President Obama is speaking in Madison, Wisconsin, this evening in an attempt to reenergize young voters — a group which voted for him over Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) in the 2008 presidential election by more than 30 percentage points. In addition to getting them excited to go to the More…
The Associated Press is reporting that the FBI is searching the homes of anti-war activists during terrorism raids:
The home of Minneapolis anti-war activists Mick Kelly and Jess Sundin were among those searched, they told the AP.
“The FBI is harassing anti-war organizers and leaders, folks who opposed U.S. intervention
As a party, Republicans want to have it both ways on immigration — to tout anti-immigration policies without alienating Latino voters. On Monday, for instance, RNC Chairman Michael Steele attempted during an interview with Univision to distance the GOP from Arizona’s SB 1070 immigration law. The law was More…
Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Tex.) reasserted his claim last night that Al Qaeda may be sending women to the U.S. to birth a contingent of future terrorists credentialed with American passports.
Gohmert argued with host Anderson Cooper, who asked him to provide proof to back up his claims about the phenomenon. More…
When former Rep. Marilyn Musgrave (R-Colo.) got handily booted out of office by Democratic challenger Betsy Markey in the 2008 elections, she vowed to have her revenge. Musgrave donated $50,000 from her defunct campaign fund to the “Young Leaders” training program, a tax-exempt initiative of the Susan B. Anthony List, More…
I noted last week that the push by some Republicans — including, now, Gov. Tim Pawlenty — to review and possibly alter the 14th Amendment to the Constitution seemed in conflict with the GOP’s website, which listed that amendment, which in part grants citizenship rights to More…
Two pieces of news from the Republican National Committee summer meeting in Kansas City. First, the RNC’s budget committee approved a $10 million line of credit to make up for the committee’s fundraising woes:
Former Minnesota Sen. Norm Coleman, who’s reportedly been pondering a challenge to Michael Steele as chair of the Republican National Committee, has canceled plans to attend this week’s four-day RNC confab in Kansas City. Coleman was scheduled to be at the event, but changed plans without much explanation.
In more strange news from the RNC’s Michael Steele, Politico reports that it has obtained an email indicating that the RNC has been trying to set up meetings between the chairman and foreign ambassadors to the United States:
Coming off months of poor fundraising, the Republican National Committee generated buzz last week by announcing a big August fundraiser in California that would feature Chairman Michael Steele and conservative blogger, Andrew Breitbart. Now it’s not clear whether Breitbart will be there after all, and today Jonathan Martin More…
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