David Frum’s new website is up and running. It’s called The New Majority and supposed to be geared towards building a new conservative movement. Interesting enough, here is their featured post right now: Palin’s “Donated” Clothes Stashed in Trash Bags at RNC <p>Despite the Republican National Committee’s promise to donate Sarah Palin’s $180,000 campaign wardrobe […]
Howard Dean is now out as the head of the DNC and now we got Tim Kaine poised to take over the party. I think Kaine is an excellent pick. He has great fund raising potential, and it might help keep Virginia blue. But over on the Republican side, things are more interesting. It looks […]
Sarah Palin gives the Obama campaign another gift: Ensuring that news of the Republican National Committee’s sartorial spending spree will remain in the headlines for at least one more news cycle, Sarah Palin on Sunday sounded off on the $150,000 wardrobe that was purchased for her in September, denouncing the report as “ridiculous” and declaring […]
Or an abuse of campaign funds? The Republican National Committee appears to have spent more than $150,000 to clothe and accessorize vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin and her family since her surprise pick by John McCain in late August. According to financial disclosure records, the accessorizing began in early September and included bills from Saks […]
Allegations of voter fraud by ACORN are being exaggerated according to election law officials: Charges of potential vote fraud volleyed by Republicans, including Sen. John McCain himself, are out of proportion to reality, according to election experts. The concerns raised by the Republican National Committee in daily conference calls with reporters, as well as by […]
The Republicans have been planning all along to use this bailout as an issue against Democrats, despite the fact that it is a bill by a Republican administration. They were so intent on using it that the RNC already had made attack ads and sent them to key states: The Republican National Committee’s new advertisement […]
But do they mean it? The Republican National Committee this afternoon scolded the Tennessee Republican Party over their use of “Barack Hussein Obama” in an official press release and warned the state party that they will be denounced by the national committee if they use the Democrat’s middle name again, said a GOP official close […]
The Politico takes an good look at how the GOP is in an “anemic” state: As the New Year arrives at last in Iowa, the signs are everywhere why Democrats have much more reason than Republicans to welcome 2008. Iowans are voting with their feet. While both parties have wide-open nomination contests, crowds for the […]
Time for the RNC to find a new head: Mel Martinez, the public face of the Republican National Committee as its general chairman, announced he was stepping down from his post on Friday after serving only 10 months. “I believe that our future as a party and nation is bright and I have every intention […]
Yup – some notable voices in the GOP appear to be upset at the front-runners for blowing off black and Latino voices: “We sound like we don’t want immigration; we sound like we don’t want black people to vote for us,” said former congressman Jack Kemp (N.Y.), who was the GOP vice presidential nominee in […]