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Fiorina Campaign Clarifies ‘Breaking Bread’ Remark: We Meant ‘Unleavened’
I think Carly Fiorina campaign spokeswoman Amy Thoma deserves some sort of prize for this spin on an email — sent to supporters of the former executive’s Senate bid — that commemorated Passover as a time to “break bread.”
We meant all bread, leavened and unleavened, and matzo is
Concerned Women for America Gets its Priorities Straight
Based on their media releases over the past 24 hours, we can determine that Concerned Women for America finds two things to be absolutely beyond the pale.
One: The RNC paying for a night at a Hollywood bondage-themed nightclub.
Did they really agree to reimburse nearly $2,000 for a
Young Eagles’ Plans for 2010: UFC Match, Bull Riding, Texas Bird Hunt
My colleague Rachel Hartman reminds me that the Young Eagles’ plans for 2010 were spelled out in the infamous RNC fundraising memo obtained this month (yes, two RNC finance scandals in one month) by Ben Smith. Here, after the jump, is a rundown of the upcoming Young Eagles events, More…
Young Eagles Director Fired Over Voyeur Scandal; Erik Brown’s Name Is Cleared
Reid Wilson breaks the news:
Allison Meyers, director of the RNC’s “Young Eagles” program, was terminated yesterday after reports that the RNC reimbursed a donor for a nearly $2K expense at the Voyeur nightclub in West Hollywood.
A CA GOP consultant, Erik Brown, was reimbursed for the expense after
‘The Black One With the Reading Thing’
Via Jonathan Chait, we see Vietnam War hero Bud Day — known these days for his support of Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and his habit of constantly wearing his Medal of Honor around his neck — giving Charlie Crist an endorsement he might regret.
“You know, we just
Using Sarkozy Against Obama
The RNC’s research arm, not distracted by scandal, is still firing away at its target. Today’s best oppo dump: a bunch of quotes (and reported quotes) from French President Nicolas Sarkozy. To wit:
Sarkozy Mocked Obama’s Naïve Approach To Nuclear Weapons, Telling United Nations “We Live In A Real
RNC Fires Staffer, Moves on From Voyeur Scandal
Politico has the email circulated inside the RNC announcing — but not naming — the departure of the staffer who let a $1900 expense for a night club party slip through the cracks. And below the jump is the email sent to the media last night by RNC More…
Chuck DeVore Severs Ties With RNC Scandal Figure
California Republican Chuck DeVore’s senatorial campaign sends over word that it’s “severed all ties with Erik Brown,” the Orange County GOP consultant who billed the RNC for a night at the Voyeur night club in Hollywood. For what it’s worth, though, Brown is still listed as the political director More…
Steele Critic on Voyeur Story: No Comment
Jonathan Martin writes that the RNC Voyeur scandal isn’t likely to “change the political facts of life” keeping Steele in his job until he’s up for re-election in January 2011. I’m inclined to agree. If anyone would take a jab at Steele over this, it would be Indiana RNC More…
Report: RNC’s Voyeur Reimbursement Was for a Young Donor’s Afterparty
The indispensable Red County blog digs in on the story with some intel about how, exactly, Erik Brown came to bill the RNC nearly $2,000 for a night at Hollywood’s Voyeur nightclub:
According to sources who were in attendance that night, the “official” part of the evening started with
