(updated and bumped) Howard Fineman on MSNBC just said that he heard that from top officials in the Clinton campaign. Their goal is now to end up maybe 25-30 pledged delegates behind Obama, after the primary season has ended, and win the super delegates over. Fineman also said that is a pipe dream to come […]
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 […]
Think about it. Every time the Democrats do something that makes the netroots happy Republicans quickly bash them as being taken over by the “fringe” elements. They quickly blast Move On and DailyKos as “taking over the party”. It always goes through me, like the sound of Coulter, when I hear this used. Are these […]
Now reports are saying that 4 years of Rove email may be missing: A lawyer for the Republican National Committee told congressional staff members yesterday that the RNC is missing at least four years’ worth of e-mail from White House senior adviser Karl Rove that is being sought as part of investigations into the Bush […]
Today’s LA Times gives us one of the most detailed looks yet into this scandal: When Karl Rove and his top deputies arrived at the White House in 2001, the Republican National Committee provided them with laptop computers and other communication devices to be used alongside their government-issued equipment. The back-channel e-mail and paging system, […]
A lot of discussion has been brewing over the revelation that people like Karl Rove use a email address from the RNC as compared to the whitehouse.gov email address assigned to all employees. The biggest question lies within the possible violation of the presidential records act. CREW has been following this closely: Washington, DC – […]
Look at what they are doing just because a comedian said Mehlman was gay. It is funny how Ann Coulter can go on television and call Clinton and Gore fags, yet Bill Maher says that Mehlman is gay and that can’t be allowed to happen. It sure sounds like the RNC is out to cover this up. Perhaps more reporters should […]
Please support Duncan Hunter in his fight for the 2008 RNC Presidential nomination. Here is a good look at your new man: Come on, you can do it. This man needs your support dear Republicans. He proved to the world that we do not torture at Gitmo by simply showing what we feed them. He […]
And for another dose of corruption: Lester Crawford, the former Food and Drug Administration commissioner who resigned suddenly in September 2005, was indicted in U.S. court for making false statements related to his investments and conflict of interest. U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Taylor announced the indictment in a court filing today in Washington. Forget the fact […]
It’s no secret that privacy has been under serious attack this year. I have documented numerous cases here, and now we have a new one for the files: In a breach of privacy, the Republican National Committee erroneously e-mailed a list that contained the names, races, and Social Security numbers of dozens of top Republican […]