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Local publisher Vance Opperman wants one, or both, of the national conventions in the Twin Cities in 2012. Apparently the publicity and visibility garnered for the 2008 Republican National Convention in St. Paul outweighs the disturbing — to many — memories of a well-armed police presence that kept violent protesters at bay and intimidated many others.
Local publisher Vance Opperman wants one, or both, of the national conventions in the Twin Cities in 2012. Apparently the publicity and visibility garnered for the 2008 Republican National Convention in St. Paul outweighs the disturbing — to many — memories of a well-armed police presence that kept violent protesters at bay and intimidated many others.
Ten members of the Republican National Committee are proposing a resolution demanding candidates embrace at least eight of 10 conservative principles if they hope to receive financial support and an official endorsement from the RNC. The "Proposed RNC Resolution on Reagan's Unity Principle for Support of Candidates," is designed to force candidates to prove that they support "conservative ...
The Republican National Committee has hired Alex Castellanos, a long-time political strategist and GOP consultant, as an adviser.
A so-called purity test would require the G.O.P. to withhold money and endorsements from candidates who do not adhere to most of the principles on the list.
Nov. 24 (Bloomberg) -- The Obama administration and two major lobbying groups are seeking to spur momentum for a health- care overhaul after the U.S. Senate cleared the way for a floor debate that is likely to extend to Christmas or beyond.
OPINION/ANALYSIS: As we survey today's political scene, it is sobering to many Americans that we have lurched so far to the left in the past nine months it has become an international joke. With Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez quipping on live television, "Hey, Obama has just nationalized nothing more and nothing less than General Motors. Comrade Obama! Fidel, careful or we are going to end up ...
Martha C. Moore, a Republican icon in Ohio and 35-year member of the GOP National Committee, has died at the age of 91.
Think the 2012 elections seem about as distant as the return of economic prosperity?
Trevor Francis, communications director of the Republican National Committee, abruptly resigned Monday, and two Republican strategists familiar with the situation said he was pushed out because Chairman Michael Steele didn’t feel he was getting enough credit for the GOP’s electoral success earlier this month.
Republican National Convention hosts about to deliver hefty thank-you gift to Minnesotans MinnPost photo by Bill Kelley The RNC Host Committee, pleased with the event's success last year, is wrapping up its work with gifts to three Minnesota foundations. By Joe Kimball | Friday, Nov. 6, 2009 Nearly $7 million in leftover funds raised by the Minneapolis/St. Paul 2008 Host Committee for last year ...
The Republican National Committee has a video out this morning on the Senate vote to move along the health care reform bill over the weekend. On our own Sen. Blanche Lincoln, they said she “voted for the bill, when she said she would oppose it.” In fairness to Lincoln, she still has time to vote against the [...]
1. The resignation of Republican National Committee communications director Trevor Francis on Monday is a sign of significant unrest within the ranks of the committee, according to several party sources. While stories differed over whether Francis jumped or was pushed from his perch, what was clear in the aftermath of his departure was that some within the committee believe that RNC Chairman ...
Eager to ensure that "tea partiers" don't undermine GOP candidates, conservative members of the Republican National Committee are pursuing the creation of a rule that would bar the Republican Party from funding candidates who fail a conservative litmus test. The group is circulating a petition among committee members that would enshrine former President Ronald Reagan's proposition that his 80 ...
By: James Nord Two Minnesota activists are being held in Iowa in relation to the vandalism of a research lab at the University of Iowa in 2004. Scott DeMuth, a University of Minnesota sociology graduate student, and Carrie Feldman, a former student of St. Catherine University in St. Paul, were separately subpoenaed to appear in front of a grand jury in Davenport, Iowa, regarding the incident ...
The Republican National Committee is considering a test that would rate the conservative purity of potential candidates.
SAN ANGELO, Texas —Maybe it won’t turn out to be the turning point of the 2010 gubernatorial race, but it probably was the defining one when Rick Perry hinted that Texas should secede from the United States.Perry, addressing the Tea Party-inspired fury aimed at the federal government earlier this year, coyly said several times, in various ways, that Texans love their country, but if Washington ...
With Dominic gone, how will the PiPress cover the theater scene? By David Brauer
With World Wrestling Entertainment first lady Linda McMahon stealing many of the headlines in Connecticut's Senate contest, fellow Republican and Greenwich resident Thomas Foley is now opening the
Now we know: Philly’s not-quite-terminal case of wussiness starts at the top. Mayor Nutter showed as much last week in an interview with the Daily News when he confessed that being mayor is hard. “The reality is, in [the job as mayor] you don’t have to work on one thing,” he cried. “You have to work on 50 things.” Maybe he didn’t say it in a whiny voice, but it sure read that way on paper. His ...
The conservative TV and radio host wants to hold conventions to move his followers to political action and 'change America's course.' Some say his activism could widen the split within the GOP. Glenn Beck wants to become . . . a community organizer.
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