Feel the excitement! Of the 12 Republicans running in competitive Senate races — five of whom are incumbents — only three have said they will be attending the convention. Six are definite no-shows, and three are on the fence. “Nobody...
You know things are not looking so hot for House Republicans when the communications director for the entity responsible for getting them elected says this: "This is a challenging environment," she said. "Any Republican running for office has to run...
Republican leaders are known for trafficking in myths and alternate realities: "Climate change is a hoax. Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden were classmates and best friends in the 3rd grade. John McCain would make a good president." The usual...
Today the Associated Press details how Democrats are reaching out and organizing in areas not considered Democratic ground, "giving the party hope it can win battleground states by at least diluting these local Republican strongholds…" Leading the effort, the Democratic...
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The Politico reports this morning on the DNC's state-of-the-art voter file and field plans noting that "[a]fter years of struggling to catch up to the Republican Party's sophisticated microtargeting efforts, the Democratic National Committee appears to have come close to parity." The DNC has made significant investments in its voter file, infrastructure, and microtargeting efforts and now has a national voter file with comprehensive data on voters around the country that will be an invaluable asset come November.
As John McCain tries to court minority voters today, a new report on Politico.com highlights how the Republican Party's "highly publicized" outreach over the last few years has lacked infrastructure and has yielded little results.
Democratic National Committee Chairman stood up to Republican attempts to distract from the truth about John McCain's own words on Fox News Sunday this morning. In an interview with FNS host Chris Wallace, Dean made it clear that recent DNC ads that show John McCain's comments on the economy and on being "fine" staying in Iraq for "100 years" are showing McCain not only in his own words but also how "out of touch" he is with the American people.
Folks from ADAPT, an advocacy group for persons with disabilities, is in Washington, D.C. this week for their 25th anniversary. According to attendee reports, about 100 people showed up outside the RNC because of John McCain's opposition to the Community Choice Act (CCA).
John McCain has said his comments on Iraq have been
distorted and his cronies at the RNC have complained about the use of his statements in a new DNC television ad. In fact, that has not been the case--McCain's own words prove the point.
In 2005, John McCain said he opposed a long-term American presence in the mold of the U.S. post-war commitments in Germany, Japan and Korea. Last year, he told Charlie Rose that such an arrangement could not work, even if there are no American casualties. Now, John McCain and the RNC are explaining away his "100 years" comment, and our national television ad, with this very argument.
Republicans are incensed over our latest ad hitting John McCain for his commitment to 100 years in Iraq. And they should be -- it is devastating to John McCain's campaign. This past Sunday, Governor Dean appeared on Meet the Press and hit the nail on the head by picking apart McCain's defense.
Asked about the North Carolina Republican Party's racially divisive ad on the Today Show this morning, John McCain said "I have done everything that I can to repudiate and to see that this kind of campaigning does not continue." So far, McCain's idea of doing "everything I can" includes just one thing: sending the state party chair an email.
While Senator John McCain pledged on Wednesday to treat his opponents "with respect" and said that as the nominee he would "make sure that everyone within my party knows that this has got to be a respectful debate," the Republican National Committee is testing how far it can go in attacks against a potential woman or African American opponent. [Los Angeles Times, 2/28/08; Politico, 2/24/08]
Today TPMMuckracker has more excerpts from former GOP operative Allen Raymond's upcoming book. In this excerpt Allen talks about how Republicans bombarded Democrats with racist phone calls in order to drive down turnout in Rush Holt's congressional race in 2002.
Mel Martinez prematurely resigned today as General Chairman of the Republican National Committee leaving behind a Republican Party in serious disarray after an unimpressive tenure. As The Politico reported today, Martinez was "unable to create as much visibility as some GOP insiders wanted from the national chairman of the party."
Today, while President Bush is in Washington, all of the Republican presidential frontrunners will attend the RNC's Presidential Trust Dinner to raise money for the 2008 election. While all of the leading Republican candidates are recycling President Bush's failed agenda, the President is conspicuously - and suspiciously - absent from the dinner's schedule.
It may not be a surprise to our readers but a Pew poll finds that the American institution most disliked by voters is the Republican party.
Today, the RNC issued a press release indicating that they would not comply with requests made by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform for materials relating to the possibly illegal use of RNC emails by White House staff members. RNC Chairman Mike Duncan argued that turning over the e-mails meant revealing the RNC’s “playbook.”
