WOW! The National Republican Senatorial Committee paid for an ad that attacks the Republican budget in Congress last month — and appears to have spent quite a lot doing it. At the time, NRSC officials did not comment on the commercial run by the Montana Republican Party on behalf of Rep. Denny Rehberg, who is […]
Every blog needs to do a post on it because it shows a serious fracture that is developing in the GOP this week: In the wake of the passage of health care reform, nearly the entire slate of Republican senatorial candidates seems ready to run on a repeal of the bill. But now, the lawmaker […]
Somebody has just publically gone against the leadership of the Republican Party: A top Senate Republican is taking aim at recent statements from conservative commentators Rush Limbaugh and Newt Gingrich suggesting Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor is a “racist.” “I think it’s terrible,” Sen. John Cornyn, the chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, told […]
We knew this was going to be the reaction by the GOP: Senator John Ensign of Nevada, chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, demanded that Mr. Craig keep his initial pledge and leave the Senate. “The type of behavior we are talking about here is not exactly something that I think a senator should […]
One of this biggest factors for the past decade of GOP wins has been their fundraising and GOTV (get out the vote) campaign, which I will have more on later. These two factors combined have dealt lethal blows to the Democrats and the Democrats have not been able to counter them, until now. This year […]
It is in full swing now: A source at the National Republican Senatorial Committee confirmed in an interview with The Politicker that the Republican party will not help Connecticut U.S. Senate candidate Alan Schlesinger (R) “or any other potential Republican candidate in Connecticut, and it now favors a Lieberman victory in November.” Said the source: […]
Earlier this week we heard that the Republicans were having problems finding their platform for this year’s election. Now something else they have been quick to point out about Democrats is that they fall short on fund raising when compared to the GOP. Well looks like that other tactic has now changed: The Republican committee […]