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Conservative donors see latest RNC scandal as ‘nail in the coffin’

By | 04.02.10 | 8:54 am

The “suggested amount” portion of the donation form is crossed out. There isn’t a box to check for no donation, so the would-be donor has simply drawn and filled in a new bubble and scrawled “NO.”

Concerned Women for America lashes RNC’s Steele and Obama’s gays

By | 03.30.10 | 11:32 am

Based on their media releases over the past 24 hours, it’s clear the conservative Concerned Women for America find two things to be absolutely beyond the pale.

One: The RNC paying for a night at a Hollywood bondage-themed…

The no-chick party: GOP (still) on the hunt for ladies

By | 02.03.10 | 9:12 am

The Republican party struggles to find women candidates and the Republican National Committee’s special person in charge of lady-finding may be part of the problem. Jan Larimer is an RNC co-chair and he/she, you can tell, really understands women…

Looking to settle score, GOP seizes on Reid gaffe

By | 01.11.10 | 8:03 am

Moments before midnight on Friday, Marc Ambinder blogged at The Atlantic about some of the “juiciest revelations” in “Game Change,” a behind-the-scenes book on the 2008 presidential campaign by journalists Mark Halperin and John Heilemann. According to the authors, Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) was bullish on Barack Obama’s chances at becoming the first African-American president because he was “light-skinned” and had “no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one.”

RNC’s Jim Bopp authors purity resolution for Republican candidates

By | 11.23.09 | 1:09 pm

David Weigel at The Washington Independent reports on the latest resolution being pushed by Republican National Committee member Jim Bopp, the Indiana RNC member who admonished Chairman Michael Steele to embrace the word “socialists” in referring to

National Republicans target Markey, Salazar, Perlmutter on health care

By | 07.28.09 | 3:03 pm

With health care legislation set to simmer over the August congressional recess, Republicans will be hitting the airwaves with ads aimed at keeping three Colorado Democrats on the hot seat.

The National Republican Congressional Committee has freshman U.S. Rep. Betsy…

McCain robocall: Obama’s a big-spending Democrat

By | 10.31.08 | 6:13 pm

Just four days before the election, Republican presidential nominee John McCain’s campaign hits Colorado telephones with a new robocall that sounds almost sweet in comparison to earlier McCain calls that linked Barack Obama to domestic terrorism and questioned his patriotism. The robocall, paid for by McCain-Palin and the Republican National Committee, warns voters that the Democratic candidate’s promise of change rings hollow because the Chicago politician is — well, a politician.

Palin’s speech shows some errors in fact check

By | 09.04.08 | 11:44 am

How closely did Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the Republican choice for vice president, stick to the facts Wednesday night when she spoke at the Republican National Convention?

Bob Barr Enters Presidential Race; Ron Paul Won’t Go Quietly

By | 05.12.08 | 5:12 pm

What a day for the Republican Party.

While Rush Limbaugh luxuriates in his Operation Chaos hijinks, it seems that some longtime GOP members have launched a new mischief-making campaign — on their own party.