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Published: 05/17/10

Republican Wave Could Sweep In Minority Candidates, Too

By  Matt Lewis - Politics Daily
Republican Wave Could Sweep In Minority Candidates, Too

As 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 ...

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Published: 08/7/09

Mel Martinez Resigning Senate Seat

By  Patricia Murphy - Politics Daily
Mel Martinez Resigning Senate Seat

Sen. Mel Martinez (R-Fla.) has told supporters in a statement that he will resign his Senate seat as soon as a replacement can be found in order to return to Florida and his family. Martinez is Florida's junior senator and had already announced his plan to retire when his term ends in 2011. Florida Gov. Charlie Crist and former Florida House Speaker Marco Rubio are in a pitched Republican primary battle to replace Martinez in the Senate. Martinez's resignation will not change the balance of power in the Senate. According to Florida state law, the governor has the responsibility of naming a ...

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Published: 12/3/08

Jeb Bush Eyes Florida Senate Run

By  David Knowles - Politics Daily
Jeb Bush Eyes Florida Senate Run

Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush has diagnosed a problem with his party. As he told Newsmax recently, the GOP is in serious danger of becoming the "old white-guy party." Well, evidently, Jeb seems to have a possible solution. He himself is considering a run for Mel Martinez's soon to be vacated Senate seat. Yes, the best way to diversify the Republican party is to replace the only Hispanic GOP Senator (or person of color of any kind, for that matter) with yet another old white guy. "Old" is a relative term, of course. And, to be fair, Jeb is only 54, a veritable infant in congressional ...

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Published: 02/9/08

McCain's Veep?

By  Justin Paulette - Politics Daily
McCain's Veep?

Now that the laurel of the Republican nomination has settled rather firmly upon John McCain, the next dramatic event in the GOP universe (discounting Huckabee's imminent withdrawal and several pending McCain endorsements) will be McCain's selection of a running mate. Naturally, the first instinct is to contemplate the losers of the GOP race. The thinking is that, by adding a former opponent to your ticket, you might thereby cull his voters to your ticket. Of course, it didn't work so well for John Kerry in 2004, or Al Gore in 2000.... Realistically, McCain must decide upon the effect he hopes ...

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