"I would never want the show to be a Democrat show or Republican show, because for us the show's more important than that.
Similar sympathy has been shown to the Irish republican cause.
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Graham's time in the House and Senate showed him to be a moderate Republican, although he declared himself to be a Reagan-style conservative.
A poll in the states of the various GOP candidates showed Johnson to be the only Republican popular in his own home state.
"The conservative Republicans in the House are showing themselves to be the Scott Walker Republicans," Mr. Schumer said, referring to the governor of Wisconsin.
Obama, who took office when the United States was mired in two costly wars, has shown himself to be cautious - too cautious, mostly Republican critics say - about foreign military interventions.
"This election showed it's good to be a Republican incumbent in Suffolk County," he said.
This will show whether there are Republicans who care enough about the proper functioning of the federal courts to help defeat their party's filibuster attempt.
In transitioning, the new Republicans showed themselves to be master of the Democratic quota-makers' game of "twofering".
