Following my previous post, where a Tea Party rally, expected to draw around 2,000 people only drew 30 after Donald Trump cancelled, we now have another case where Trump’s cancellation is causing the GOP some problems: Donald Trump on Thursday backed out of a June speaking engagement at one of the Iowa Republican Party’s premier […]
The assault on workers and organized labor taking place in Wisconsin has been all the talk this week, but it looks like what we are seeing there will start popping up in more places. Here in the buckeye state yesterday, a similar protest broke out: Hundreds of union protesters again packed the Statehouse in protest […]
God forbid that we allow any abortion coverage in the health care bill: While Republicans and some Democrats want to hold up health care reform because of the false premise that abortions would be covered, the Washington State GOP provides its employees health care through a consortium that does just that. Congresswoman Cathy McMorris-Rodgers blasted […]
The list of names keeps growing: Add former Sen. Rick Santorum to the list of potential 2012 Republican presidential candidates. POLITICO has learned Santorum will visit first-in-the-nation Iowa this fall for a series of appearances before the sort of conservative activists who dominate the state GOP’s key presidential caucuses. The GOP has no one new […]
The Ohio GOP has been busted for illegally funneling almost $500,000 dollars into a fund for Ken Blackwell during his failed try to retain the Secretary of State office in 2006: The letter says Ohio’s Republican party collected nearly half a million dollars from a federal GOP account in October 2006. They also took in […]
There is a saying about people in glass houses not throwing stones. The Republican Party has put themselves on such a high platform over the years, it’s no wonder the entire thing is crumbling down around them. The latest from their conservative icon: A former California Republican Party official who resigned last year in a […]
A front page story in Today’s Cincinnati Enquirer shows how desperate Ken Blackwell is to win: With Republican Ken Blackwell trailing by double digits in almost every poll, Blackwell’s campaign Tuesday tried to link his Democratic opponent to child sex predators – and the state Republican spokesman even raised questions about Ted Strickland’s sexuality. Blackwell […]
I guess at this point George Allen needs all the help he can get: And on Wednesday, he’ll [George Bush] attend another closed-press fundraiser for GOP Sen. George Allen of Virginia, whose race just got a bit tougher when he — unintentionally, he claims — maligned a young Indian American aide to his Democratic opponent […]
The Republican party is coming out in full force to support Katherine Harris’ run for Senate in Florida as we learn in today’s L.A. Times: GOP Shows Support for Harris’ Senate Bid From Times Wire Reports If there was any doubt that Florida’s top Republican leaders weren’t behind Katherine Harris’ run for U.S. Senate, those […]
First I will start in the west where another recall has occurred: SPOKANE, Wash. – Mayor James E. West was recalled from office Tuesday in a special election over allegations he offered jobs and perks to young men he met in a gay Internet chat room. West, 54, must leave his position when the election […]