campaigns
Political parties
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Zusammenfassung:Late in July, during the heat of the Congressional debate on extending unemployment benefits, Representative Alan Grayson took to the House floor and charged Republican obstructionists with keeping "food out of the mouth of children." A YouTube clip of the moment instantly popped up on left-wing websites and earned Grayson an attack by Fox News and an appearance on MSNBC's The Ed Show, where the freshman Democrat said that if Grayson are needy, "the Republican party is the party that doesn't want to help him." Here, Pinsk examines whether Grayson can be re-elected to Congress and talks about why he has been a prime target of fierce attacks by conservatives.
ISSN:0027-8378
2472-5897