- p-Ed Contributor Tax Reform’s Lesson for Health Care Reform
- Colo. Republican Party creates backlash for GP
- Anti-bama ‘Great White Hope’ Needed By Republican Party?
- Kay Bailey Hutchison calls for more ‘enlightened’ leadership in Texas

p-Ed Contributor Tax Reform’s Lesson for Health Care Reform
New York Times
The bill’s proponents myself among them also strove to enforce a no-amendment strategy on the Senate floor. With Republicans and most Democrats on the Finance Committee adhering to the strategy countless amendments were fended off and the compromise was protected from unraveling. None of this would have happened had the Reagan administration not taken on some of the Republican Party’s sacred cows — the oil and gas industry real-estate interests and large industrial enterprises all of which benefited disproportionately from loopholes. Similarly the bill would never have passed had some Democrats not taken on an ingrained party orthodoxy — the belief that equity demanded higher tax rates. In addition there was the human factor. I remember a meeting in the White House with President Reagan and the supporters of tax reform from both parties. Each member of Congress had a few minutes to say something to the president.

Colo. Republican Party creates backlash for GP
Denver Post
Senate candidate Jane Norton. Dick Wadhams pointed to a rash of e-mails during the weekend among Colorado Republicans who are upset with the National Republican Senatorial Committee which they believe is playing favorites in the crowded 2010 primary field. The backlash is so strong Republican sources say that Weld County District Attorney Ken Buck might stay in the Senate race after all.

Anti-bama ‘Great White Hope’ Needed By Republican Party?
NPR
So the White House has decided to be charitable probably a good strategy since Jenkins’ comment is exactly the kind of repulsive race-baiting expression many voters will find radioactive. That could redound in bama’s favor. Still it’s astonishing that a U. congresswoman in a public meeting in Topeka in the YouTube age would say the Republican Party needed a “great white hope” to defeat bama.

Kay Bailey Hutchison calls for more ‘enlightened’ leadership in Texas
Dallas Morning News
“While I do think I can do more in Texas to govern better I also want to build a Republican majority” she told a group of civic and business leaders in Dallas called the Friday Group. “It is in all of our best interest that we have a Republican Party that’s worthy of governing in Texas and also having the message go out to Americans that the biggest state that is still reliably Republican is a state that has enlightened Republicans in leadership. “Hutchison said she wanted to focus on issues such as education transportation property rights and health care. And though she didn’t mention his name she bashed Perry for his comments this year expressing sympathy for those who think Texas should consider leaving the union. “Silly rhetoric about secession from the union being an option is not a good image for Texas in America or in Texas” she said. Perry spokesman Mark Miner called Hutchison’s remarks insulting to Republicans and conservatives.
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- Stuck In a Moment You Can’t Get ut f
- Massachusetts Voters May Face Kennedy-Less Representation
- Making The Case Against Cox

Stuck In a Moment You Can’t Get ut f
Huffington Post
President bama’s formidable political movementfailed to mobilize until the threat was in their face. SomeRepublicans seemed ready to work with the Administration until theysaw the ferocity of the protesters. Those who believe the protestswere staged by the GP are giving the Republican Party too muchcredit. They’re not that well organized. It’s not that the public rejects health care reform. It’s stilla popular idea. The Kaiser Health Care poll continues to show solidsupport for requiring all Americans to have health insurance withsubsidies for those who can’t afford it (68 percent).

Massachusetts Voters May Face Kennedy-Less Representation
FXNews
Lawmakers are expected to hold a hearing next month on the proposal moving up the consideration date from ctober and allowing legislation to be passed and signed into law before the deadline for a special election. Patrick told a local radio station Wednesday that he believes the proposal was “entirely reasonable” and said he would sign the bill if it reached his desk. Despite expressed admiration for Kennedy’s legacy the state’s Republican Party leader said Wednesday that the GP opposes any change to the current law. “We must honor Senator Kennedy’s service by allowing those who sent him to the Senate to decide the next generation of leaders for Massachusetts” said Jennifer Nassour chairwoman of the Massachusetts Republican Party.
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Making The Case Against Cox
New York Daily News
An excerpt: “Look I’m hoping they pick a guy like Ed Cox whose general claim to fame is twofold: He’s Richard Nixon’s son-in-law and he represents the far right fringe of the Republican Party. is from the same cloth as Gingrich and DeLay who quite frankly have scared moderate voters. Keep in mind that Stavisky is a dyed-in-the-wool Democrat who makes his living largely by working against Republican candidates so he has a vested interest in trying to paint the New York GP as aligned with the so-called “far right” that even moderate Republicans claim dominates the party at the national level.

- Republican Party losing on several ends
- Democrats’ Woes Won’t Cure GP
- IRS may join Ray Sansom probe

Republican Party losing on several ends
Hattiesburg American
College-educated people check facts. With only a few clicks of a mouse it is easily determinable whether bama is a US citizen or if the 2nd Amendment is in danger as some on the right wing allege. These and other lies have pretty well blown the Republican Party’s credibility. In short by alienating just about everybody except elderly Southern white men they have no source of new voters. If all this wasn’t bad enough the right wing talking heads on radio and cable TV as well as some Republican members of Congress seem to be losing their sanity as well: entreating the racists and those obsessed with bama’s birth certificate in their base by using code words and phrases to tell fanatics what they want to hear while remaining just tame enough to keep the more tolerant and sane side of the Republican Party from deserting them. To those on the left and in the middle it appears that in addition to losing credibility and an election the Republican Party now seems to be losing its mind.
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Democrats’ Woes Won’t Cure GP
Wall Street Journal
In this case it means that even as Democrats hit rough seas Republicans shouldn’t forget that they still face significant deficiencies and structural problems of their own — problems that just a few months ago seemed almost insurmountable. The danger for Republicans right now in fact is that they become so entranced by the recent decline in President Barack bama’s fortunes that they lose sight of their own problems. A reminder of this challenge comes in the form of a long article in the forthcoming issue of Commentary magazine by two of the Republican Party’s deeper thinkers former Bush White House speechwriters Pete Wehner and Michael Gerson. They lay out what their article calls a “path to Republican revival” making the point that simply opposing bama initiatives isn’t sufficient to bring about such a revival. They also argue that being anti-government isn’t sufficient in a country where “it is patently clear that most Americans do not locate the source of all of today’s social ills in an overactive government. ” Instead they argue Republicans need to be seen as a party with new ideas for reforming “ossified” features of that very government particularly regulatory and tort systems that are behind the times and an education system that needs to make teachers both better paid and more accountable for their performance. Intriguingly Messrs.

IRS may join Ray Sansom probe
MiamiHerald.com
comp –> State Rep. Ray Sansom’s lavish use of his Republican Party-issued credit card has triggered a complaint to the Internal Revenue Service. The complaint also alleges political corruption and suggests the IRS investigate other GP officials who had American Express cards. An IRS spokesman said the agency does not confirm or deny investigations but said anonymous complaints can be filed. “Generally speaking getting something for nothing could have a tax effect” said spokesman Mike Dobzinski.

- Fla. Governor’s Moves Scrutinized for Clues to US Climate Debate
- Gubernatorial primary race may split Texas Republican Party
- Troy Berman named WVa GP executive director
- GP Source: Cox Nears 50%
- GP seeks its revival in the revolt against bama’s healthcare plan

Fla. Governor’s Moves Scrutinized for Clues to US Climate Debate
New York Times
At the moment Crist remains the overwhelming favorite as he holds a sizable lead in both the polls and campaign funds. But there are signs of trouble for him. The Volusia County Republican Party recently censured Crist and a vote on a similar censure resolution deadlocked in Palm Beach County. Crist has also lost to Rubio in straw polls of GP committee members in several other counties and a handful of prominent conservatives both in Florida and across the country are backing the former state lawmaker. The opposition to Crist has to do with a number of issues — among them his support for President bama’s economic stimulus package and a number of state appointments that have angered conservatives. But Rubio and others on the right have also gone after Crist for his support of cap-and-trade legislation a position that has drawn vehement opposition from conservatives across the country. “The political circumstances have changed” Rubio told the Palm Beach Post last week.

Gubernatorial primary race may split Texas Republican Party
Fort Worth Star Telegram
Soul-searchingChoosing between the state’s longest-serving governor and a senator whose political roots date to the early 1970s is subjecting rank-and-file Republicans to anguished soul-searching. Many if not most have supported both incumbents in past elections. “For some folks who have been active in the party that have been supporters of both this is really hard” said Tarrant County Republican Chairwoman Stephanie Klick. “Now we’ve got a decision where they’re going to have to decide and they’re not liking it. “Hutchison has been moving toward the 2010 race for months with exploratory efforts and fundraising. Her tour begins Monday in her hometown of La Marque on the Gulf Coast. Hutchison is expected to be in Dallas on Tuesday and at the Cowgirl Hall of Fame on Friday morning.

Troy Berman named WVa GP executive director
Newsday
(AP) ? Troy Berman has been appointed as executive director of the West Virginia. State GP Chairman Doug McKinney said Monday that Berman’s appointment is effective Sept.
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GP Source: Cox Nears 50%
New York Daily News
The signees are all from upstate with the exception of Brooklyn’s Craig Eaton who hosted a dinner for Cox last week to an effort to secure support for him among his fellow NYC chairs. Also among the 24 are Franklin County GP Chairman Jim Ellis AND Steuben County GP Chairman Bill Hatch who are vice chairs of the party’s state committee; and Rensselaer County GP Chairman Jack Casey. Casey’s presence is telling since he heads the party operation in the home county of former Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno. The ex-senator was largely responsible for the selection of Mondello to replace the late Monroe County GP Chairman Steve Minarik as head of the state party.

GP seeks its revival in the revolt against bama’s healthcare plan
Los Angeles Times
That claim too has been widely discredited. Finding a balancethers are still trying to figure out how to balance the desires of the base with the need to appeal to moderate swing voters who might be turned off by high-volume rhetoric. Whether they find that balance could determine whether the Republican Party can win back independents who voted overwhelmingly for bama last year but now according to several polls are questioning their commitment to him. The GP might take comfort in a.

- GP seeks its revival in the revolt against bama’s healthcare plan
- Republican Lawmakers Charge it to The Party
- Letter: Tea Party movement smells like racism
- Specter in Pittsburgh: ‘I put my neck on the line’
- Doyle won’t seek re-election in 2010
- Hand-picked GP contender goes up against Tim Bishop

GP seeks its revival in the revolt against bama’s healthcare plan
Los Angeles Times
That claim too has been widely discredited. Finding a balancethers are still trying to figure out how to balance the desires of the base with the need to appeal to moderate swing voters who might be turned off by high-volume rhetoric. Whether they find that balance could determine whether the Republican Party can win back independents who voted overwhelmingly for bama last year but now according to several polls are questioning their commitment to him. The GP might take comfort in a.

Republican Lawmakers Charge it to The Party
The Ledger
Ray Sansom picked up the tab for college officials for a dinner that included Delmonico steak crusted grouper and cr<0×00E8>me brulee. But Sansom – who has since been indicted by a Leon County grand jury on charges that he steered taxpayer money to a college project to benefit a developer – did not use his own money for the nearly $600 meal. Instead records show that the Destin Republican used a credit card given to him by the Republican Party of Florida. The March 2008 dinner receipt was included in records released by State Attorney Willie Meggs as part of his investigation. Republican officials have refused to say which elected officials have party credit cards or what expenses those officials charged on their cards. The use of the credit cards raises questions about whether politicians are using money from lobbyists and other donors for personal expenses without public accountability. Florida has strict laws that ban lobbyists or their clients from buying meals or showering gifts on lawmakers the governor and other statewide elected officials.

Letter: Tea Party movement smells like racism
Mercury-Register
Is that it?I went to a meeting of these folks. They were being led by a failed Republican congressional candidate from the Deep South who was also a loser in Chico’s elections last year. Sensing partisanship on their Web site I sought information. Choosing the direct route I asked via e-mail. Are you Republicans? I asked. They would not deny it.

Specter in Pittsburgh: ‘I put my neck on the line’
Philadelphia Inquirer
He spoke just before his primary challenger Rep. Joe Sestak took the stage to make his pitch and answer questions in a back-to-back bid for the influential ears of several hundred bloggers attending from around the nation. "I carried the president’s message" said Specter who switched from the Republican Party in the spring and is seeking reelection to a sixth term in his new party. "I put my neck on the line. "Specter had just come off the road from four town-hall meetings during which angry protesters jeered and shouted him down about health care. At the core of his candidacy Sestak has argued that he is a true Democrat that Specter cannot be trusted to vote the party’s principles and that he enabled some of the worst policies of Republican President George W.

Doyle won’t seek re-election in 2010
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Earlier this summer some bloggers reported that Doyle was expected to take a job with President Barack bama. His staff immediately dismissed those reports as false. The state Republican Party issued a statement saying the party was positioned to take back the governor’s office by emphasizing jobs and lower taxes. Republican Party Chairman Reince Priebus said in an interview that he had no firsthand knowledge of Doyle’s plans. "But all of our common sense tells us that if his spokesman says he is making a statement about his future on Monday and his poll numbers are down you would imagine that the announcement isn’t that he’s seeking another term" Priebus said. ne veteran Democratic legislator who asked not to be identified out of loyalty to Doyle said he thinks Doyle started the year expecting to run but recently asked himself this question: "Why do I want to continue to do this?" If Doyle serves out his term he would have served 20 years as a top state official – eight years as governor and 12 as attorney general. He would turn 65 weeks after the November 2010 election when the next governor must begin preparing the 2011-’13 state budget.
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Hand-picked GP contender goes up against Tim Bishop
Newsday
“He’s doing everything the right way” said Joan Hudson a 50-year party activist from nearby Lake Grove. “He’s not stepping on anyone’s toes he’s walking districts and helping out other candidates. The Republican Party needs a transfusion and a face-lift. And he fills the bill 100 percent. But Democrats say Altschuler who only registered to vote locally a year ago is just the latest in a series of rich carpetbaggers who have moved into the Republican-dominated East End district looking to buy a congressional seat. They say Altschuler’s past which ties him to a company that exported 4000 jobs to India makes him unelectable. “I’d be stunned if local Republicans would want to team up with someone who made millions outsourcing jobs to India” said Richard Schaffer Suffolk Democratic chairman.

- Activists to keep heat on with health protests
- In Bid for House Seat a Question of Identity for Republicans Upstate
- DNC Ad Calls Health Care Protesters Angry Mob
- Town Hall Violence a Reason to Leave the Republican Party
- Sotomayor Vote; Republicans a Party ut of Touch

Activists to keep heat on with health protests
The Associated Press
Mitchell said he was angered by push-back from the White House and it would motivate him to further activism a view echoed by others. “These are town hall meetings and the federal government is trying to intimidate people” Mitchell said in a phone interview Wednesday. Republican Party Chairman Michael Steele defended the activism even as he denied the party was organizing it. “We are not inciting anyone to go out and destruct anything” Steele told reporters on a conference call. “We’re encouraging people to go and visit their congressman or their senator. “”To sit back and say that this is some Republican cabal is a bunch of baloney” Steele said. bama referenced the opposition in a fundraising e-mail sent by his political group rganizing for America and asked his supporters to attend events to show their support for his health care plans.

In Bid for House Seat a Question of Identity for Republicans Upstate
New York Times
’s does not buy the big-tent philosophy. “Liberals are not going to save the. ”The state’s Conservative Party which gave Ms.

DNC Ad Calls Health Care Protesters Angry Mob
FXNews
They have no plan for moving our country forward so they’ve called out the mob. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: And I want to know why are you people ignoring his birth certificate. UNIDENTIFIED MALE : Call the Republican Party. Tell them you’ve had enough of the mob.

Town Hall Violence a Reason to Leave the Republican Party
American Chronicle
Polls show that the disruptions hostility and mayhem orchestrated by Republican Party leaders at American town-hall meetings paint the Republican Party as an unpatriotic violent organization that has no interest in the well-being of the nation or its citizens. It´s all over the news. The few right-wing freaks left in the quickly dwindling Republican Party are disrupting town-hall meetings across this great country of ours because they don´t want poor people or average Americans to have quality health care. They are shouting Americans down damaging property and perpetrating acts of violence against people because they don´t want Americans to speak or hear about our dire need for health care reform.

Sotomayor Vote; Republicans a Party ut of Touch
Political Cortex
A classic current example is the 68-31 confirmation vote Thursday for bama Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor. Not one Democrat voted against the woman who will become the first Hispanic ever to wear a Supreme Court robe. All no votes were cast by Republicans. As a party the GP broke 31 against Sotomayor with 9 votes supporting her.
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- DNC Ad Calls Health Care Protesters Angry Mob
- Activists say no letup for health care protests
- With Backing from Voinovich Sotomayor Poised to Receive Support …
- Senate guru blogger thinks Sestak has an excellent chance to …

DNC Ad Calls Health Care Protesters Angry Mob
FXNews
They have no plan for moving our country forward so they’ve called out the mob. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: And I want to know why are you people ignoring his birth certificate. UNIDENTIFIED MALE : Call the Republican Party. Tell them you’ve had enough of the mob.
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Activists say no letup for health care protests
The Associated Press
Mitchell said he was angered by push-back from the White House and it would motivate him to further activism a view echoed by others. “These are town hall meetings and the federal government is trying to intimidate people” Mitchell said in a phone interview Wednesday. Republican Party Chairman Michael Steele defended the activism even as he denied the party was organizing it. “We are not inciting anyone to go out and destruct anything” Steele told reporters on a conference call. “We’re encouraging people to go and visit their congressman or their senator. “”To sit back and say that this is some Republican cabal is a bunch of baloney” Steele said. bama referenced the opposition in a fundraising e-mail sent by his political group rganizing for America and asked his supporters to attend events to show their support for his health care plans.

With Backing from Voinovich Sotomayor Poised to Receive Support …
Washington Post
The times are a’changin’ boys. Either push pull or get out of the way. Posted by: caebling | July 27 2009 1:49 PM |.

Senate guru blogger thinks Sestak has an excellent chance to …
Examiner.com
How will Congressman Sestak overcome the money poll and name ID deficits to win? Let’s break it down. The Money (or: Ed Rendell Can’t Stop Sestak’s Fundraising) When Arlen Specter switched Party affiliation from Republican to Democrat (about one month after Specter.

- Minn. governor urges GP to broaden party base
- Political Party Affiliation: 30 States Blue 4 Red in ‘09 So Far
- Iowa NH defend spots in presidential contests
- A man selling bogus tickets to a dance party at the Allentown …
- Republican Party: North vs. South in GP

Minn. governor urges GP to broaden party base
The Associated Press
Check back soon for further information. AP’s earlier story is below. LS ANGELES (AP) — With Congress and the White House in Democratic hands Republican Party leaders meeting in San Diego hope to map plans for a rebound that will repair the party’s tarnished brand lure back big-dollar contributors and increase voter registration from coast to coast. The Republican National Committee is gathering for several days of talks after a difficult stretch for the party. John Ensign of Nevada and South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford once seen as rising stars have been damaged by extramarital affairs; Democrat Al Franken ousted Republican Sen.

Political Party Affiliation: 30 States Blue 4 Red in ‘09 So Far
Gallup.com
That finding is echoed here given that the total number of solid and leaning Republican states remains unchanged from last year. While the Republican Party is still able to compete in elections if they enjoy greater turnout from their supporters or greater support for its candidates from independent voters the deck is clearly stacked in the Democratic Party's favor for now. Survey MethodsResults are based on telephone interviews with 160236 national adults aged 18 and older conducted Jan. 2 – June 30 2009 as part of Gallup Poll Daily tracking. For results based on the total sample of national adults one can say with 95% confidence that the maximum margin of sampling error is ±1 percentage point.
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Iowa NH defend spots in presidential contests
The Associated Press
With those dates set the issue is where other states eager to influence the nomination will fit in. Several plans have been proposed to rearrange the calendar including grouping states in regions and rotating the order every four years. California Republican Party Chairman Ron Nehring told the panel the nation needs a presidential calendar “that looks like it was designed on purpose which currently is not the case. “Nehring warned that the nation is drifting toward a national primary day which he said would inevitably favor better-known and better-financed candidates. He noted California moved its presidential primary to February from June last year triggering other states to leapfrog forward. Former New Hampshire Gov.

A man selling bogus tickets to a dance party at the Allentown …
Allentown Morning Call
Gordon was hawking tickets that were similar but not identical to the VIP tickets handed out by the DJ Smith said. Holders of the authentic VIP tickets still have to pay an admission but once inside they have access to an exclusive tent Smith said. The club sponsors Republican events such as party meetings and campaign functions but it is not directly affiliated with the local. To be a board member of the club you must be a Republican Smith said. The club is open to 3 a.

Republican Party: North vs. South in GP
The Star-Ledger – NJ.com
George Voinovich (R-hio) talks to reporters. If the signs are right the Republican Party already reeling from a series of national election reversals is flirting with a re-run of the civil war that it surely doesn’t need. George Voinovich of hio in a kind of Fort Sumter moment fired the first public shot in telling the Columbus (hio) Dispatch that the downfall of the GP is attributable chiefly to its takeover by Southern conservatives. “We’ve got too many Jim DeMints and Tom Coburns” Voinovich said a reference to conservatives Republican senators from South Carolina and klahoma both outspoken and intensely conservative. “It’s the southerners” Voinovich added.

- Minn. governor urges GP to broaden party base
- Iowa NH defend spots in presidential contests
- GP: The Party of Ignorance and Fear
- Republican Party: North vs. South in GP
- Senate Finance Committee Won’t Vote n Reform Bill Before Recess
- Sen. Jim Bunning to Retire Due to Slow Fundraising
- Grand ld Party: The Next Generation

Minn. governor urges GP to broaden party base
The Associated Press
Check back soon for further information. AP’s earlier story is below. LS ANGELES (AP) — With Congress and the White House in Democratic hands Republican Party leaders meeting in San Diego hope to map plans for a rebound that will repair the party’s tarnished brand lure back big-dollar contributors and increase voter registration from coast to coast. The Republican National Committee is gathering for several days of talks after a difficult stretch for the party. John Ensign of Nevada and South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford once seen as rising stars have been damaged by extramarital affairs; Democrat Al Franken ousted Republican Sen.

Iowa NH defend spots in presidential contests
The Associated Press
With those dates set the issue is where other states eager to influence the nomination will fit in. Several plans have been proposed to rearrange the calendar including grouping states in regions and rotating the order every four years. California Republican Party Chairman Ron Nehring told the panel the nation needs a presidential calendar “that looks like it was designed on purpose which currently is not the case. “Nehring warned that the nation is drifting toward a national primary day which he said would inevitably favor better-known and better-financed candidates. He noted California moved its presidential primary to February from June last year triggering other states to leapfrog forward. Former New Hampshire Gov.

GP: The Party of Ignorance and Fear
pEdNews
He eats arugula instead of good ole American iceberglettuce spicy brown mustard instead of down-home yellow faggotyFrench crepes instead of apple pie. He pals around with terrorists. Ifeducational levels were equally high across America the RepublicanParty would have no base outside the ranks of the very rich and a fewtwisted souls serving as research fellows in right-wing think tanks. Ifignorance were eliminated in America the GP as it exists today mightnot exist at all and would certainly have little if any hope of everwinning a national election. GP leaders in Washington are a disgracefor their racist and xenophobic hate-mongering their crudeanti-intellectualism their wanton disregard of the facts and theireagerness to exploit the irrational fears of people lacking in thecritical thinking skills to recognize lies as lies. Equally at faultare news outlets like Fox News and CNN which since the 2008 Democratic primarieshave treated the “cultural concerns” of working-class whites aslegitimate cause to oppose bama and as concerns that not they butbama should feel obligated to address. When the Jeremiah Wrightcontroversy exploded during the primaries these news outlets behavedas though bama somehow owed “Joe Six-Pack” a comforting explanationfor Wright’s remarks for bama’s presence at their utterance and for why after 400years of slavery and second-class citizenship a black man such asWright might be a little angry.

Republican Party: North vs. South in GP
The Star-Ledger – NJ.com
George Voinovich (R-hio) talks to reporters. If the signs are right the Republican Party already reeling from a series of national election reversals is flirting with a re-run of the civil war that it surely doesn’t need. George Voinovich of hio in a kind of Fort Sumter moment fired the first public shot in telling the Columbus (hio) Dispatch that the downfall of the GP is attributable chiefly to its takeover by Southern conservatives. “We’ve got too many Jim DeMints and Tom Coburns” Voinovich said a reference to conservatives Republican senators from South Carolina and klahoma both outspoken and intensely conservative. “It’s the southerners” Voinovich added.

Senate Finance Committee Won’t Vote n Reform Bill Before Recess
Kaiser Health News
They are offering policy-based critiques and alternatives to Democratic health proposals. They are looking for openings that might undercut an inexperienced but popular new president without getting too personal. In the meantime Senate Democrats are blaming the media for creating the August deadline for reform in the first place. ) said reporters created a fictitious deadline of a successful vote by the August recess and downplayed the fact that the chamber won?t meet that mark.
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Sen. Jim Bunning to Retire Due to Slow Fundraising
Washington Post
Jim Bunning bowed to political reality today announcing that he would not seek a third term in 2010 — a move that drastically increases Republicans’ chances of holding the seat next fall. "ver the past year some of the leaders of the Republican Party in the Senate have done everything in their power to dry up my fundraising" said Bunning referring to his testy relationships with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky. ) and National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman John Cornyn (Texas). "The simple fact is that I have not raised the funds necessary to run an effective campaign for the U.

Grand ld Party: The Next Generation
The Moderate Voice
Though we may not all be willing to march in the Pride parades or even send fiery letters to our congressmen about it most of us believe that gay couples deserve the right to be legally wed. I can guarantee you this: The issue of gay marriage is not going to go away and unless you start shifting within the Republican Party you will not gain our support. Read the entire article. She is not simply calling for the GP to be nice to gays but to change their tone and sell their stregnths. As I enter middle age I reflect my own generation in being wary that the GP will change its ways. But I am thankful that there are young firebrands out there who are full of hope and optimism that are working to make the Grand ld Party a better place.

- Minn. governor urges GP to broaden party base
- Iowa NH defend spots in presidential contests
- GP and South vs. rest of the US
- Republican Party: North vs. South in GP
- Florida Republican Party chairman wins national GP post
- New Milford Republican Party caucus shows ‘total unity’

Minn. governor urges GP to broaden party base
The Associated Press
Check back soon for further information. AP’s earlier story is below. LS ANGELES (AP) — With Congress and the White House in Democratic hands Republican Party leaders meeting in San Diego hope to map plans for a rebound that will repair the party’s tarnished brand lure back big-dollar contributors and increase voter registration from coast to coast. The Republican National Committee is gathering for several days of talks after a difficult stretch for the party. John Ensign of Nevada and South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford once seen as rising stars have been damaged by extramarital affairs; Democrat Al Franken ousted Republican Sen.

Iowa NH defend spots in presidential contests
The Associated Press
With those dates set the issue is where other states eager to influence the nomination will fit in. Several plans have been proposed to rearrange the calendar including grouping states in regions and rotating the order every four years. California Republican Party Chairman Ron Nehring told the panel the nation needs a presidential calendar “that looks like it was designed on purpose which currently is not the case. “Nehring warned that the nation is drifting toward a national primary day which he said would inevitably favor better-known and better-financed candidates. He noted California moved its presidential primary to February from June last year triggering other states to leapfrog forward. Former New Hampshire Gov.

GP and South vs. rest of the US
msnbc.com
2010 is coming up!Liberty is on the way! Belief in the Individual not the state is on the way!Cicero (Sent Friday July 31 2009 10:46 AM)h one more thing If all things were reverse (something I know you folks aren’t capable of) this site would read like a Liberal Stormfont and the Northern Poverty Law Center would be tracking the movements of people who post here. Dave Tn (Sent Friday July 31 2009 10:52 AM)Repukes all you are is the few southern red states left anymore America is a changing society and your conservative ideas really cant control anyones lives anymore so no more cramming religion and your principles down peoples throats conservatism and the republican are a party and breed of people that is shrinking each daySean DEnver (Sent Friday July 31 2009 10:52 AM)I think this is the just-fruits of what Pat Buchanan’s "Southern Strategy" and Lee Atwater’s racially charged campaigns have wrought. Eventually this was going to catch up to the Republican Party; I think they were just of the opinion that it would take longer. guess what? Time’s up!The racial make up of the USA is changing and there are some white folks out there (I’m white myself incidentally!) who still harbor discriminatory thoughts towards anyone who’s skin isn’t lily white.

Republican Party: North vs. South in GP
The Star-Ledger – NJ.com
George Voinovich (R-hio) talks to reporters. If the signs are right the Republican Party already reeling from a series of national election reversals is flirting with a re-run of the civil war that it surely doesn’t need. George Voinovich of hio in a kind of Fort Sumter moment fired the first public shot in telling the Columbus (hio) Dispatch that the downfall of the GP is attributable chiefly to its takeover by Southern conservatives. “We’ve got too many Jim DeMints and Tom Coburns” Voinovich said a reference to conservatives Republican senators from South Carolina and klahoma both outspoken and intensely conservative. “It’s the southerners” Voinovich added.

Florida Republican Party chairman wins national GP post
Palm Beach Post
State Republican Party Chairman Jim Greer won the coveted position of the national party?s rules chairman on Thursday but he immediately dismissed the possibility that he would sway the calendar to benefit Florida voters or a possible presidential run by Gov. Crist who is facing opposition from Republicans and Democrats in a 2010 race for the U. Senate was often mentioned last year as a possible running mate for GP presidential nominee John McCain.
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New Milford Republican Party caucus shows ‘total unity’
Danbury News Times
“That’s the way it goes in politics. Someone had to lose and it was me. Sherry’s wife Patricia a former Town Council and school board member is the Republican Town Committee chairwoman. ne Advertisement yld_mgr. place_ad_here(”adPosBox”); of the party’s focuses this year is to regain Republican leadership on the nine-member Board of Education. But it was able to field only four candidates for the four-year seats with two two-year seats now held by Democrats still open. The party candidates will be incumbents Wendy Faulenbach a former school board chairwoman seeking a third term and William Wellman who was appointed last year.