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By The Huffington Post News Team The Democratic National Committee raised $11.5 million during the month of October, a party source tells the Huffington Post. Read more: Dnc, Democratic Fundraising, DNC Fundraising, RNC Fundraising, Lobbyblog, Politics News

By Mark Silva Yet, with the report today that GM has lost $1.2 billion since leaving the protection of federal bankruptcy courts in July, the Republican National Committee chairman finds "further proof that President Obama's economic experiments are wrong for America.''

By Mark Silva by Mark Silva Newt Gingrich, the former Republican House speaker and purveyor of the GOP "Contract With America'' that helped his party win control of the House after President Bill Clinton's election, says GOP chairman Michael Steele has started work... by Mark Silva

By The Huffington Post News Team Katon Dawson, the former state party chair, and a recent candidate for Republican National Committee chairman, said that while he understands the anger felt by Charleston County Republicans, Graham was just, well, being Graham.

By The Huffington Post News Team Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele said on Wednesday that the philosophical disputes erupting within the GOP, which manifested themselves in last night's special election... Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele said on Wednesday that the philo...

By Michael Beckel Scozzafava had also received endorsements from the National Rifle Association and Republicans including former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, former Republican Study Committee Chairman Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas), Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele a...

By The Huffington Post News Editors The divided high-profile Republicans reflect a competition for the allegiance of party activists, said John Pitney, a politics professor at Claremont McKenna College in California and a former staffer for the House Republican Research Committee and the Republican National Commit...

By Lindsay Renick Mayer LIZ CHENEY APPEALS TO DONORS TO "KEEP AMERICA SAFE:" Florida real estate guru Mel Sembler is throwing his financial weight behind former Vice President Dick Cheney's daughter's new organization, Keep America Safe, according to Newsweek. Sembler has traditionally dug deep into his po...

By Andrew Malcolm Weekly Republican Remarks by Rep. Johnny Isakson of Georgia, as provided by the Republican National Committee Hello, I'm Senator Johnny Isakson from Georgia. the cost because they know Washington doesn't have that kind of extra cash lying around.

By Andrew Malcolm ABC's This Week with George Stephanopoulos: President Barack Obama and a round table with Democrat Donna Brazile, Republican Ed Gillespie, columnists George Will and Peggy Noonan and ex-Clinton Labor Secretary Robert Reich. Bloomberg's Political Capital with Al Hunt: Sen. Sherrod B...

0:05:05] ... As he Republicans and therefore how do you get money. From the Republican National Committee would they not the Scott Brown ran let's say he was the nominee of the Republican Party. You would be taking money ... 0:05:22] ... The many things consider my AM understanding that the RNC picks an...

By Mario Almonte Having lost the White House and a major political voice in the country, it seems that Republicans are hell-bent these days on aligning themselves with anyone who criticizes Obama, no matter how ignorant, hypocritical or uninformed that person or group might be. True, within Republican...

By Howard Gleckman In a remarkable document, Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele has declared the GOP firmly against efforts to control Medicare spending. In a carefully parsed... In a remarkable document, Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele has declared the GOP fir...

By Michael Beckel But McMahon's history is hardly that of a hardcore Republican. The Republican Party of Connecticut ranks as the couple's third highest beneficiary. The party has received $13,000 in contributions from the McMahons since 1992, of all which have been under Linda's name.

0:27:33] ... 17% the woods has come down a bit from me. And the Republican National Committee is seizing on an an email blast today. The RNC points out that when President Obama was in Elkhart the last time he said stimulus money. We create or save nearly 80000 ...

By The Huffington Post News Editors Glenn McCall, one of two national representatives to the Republican National Committee and a county party chairman, said Thursday that party members want Sanford out. He said Sanford should practice the philosophy he's preached of holding GOP leaders accountable.

0:05:16] ... pounce on. Good day after Obama's dream date to New York the Republican National Committee. Put out this email reporting on this show they call it calling out the obamas were jetting away at taxpayers' expense and RNC spokesman. Piled on adding quote if pres Obama wants to go to a -- is...

By Robert J. Elisberg Initially, you see, the story was that the Republican National Committee was holding a special session and would "re-name" the Democratic Party. This is the equivalent of George Bush telling Karl Rove, "From now on, I'm calling you Turd Blossom."

0:18:25] ... to present Obama's policies aren't particularly. Friendly to the GOP. When the Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele asked to speak to a Chicago. Tea party his request was politely refused by the organizers. Quote we prefer ...

By Alex Koppelman Asked, during an interview with GQ, whether "women have the right to choose abortion," Steele responded, "Yeah. I mean, again, I think that’s an individual choice." That, right there, would seem to put him on the pro-choice side of the debate, at the opposite end of the spectrum from where h...

0:14:37] ... You are head of the RNC. Who were not hit the Republican Party. Tens of millions of conservatives and Republicans have nothing to do with the RNC and right now they want nothing to do with -- and when you call them. Asking them for money they hang up ...

By The Huffington Post News Team Whether or not I have policy disagreements with the the Republican National Committee, I nevertheless would prefer that its chair had, at minimum, a baseline understanding of the way government works that's equal to my own. Unfortunately, based upon his performance on Sunday's editio...

0:00:20] ... also to Republican Party poised to -- its new leader at the Republican National Committee meeting tomorrow. And house Republicans are also huddling this weekend in Hot Springs Virginia to plot the party's future so -- of ...

By The Huffington Post News Team A member of the Republican National Committee has written a highly critical email to fellow members regarding chair candidate Michael Steele, arguing that the former Maryland Lieutenant Governor is far out of line with social conservative values and should not be trusted to take over...

By Renee Feltz Donatelli and Connell's consulting firms received most of the limited funds McCain's campaign allocated for Web services. Hewitt wants to redirect the funds away from consultants to grassroots Web outreach. On his radio show he has called for the Republican National Committee to "esta...

By Andrew Malcolm As one result, Bush leaves his Republican Party bereft of national leadership right now, another reason that heightens the importance of the election of a new Republican National Committee chair at month's end in Washington. Two of the six candidates are African Americans.

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0:01:54] ... ticket you imagine Mitch McConnell. Deep depth Republican leader called up the Republican National Committee -- Almost -- which -- except for good -- Blackwell from love Mora made from a mild steel -- sort of have ...

By Pareene Besides, the stupid song itself is obnoxious because it reappropriates a leftist critique of culture for nefarious purposes, not because it has the word "negro" in it. It's only "racist" so far as it assumes all of Obama's appeal stems from this racist archetype and not from his own qualit...

THE DEFENDANT: Chip Saltsman, the unbelievably-named Republican party chair from Tennessee. In the running to become the next chair of the Republican National Committee, he unloaded his own giant pile of toxic sludge by sending out a CD full of "Republican" "musical" "comedy" "hits" t...

By noreply@blogger.com (Tony GOPrano) · Showcase Republican Governors and Legislators who have consistently served as an idea factory for conservative policy. Innovative policies like welfare reform and tax reform came from Republican governors during Bill Clinton’s Presidency. We need to promote more aggressively the...

By The Huffington Post News Team At 3:31 PM Friday, December 19, Michael L. Connell, a top Internet consultant for the Republican National Committee and for the Bush and McCain presidential... At 3:31 PM Friday, December 19, Michael L. Connell, a top Internet consultant for the Republican National Committee and for the Bus...

Suddenly, conservative columnists, bloggers and the Republican National Committee insisted that all other news was secondary to the burning issue of what Obama and his staff knew about any of this -- and never mind that Blagojevich used one of his favorite expletives to trash Obama for...

By noreply@blogger.com (Tony GOPrano) Lisa began her career in politics working in the Illinois Legislature for State Representatives and Senators, as well as the Assistant Clerk of the House. She managed and worked on several campaigns in Illinois before moving to Washington, DC where she joined the Republican National Co...

By Andrew Malcolm As The Ticket forecast yesterday, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin spoke to the Republican Governors Assn. in Miami today and its invited donors. (See news video below by clicking on the "Read more" line.) governors all, along with Montana's Marc Racicot, who chaired the Republican National Commit...

By CNN Ticker Producer Alexander Mooney The RNC is using Hillary Clinton in a new robocall. NEW YORK (CNN) – The Republican National Committee is using Hillary Clinton’s past criticism of Barack Obama to plant seeds of doubt in the minds of undecided voters in the final hours of the presidential campaign. The RNC will begin an auto...

By JOE GANDELMAN, Editor-In-Chief Sen. John McCain and the Republican National Committee will unleash a barrage of spending on television advertising that will allow him to keep pace with Sen. Barack Obama’s ad blitz during the campaign’s final days, but the expenditures will impact McCain’s get-out-the-vote efforts,...

By JB in Arizona Sunday, October 26, 2008; B01There are many ways to lose a presidential election. John McCain is losing in a way that threatens to take the entire Republican Party down with him.A year ago, the Arizona senator's team made a crucial strategic decision. McCain would run on his (impressive) pe...

By Clay Waters When Politico revealed the Republican National Committee spent $150,000 outfitting Sarah Palin and her family after she was picked as John McCain's running mate, one would assume it would be worthy of a brief, snarky story buried on the New York Times's "Caucus" page, filled mostly...

It was Politico.com which first detailed the expenditures, the cost of which was picked up by the Republican National Committee. Politico.com's review of disclosure records filed by Barack Obama and the Democratic National Committee revealed no similar expenditures. Then again, how mu...

By BarbinMD It's true, I read Obama's words myself. And recently, Congressional liberals introduced a bill to eliminate mandatory prison sentences for violent criminals -- trying to give liberal judges the power to decide whether criminals are sent to jail or set free. With priorities like these, w...

By CNN Associate Producer Martina Stewart The Obama campaign recently announced that it has three million individual donors. (CNN) – The Republican National Committee announced Wednesday that it plans to submit an addendum to its recent complaint filed with the Federal Election Commission about the fundraising of Sen. Barack...

By Ken Shepherd Chicago Sun-Times Washington bureau chief Lynn Sweet told a Chicago radio duo this morning that Sen. Joe Biden was not referring specifically to Barack Obama in his now-famous comment at a fundraiser that the Illinois senator would be "tested" by a crisis in the first six months of his adm...

By Patty Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain is facing the fact that there are a lot more competitive red — or traditionally Republican — states than there are competitive blue Democratic states. (Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)

An Obama-Biden radio ad hammers McCain for being opposed to stem cell research. Not true. Meanwhile two spots from the McCain-Palin campaign, together with the Republican National Committee, describe McCain's support for the research; they're largely accurate.

By M.S. Bellows, Jr. 25. The instances of such voter-suppression tactics are many, but a few examples should suffice. In 1981, Defendant RNC, working with a state party and under the guise of a "Ballot Security Task Force," created lists of voters in predominantly African-American precincts and sent them le...

Feisty back-and-forth today between Senators John McCain, Barack Obama and the Republican National Committee. It came after the Republican presidential nominee suggested that a commission be set up to study how the Great Wall Street Meltdown happened.

By RonChusid The post refers to this post at factcheck.org which debunks McCain’s charges on taxes on small business. This isn’t the only time that factcheck.org has debunked false claims on Obama’s tax plans recently. They debunked a claim that Obama “voted to raise income taxes on individuals who earn...

By Bob Geiger Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Robert "Mike" Duncan was at it again last week, sending an e-mail to supporters on Friday that used that transparent line of reasoning and did so by almost comically touting how well George W. Bush is doing with the American people.

By kos So who do you think Kentucky Republicans are leaning toward? SurveyUSA. 4/28-4/30. Likely Republican voters. MoE 4% (3/31-4/2 results) Bluegrass Poll. 5/10-15. Likely Republican voters. MoE 5.2% (No trend lines) Beshear 27 Lunsford 21 Henry 13