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Washington in 60 Seconds: RNC Launching 'Fire Pelosi' Bus Tour
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyGood morning, Capitolists! It's back-to-work day for Congress today as the House and Senate buckle up for their final work period before members of Congress face one angry electorate. In the next 60 seconds, read about the congressional to-do list HERE and everything else happening in Washington: - All Aboard! Michael Steele and the RNC will launch a cross-country bus tour Wednesday, complete with a giant image of Nancy Pelosi emblazoned across the side, promising loyal Republicans the bus "won't quit cruising until we've kicked out-of-touch Democrats and their radical leaders out of power ...
Opinion: No Getting 'Over' Anything These Days
By Barry Weintraub - AOL News(July 8) -- I guess basketball's "King" got the memo from music's "Artist currently known as Prince" in choosing to make "The Decision" on live cable TV rather than through an announcement on the Internet, which "is over," according to Prince. Ironically, the fascination with neither LeBron James nor the Internet is likely to be "over" any time soon -- the big decision not withstanding. After LeBron decides where to play, he will continue to be the focus of too much attention. "Did he make the right decision?" "Will he ever be a champion?" "Does he need someone to watch that money for him ...
Rand Paul, Michael Steele: Fighting to Keep the Liberty in Libertarianism
By Mary C. Curtis - Politics DailyIt was fascinating to watch the talking heads on weekend round-table discussions try to talk Rand Paul out of the hole he dug for himself. In particular, Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele's defense of the Kentucky Senate candidate seemed ambivalent and a bit painful. Paul's trouble came with his musings that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 may have overreached when it forbade private businesses from discriminating, that the federal government's condemnation of BP's oil-drenched transgressions is too harsh and that, when it comes to Gulf spills and fatal mining disasters, ...
Palin Says Rand Paul Was Victim of 'Gotcha' Moment
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailySarah Palin said Sunday that Republican Senate candidate Rand Paul, who stirred controversy last week over his views on federal enforcement of civil rights, was the victim of the same kind of "gotcha" moment from a hostile press that she encountered during the 2008 presidential campaign. Paul, a libertarian and Tea Party favorite who won the GOP nomination in Kentucky on Tuesday, had prompted a political ruckus when he appeared to question whether private businesses should have to abide by federal civil rights law provisions prohibiting discrimination when it came to who they did or did not ...
Republican Wave Could Sweep In Minority Candidates, Too
By Matt Lewis - Politics DailyAs was widely reported, Sarah Palin told attendees at a recent fundraising breakfast for the Susan B. Anthony List to watch out for a stampede of "pink elephants" who can "get things done." The former governor of Alaska and 2008 GOP vice presidential nominee went on to cite such notable female candidates as Carly Fiorina (running for U.S. Senate in California), former Lt. Gov. Jane Norton of Colorado (also running for the Senate), former state Sen. Sue Lowden of Nevada (likewise) and South Carolina gubernatorial candidate Nikki Haley. Palin has ramped up her efforts in recent weeks to help ...
Steele, Republicans Inject Marshall and Slavery into Kagan Debate
By Jill Lawrence - Politics DailyElena Kagan came in for some provocative criticism from the Republican National Committee and its chairman, Michael Steele, just minutes after her nomination to the Supreme Court was officially announced. They demanded to know if she agreed with her onetime boss, the late Justice Thurgood Marshall, that the Constitution as originally drafted was "defective." That would be the Constitution that preserved slavery, and that's what Marshall was talking about. The RNC Research Department set the stage with a memo that asked: Does Kagan Still View Constitution "As Originally Drafted And ...
Republican Finance Chief Fired Over $2,000 Tab at Strip Club
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyThe Republican National Committee finance chief, the guy in charge of the purse strings when staffers charged nearly $2,000 for "meals" at a Los Angeles bondage-themed club, has been fired. Rob Bickhart will be replaced by Mary Heitman, former finance director for the Republican Governors Association, Politico reported Friday. Bickhart's dismissal comes as the RNC tries to lure back donors who were put off by reports earlier this year of the after-hours outing to Voyeur West Hollywood by the Young Eagles, the invitation-only group of young donors to the Republican Party. In March, the RNC ...
Push Polling: Garbage in, Garbage Out
By Andrew Cohen - Politics DailyThere is little in the cynical world of politics that is more cynical than push polling, the dark art and warped science of using a phony survey (over the phone or through the mail) that disseminates false or negative information about a candidate or cause. The most famous push poll, it is said, came during the Republican presidential primary season of 2000 when supporters of future-president George W. Bush's campaign initiated a telephone push-poll campaign against rival John McCain, which included the false allegation that he had fathered an illegitimate black child. McCain reportedly (and ...
Political Parties Spending Big Bucks . . . on Themselves
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyThe two major political parties spend significant time pestering donors to support their candidates, but it turns out a lot of the dollars are going to the care and feeding of the organizations' staffs and prized donors -- and also to efforts to raise even more money. The Republican National Committee, for instance, spent $340,000 in January for its semi-annual meeting near Waikiki in Hawaii, with at least 33 RNC staffers in attendance, as well as committee members (and presumably some contributors), according to Hotlineoncall.nationaljournal.com, which pulled the information from Federal ...
Ron Paul Stands by Michael Steele: 'He's the First Chairman to at Least Talk to Me'
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyRep. Ron Paul (R-Tex.), the tiny libertarian with a huge political following, gave a vote of confidence to embattled RNC Chairman Michael Steele on Monday morning , saying that of all the party chairmen he's known, Steele is the first one open-minded enough to give him and his legions of small-government devotees the time of day. "He's the first Republican chairman who's at least reached out to me, who would at least talk to me," Paul said in an interview with John Roberts and Kieran Chetry on CNN's "American Morning." "Generally the Republican leadership don't want to have anything to do ...
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