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Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus defended recommending his girlfriend for appointment as Montana's U.S. attorney, saying Saturday his one-time staff member and the former state prosecutor is "highly qualified" but eventually withdrew her nomination.
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.
The Republican Party has recently drafted a Purity Resolution. If passed, any candidate seeking support from the Republican National Committee would be required to support at least eight of the 10 resolutions named by the committee.
With the midterm election now less than a year away, Washington is becoming predictably fixated on how voters will next alter the partisan makeup of Congress. But focusing entirely on the hottest contests for the House and Senate illuminates only part of the story, because those outcomes will affect the political dynamic at the Capitol for only two years.
WASHINGTON — Some people can’t stand prosperity, my father used to say. Today , he might be talking about Republicans, who, in the midst of declining support for President Barack Obama ’s hope-and-change agenda, are considering a “purity” pledge to weed out undesirables from their ever-shrinking party.Just when independents and moderates were considering revisiting the GOP tent. Just when a near ...
The party’s 10-point purity pledge shows thinking people need not apply.
Now that our nation has observed "Kick a Ginger Day" and "Kick a Jew Day," can "Kick a Liberal Day" be far behind? In case...
Now that our nation has observed “Kick a Ginger Day” and “Kick a Jew Day,” can “Kick a Liberal Day” be far behind? In case you’ve been taking a tryptophan nap, a Los Angeles County sheriff’s investigation has found that at least four redheaded girls and three redheaded boys at the A.E. Wright Middle School in Calabasas were assaulted on the Friday before Thanksgiving because they’re “gingers.”
Some people can't stand prosperity, my father used to say. Today, he might be talking about Republicans, who, in the midst of declining support for President Obama's hope-and-change agenda, are considering a "purity" pledge to weed out undesirables from their ever-shrinking party.
Former Majority Leader Dick Armey said that the so-called Republican 10 Commandments, or principles, which members of the Republican National Committee introduced this week to keep their candidates in line with party ideals, is "not a litmus test." Republican candidates wishing to receive fundraising and campaign support from the RNC would have to agree with at least 8 of 10 party positions ...
NORTH COUNTRY, N.Y. -- North Country Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava appears on "Face the Nation" to talk about the future of the Republican Party. Scozzafava was joined by former republican house majority leader Dick Armey and Republican strategist Ed Gillespie.
The Republican National Committee has introduced a list of 10 principles designed to keep candidates aligned with party ideals and while one former GOP leader insisted Sunday it "is not a litmus test," the concept does raise a question about 2010 midterm election strategy.
Fmr. House Leader Says Candidate's Adherence to List of Principles Would "Demonstrate That You're Someone Like Us"
Miss Moore, whose name is synonymous with Republican Party, to be buried here An icon of the Republican Party who helped to guide it for more than half a century will be interred in her hometown of Cambridge. Martha Moore, 91, who passed away on Tuesday,
Current and former Republicans say tactics and lackluster candidates make many reluctant to affiliate with the party.
Being a conservative in Iowa does not mean overwhelming support for eliminating recent government spending programs, even in the middle of a state government budget crunch, according to the Iowa Poll.
Purity before pragmatism?
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In the Republican primary for Florida agriculture commissioner, U.S. Rep. Adam Putnam of Bartow seems like a natural.
WASHINGTON -- Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus defended recommending his girlfriend for appointment as Montana's U.S. attorney, saying Saturday his one-time staff member and the former state prosecutor is "highly qualified" but eventually withdrew her nomination.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus defended recommending his girlfriend for appointment as Montana’s U.S. attorney, saying Saturday his one-time staff member and the former state prosecutor is “highly qualified” but eventually withdrew her nomination.
