Republican National Committee

I usually ignore partisan Web videos that aren’t backed by real media buys, but this one out today from the Republican National Committee, a sequel to this one, is fascinating in its convoluted logic.
It goes like this. Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), the RNC reminds us (three times!) once said that he voted for $87 billion [...]

This is kind of remarkable. In an interview with ABC’s “Top Line,” Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele pretty overtly sought to align the GOP with the burgeoning conservative Tea Party movement, threatening to “come after” moderate Republicans who side with Democrats on hot-button issues.
“So candidates who live in moderate to slightly liberal districts have [...]

Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele held a press conference this morning to analyze his party’s election victories Tuesday in Virginia and New Jersey and its loss in New York’s 23rd Congressional District. After the jump, watch some video from the event.

A buoyant Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele, speaking this morning to reporters about last night’s election results, declared, “The Republican renaissance has begun.”
He praised the volunteer efforts to get Bob McDonnell and Chris Christie elected as governors in Virginia and New Jersey, respectively, saying, “Our folks are fired up.” Yet he expressed some misgivings [...]

Luke Rosiak has the scoop, reporting that the site cost five times more than the Democratic National Committee’s Website.
In the months prior to the October 13 launch of GOP.com, the committee paid $328,000 to 11 firms for Web development. (The Democrats, which did not completely overhaul their site during that time period, spent $45,000 on [...]

“This is not a tea party hangover,” said Marjorie Dannenfelser, the president of the Susan B. Anthony list. “It is every piece of the conservative base–the Club for Growth, social conservatives, right to work, pro-lifers, everyone–coming together.”

Greg Sargent flags a Michael Steele interview on Univision, in which the chairman of the Republican National Committee deflects a question about whether, per Glenn Beck, President Obama hates white people.
No, no, look, the reality of it is when I ran for the United States Senate and I was called an Uncle Tom by leading [...]

The man who wrote the new GOP.com’s 19th century-centric “Heroes” page has issued a new email blast about Republican history.

Following up the story of far-right site Newsmax.com taking ads from Massachusetts GOP candidate Scott Brown, there’s this: A friend who’s subscribed to Newsmax.com’s email list passes on a fundraising letter from the Republican National Committee. “Dear Newsmax Reader,” the email begins. “Please find below a special message from our sponsor, The Republican National Committee. [...]

During Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele’s speech/town hall meeting Tuesday at Howard University in Washington, a 23-year old college grad/activist named Amanda Duzak got up to ask Steele an angry question about health care, along the lines of the questions Democrats have been asked at town halls in August. Steele wasn’t flustered, but he [...]