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In the months since she returned to the public spotlight, Sarah Palin’s continually evolving political identity has undergone a subtle change as her public persona centers increasingly on her disabled son Trig.
A federal judge in New Jersey has declined a request by the Republican National Committee to dissolve a 27-year-old court order aimed at preventing intimidation of minority voters. In his ruling Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Dickinson Debevoise
WASHINGTON - Some people can't stand prosperity, my father usedto say. Today , he might be talking about Republicans, who, in themidst of declining support for President Barack Obama 'shope-and-change agenda, are considering a "purity" pledge to weedout undesirables from their ever-shrinking party.
Hawaii may be the birthplace of President Barack Obama and one of the nation's Democratic strongholds, but Republicans have picked Honolulu as the site of their winter national committee meeting.
Ed Gillespie, former chairperson of the Republican National Committee, will present the final talk in the fall lecture series “Assessing Obama's First Year” at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 2, in Mitchell Hall, South College Avenue at Amstel Avenue, on the University of Delaware campus in Newark.
Guidelines released for her book tour stop were "an error." Foreign reporters aren't banned from the Mall of America visit, and no reporter is required to call Palin "Governor," said Dan Jasper.
Some reaction to President Barack Obama's plans for the Afghanistan war:
Another public brawl has erupted between allies and critics of Republican National Committee Chairman Michael S. Steele, threatening party unity 11 months before the GOP's hoped-for comeback in the crucial 2010 midterm elections, Republicans on all sides say. California RNC member Shawn Steel, an ally of the RNC chairman, on Tuesday accused Indiana RNC member Jim Bopp Jr. of pursuing a ...
What's Your Reaction? A federal judge in New Jersey on Tuesday rejected an attempt by the Republican National Committee to end nearly three-decade-old restrictions on GOP "ballot security" programs that historically discriminated against minority voters.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- DNC Chairman Tim Kaine and DNC Vice Chair for Voter Registration and Participation Donna Brazile issued the following statement on yesterday's ruling by the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey keeping in place a consent decree barring the Republican National Committee from voter intimidation and asserting that Republicans ...
California State Sen. Abel Maldonado speaks at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn., Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2008. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced his new lieutenant governor last night to the same person he told he was running for governor: NBC host Jay Leno.
We'll be offering live updates as we follow President Obama's speech tonight.
Ruling says preventing voter suppression outweighs potential danger posed by voter fraud
WASHINGTON — A wary, divided Congress raised serious questions Tuesday about President Barack Obama's new strategy for the war in Afghanistan, as well as its timetables and his plans to pay for the troop buildup.
Assembly candidates raised at least $18 million this year and spent at least $15.8 million of that amount trying to get elected, state officials said Wednesday.
The most rigidly conservatives members of the Republican National Committee are circulating a proposal to establish a purity test for the party’s candidates.
By offering something to all sides in the debate, Obama may have left all sides unsatisfied -- from liberal groups who have protested troop increases to conservatives who object to a fixed timetable for withdrawal.
Republicans Laud Surge But Question Outlining Exit Strategy; Democrats Less Than Enthusiastic
Establishment Republicans are recoiling at a draft proposal before the Republican National Committee that would bar party financial support for candidates who fail to meet eight of 10 issue tests.
One weekend last March, Michael Steele, the chairman of the Republican National Committee, made the mistake of asserting that Rush Limbaugh was not the de facto head of the Republican Party, and that he was, rather, an entertainer who could be incendiary and ugly.
What's Your Reaction? An ally of Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele says that a "purity test" suggested for the party platform is just a publicity stunt orchestrated by his political opponents.
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