Tag Archives: Republican Party

Solid Principles Podcast – Episode 45 (Luis Fortuño)

 Solid Principles Podcast: Episode 45 2/3/2012 Fortuño Who?: When Puerto Rican Governor Luis Fortuño issued his endorsement to Mitt Romney, it also increased speculation of Fortuño becoming a prospective VP candidate in the 2012 Republican Presidential Race. On this edition of Solid Principles we present an unabridged interview with Fortuno from 2010, on the topic [...]

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ROAD TO 2012: Can Gingrich Make it Last?

Welcome to another ‘Road to 2012′ – what Pundits overlook, and what we notice South Carolina: While Newt did take the win, South Carolina also opens itself up to newer scrutiny.  Unlike the New Hampshire where unregistered/independents made up 47% of the vote, the open Primary allowed registered Democrats and Independents to vote in GOP field. [...]

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Marco Rubio courts establishment Republicans

By SCOTT WONG SIMI VALLEY, Calif. — It might look like tea party hero Marco Rubio waded into enemy territory with stops in San Francisco and Beverly Hills this week. But rubbing shoulders with a different crowd is the point of the freshman senator’s three-day swing through the Golden State. The Florida Republican is out [...]

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Why Are You Acting So Surprised Donatelli?

Recently Frank Donatelli, a Republican Party political consultant and head of GOPAC penned an opinion piece in politico.com titled “Putting reelection ahead of nation’s woes’. Donatelli points out with some mock bewilderment that Obama’s campaigning for re-election also means 18 months of Presidential auto-pilot for America.  So why is he acting so surprised that Obama would start [...]

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McConnell Sends Another Invite For Conversation Obama Deemed Not Worth Having

In light of last Tuesday’s White House ‘Snub’, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has again sent another invite to President Barack Obama to meet on solving the debt ceiling debate. Read Full Story ‘McConnell rallies, invites Obama to Hill again’ at Politico – Click Image to open link in a new window/tab Further Reading: Obama [...]

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NRSC You Tube Video Creates Waves

The National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) have released the hard-hitting You Tube video “Actions Speak Louder Than Words, Mr. President“, which has achieved over 120,000 views since it’s release on Thursday. On Thursday, Republican Senate Leader Mitch McConnell invited Obama to meet with Senate Republicans over raising the debt limit, Obama declined. White House press [...]

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Steele drops out of race; Priebus is the new Republican Party chairman

Reince Priebus is the new chairman of the Republican National Committee. Priebus won with 97 votes in the seventh round of voting. Priebus, the chairman of the Wisconsin Republican Party, was the leader from the first ballot, and was the only candidate to not lose any supporters as voting progressed Friday afternoon. Incumbent Michael Steele, [...]

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washingtonpost.com Takes Up Jared Lee Loughner As Registered Independent Story

Given the excitement over the Jared Lee Loughner’s voter record circling around the web, the clarification over his exact voter status has been expanded upon by washingtonpost.com. Jared Lee Loughner was a registered independent, didn’t vote in 2010 election By Chris Cillizza Suspected Tucson gunman Jared Lee Loughner registered as an independent voter in Arizona in the fall [...]

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11 faith-based predictions for 2011

  [Editor's Note:  I am not endorsing the opinions in this article, but merely posting it to help inform our readers of what others are thinking as we head into the New Year.]  ~~John Cronin~~ By Dan Gilgoff, CNN Belief Blog Co-Editor To open 2011, CNN’s Belief Blog asked 10 religious leaders and experts – [...]

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RNC Chairman Steele to Announce He Won’t Run for Second Term

  Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele is expected to announce he will drop out of the highly contested race to keep his post, sources told FoxNews.com on Sunday. Fox News has confirmed Steele sent an e-mail to committee members Saturday night with the subject line, “conference call.” In the note, he asked members to [...]

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