A Short History of the Modern GOP, Told With Hugh Hewitt Books

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RedState Sorta-endorses Mike Duncan

The editors of RedState.com are telling Republican National Committee members that if they can’t support Ken Blackwell, they should re-elect Mike Duncan.

In key areas of vending and contracting at the RNC, many documents were signed before Mike Duncan could get a team in place. It

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Do it in the Facebook

Grover Norquist’s Americans for Tax Reform just hosted a meeting of Republican/conservative/libertarian techie types—everyone from MyManMitt.com founder Justin Hart to anarcho-capitalist Jason Talley. David All was kind enough to put his Powerpoint online, if you want a peek at the cutting edge of online GOP strategizing. Spoiler: More…

A Threat to Hockey Moms Everywhere

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who hasn’t been “America’s most popular governor” for a few months now, has drawn her first Democratic challenger for re-election.

Bob Poe, a former state commissioner and past president of the Anchorage Economic Development Corp., is the first to announce for the race.

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Here’s to You, Mr. President

Mike Duncan, the current Republican National Committee chairman who is campaigning to keep his job, was surprisingly apologetic about the George W. Bush years in Monday’s RNC chair debate. I’m going to assume that someone—Fred Barnes, maybe?—unleashed some haXX0r skillz and broke into Duncan’s email to send this RNC More…

Epic RNC Fail

Less than 48 hours after a Republican National Committee chairman candidates’ debate, during which contenders sang the praises of high tech and Twitter, the RNC held a meeting that was closed to non-members and electronic media.

GOP tech guru Patrick Ruffini tried to enter right after giving a More…

Perkins: Moderates to Blame for GOP Losses

While younger Republicans are hard at work trying to figure out how to make their party viable in a post-Bush political landscape, some older members of the conservative establishment prefer the introspective equivalent of placing their hands over their ears and yelling, “LA LA LA LA LA More…

Young GOP Activists Working to Rebuild Party Online

While much of the Republican establishment bloviates about the injustice of President-elect Barack Obama’s selection of Rep. Rahm Emanuel for his chief of staff, the younger, smarter elements within the GOP are getting to work. Their mission: modernizing the Republican Party by eliminating the structural and technological More…

McCain and the New Opposition

In the aftermath of defeat, with the arc lamps having dimmed on the presidential candidacy of Sen. John McCain, one thing is clear: the Republican Party as we have known it — strong, disciplined and precise in its execution since Ronald Reagan’s victory in 1980 — will cease to exist More…

GOP Officials May Challenge Foreclosed Voters in States Beyond MI

GOP officials in Ohio, Florida and Indiana –- in addition to Michigan, where the Obama campaign sued -– have acknowledged plans to challenge voters on Election Day based on foreclosure lists.

According to local media in counties in each of these states — in Columbus, Ohio, Marion County, More…