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Using Sarkozy Against Obama

By | 03.30.10 | 10:34 am

The RNC’s research arm, not distracted by scandal, is still firing away at its target. Today’s best oppo dump: a bunch of quotes (and reported quotes) from French President Nicolas Sarkozy. To wit:

Sarkozy Mocked Obama’s Naïve Approach To Nuclear Weapons, Telling United Nations “We Live In A Real

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RNC Fires Staffer, Moves on From Voyeur Scandal

By | 03.30.10 | 9:29 am

Politico has the email circulated inside the RNC announcing — but not naming — the departure of the staffer who let a $1900 expense for a night club party slip through the cracks. And below the jump is the email sent to the media last night by RNC More…

Chuck DeVore Severs Ties With RNC Scandal Figure

By | 03.29.10 | 6:34 pm

California Republican Chuck DeVore’s senatorial campaign sends over word that it’s “severed all ties with Erik Brown,” the Orange County GOP consultant who billed the RNC for a night at the Voyeur night club in Hollywood. For what it’s worth, though, Brown is still listed as the political director More…

Steele Critic on Voyeur Story: No Comment

By | 03.29.10 | 6:30 pm

Jonathan Martin writes that the RNC Voyeur scandal isn’t likely to “change the political facts of life” keeping Steele in his job until he’s up for re-election in January 2011. I’m inclined to agree. If anyone would take a jab at Steele over this, it would be Indiana RNC More…

Report: RNC’s Voyeur Reimbursement Was for a Young Donor’s Afterparty

By | 03.29.10 | 6:19 pm

The indispensable Red County blog digs in on the story with some intel about how, exactly, Erik Brown came to bill the RNC nearly $2,000 for a night at Hollywood’s Voyeur nightclub:

According to sources who were in attendance that night, the “official” part of the evening started with

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The Louisiana Democrats, Loving the RNC Story

By | 03.29.10 | 6:00 pm

One state party lashes out with a sort of unfair hit in response to today’s RNC story — it’s ending, for now, with consultant Erik Brown returning the money he got as a reimbursement for a mysterious bill at a Hollywood nightclub.

“The Louisiana Democratic Party is looking into

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RNC Pushing Back on Daily Caller Story

By | 03.29.10 | 12:50 pm

I waited a little while to link to Jonathan Strong’s story about — well, it’s about two things. Half of the story concerns rumors about Michael Steele’s lavish wishlist, and half concerns big expenses that appear on the RNC’s FEC reports, the most eye-popping one being nearly $2,000 at More…

GOP Talking Immigration Reform Ahead of Elections

By | 03.24.10 | 3:43 pm

Today, Immigration Impact, the blog of the Immigration Policy Center, reported on a shift in tactics in the immigration debate: A growing number of Republican lawmakers say the party needs to adjust its positions on Comprehensive Immigration Reform (CIR) in order to boost Latino support:

More Republicans have acknowledged

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RNC Poll: ‘Backroom Deals’ Are Least Popular Aspect of Health Care Reform

By | 03.17.10 | 6:39 pm

I noticed in Massachusetts that the idea of “backroom deals” and horse-trading to bring on extra votes in the Senate — to get the bill to 60 — was far more unpopular than any aspect of the bill itself. An internal RNC poll, released to the press this afternoon, More…

RNC Blacks Out ‘Paid for by RNC’ Line on Tea Party Signs

By | 03.15.10 | 6:24 pm

Last week, the “Take the Town Halls to D.C.” campaign got a small amount of negative attention for “LISTEN TO ME!” signs being distributed to activists by the Republican National Committee. I stopped by the Take the Town Halls HQ today and saw the RNC’s solution. Here are the old More…