AMES — Longtime political consultant and activist Fred Karger, the first official Republican 2012 presidential candidate, admits he’s a long shot. But as Gov. Haley Barbour (R-Miss) bows out of the race because he “doesn’t have the fire in his belly,” Karger insists he does.
Colorado Republican Party Chair Dick Wadhams apparently isn’t the only one attacking the financial acumen of state Sen. Ted Harvey, who aims to succeed him. Obscure court records documenting a $49,000 note that Harvey paid to J.P. Morgan Chase are being shopped to reporters by an operative with past ties More…
Via Liz Mair, a site opposed to the candidacy for Republican National Committee chair of former Michigan GOP chair Saul Anuzis has emerged, called thatsallsaul.com.
The site has no author, and it isn’t immediately clear who created it; however, a domain name lookup shows that the More…
The debate held Monday among the candidates for the chairmanship of the Republican National Committee was like an egg cream — the literal meaning isn’t the same as its contents. With one exception, current RNC Chairman Michael Steele and his challengers — former Michigan GOP Chair Saul Anuzis, former More…
One day after getting many headlines for suggesting Sarah Palin as Republican National Committee chair, Tea Party Nation leader Judson Phillips endorsed former Michigan GOP chairman Saul Anuzis. (His endorsement is behind a cumbersome online registration process.)
But before Anuzis is anointed as the tea party candidate More…
Former Michigan GOP chief Saul Anuzis has made it official: He is going to challenge Michael Steele for the right to run the Republican Party.
Anuzis told The New York Times last week he was considering a challenge. Now, on his blog “That’s Saul Folks,” Anuzis lays out More…
With midterm races in many states coming down to the wire, David Norcross will likely do what a growing cadre of lawyers plans to do on election day: monitor voting trends and results on the ground and help campaigns prepare for the increasingly likely possibility of swift legal challenges.
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Earlier today I wrote about a new Republican National Committee fundraising website called “No More Frankens,” which says, “We now know that Republicans should have won the 2008 Senate Race in Minnesota – Act immediately to prevent another Franken!” and also makes reference to the “illegal votes More…
The Republican National Committee has a new website making appeals for its Get Out the Vote Program, and the message is entirely designed to play into the fears of a left-wing voter fraud conspiracy:
The only way to prevent more Al Frankens is to win and win big. Your contribution will
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