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NOM goes after GOP’s Ros-Lehtinen for supporting repeal of DOMA

By | 09.28.11 | 12:57 pm

In its latest appeal for donations, the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) is calling on supporters to fund a new campaign that targets U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) for her recent decision to co-sponsor the Respect for Marriage Act, which would repeal the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). 

FEC to investigate Fox News’ refusal to let GOP candidate Karger into presidential debate

By | 09.02.11 | 11:25 am

The Federal Election Commission agreed Thursday to investigate a complaint GOP presidential candidate Fred Karger filed last month against Fox News, according to Karger’s presidential campaign.

Pew: White households are 20 times wealthier than black, 18 times than Hispanic

By | 07.26.11 | 10:05 am

The wealth disparity between white households and black and Hispanic households reached staggering and unprecedented proportions after the housing market meltdown and subsequent recession, according to a new Pew Research Center report which analyzed Census data from 1984 to 2009. The report finds that the median white household has a More…

Iowa 2012 GOP Presidential Power Rankings: The Hawkeye State is still wide open

By | 04.25.11 | 12:21 pm | More from The Iowa Independent

Image by Matt MahurinIn this fourth edition of The Iowa Independent’s 2012 Presidential Power Rankings, the panelists give nods to their widest field of potential candidates thus far, spreading their predictions between 13 individuals. Most also see 2012 shaping up as an outsiders-versus-establishment gambit, with the establishment winning if the grassroots are fractured. More…

Collins ends RNC bid, as Steele’s path to victory closes

By | 01.03.11 | 10:53 am

With less than two weeks remaining before the Republican National Committee votes to select its next chair, the New Year’s holiday weekend saw a number of new developments in the race.

Gentry Collins, one of the first candidates to publicly challenge current chairman Michael Steele, has ended his campaign More…

RNC challengers coalesce in opposition to Steele

By | 12.21.10 | 3:53 pm

Michael Steele’s chances of holding his current position as Republican National Committee (RNC) chairman for a second term are growing dimmer by the day. One of his prime opponents said that she will not support the current party chairman’s bid even if she must drop out after the initial rounds More…

Michael Steele to announce RNC intentions on conference call tonight (UPDATED)

By | 12.13.10 | 12:39 pm

UpdateFox News has now revised its article to indicate that Steele will seek a second term as RNC chair. That shift comes after Tim Mark at FrumForum reported that Steele would in fact run to retain his position. Steele himself is not expected to give official word until More…

Latino GOP group: Steve King leading on immigration would kill the party’s 2012 chances

By | 11.11.10 | 12:41 pm

Somos Republicans, a Latino group from the Southwest, wrote an open letter to the future House GOP leadership on Tuesday asking it to reconsider putting Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) in charge of the House subcommittee on immigration and Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) in charge of the More…

Pawlenty Praises Iowa GOP Victories With Eye on 2012

By | 11.03.10 | 4:35 pm

He may not have officially declared his candidacy yet, but Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty continues to make it clear that he plans to run for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012. This morning, he issued a pair of press releases aimed squarely at gaining favor in the first two states More…

Republicans Bash Democrats For Not Extending Tax Cuts

As GOP rides wave to House majority, Dems defeat Tea Partiers to hold Senate

By | 11.03.10 | 12:48 am

Pundits may differ over which natural disaster analogy was most fitting — tidal wave or  earthquake? — but Republicans made large gains in both chambers of Congress and various statehouses across the country on election day. And while, at the time of writing, races in several key Western states were More…