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RNC Slogan Tweaks Obama: 'Hype and Blame'

Kate Schwartz — Thu, 03 May 2012 10:40:38 CDT

Hope and Change? Try "Hype and Blame." That's the message from the RNC, which unveiled its not-quite-rhyming variation on President Obama's 2008 slogan today. Going forward, both the RNC and the Romney campaign will start using the slogan (and selling $10 bumper stickers emblazoned with it), which references what they...

RNC Slams 'Obama’s War on Women' in New Ad

Evann Gastaldo — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 12:16:24 CDT

Democrats often slam the GOP's "war on women," but now it's the Republicans who are hitting back at "Obama's war on women" in a new attack ad, Mediaite reports. The Republican National Committee ad focuses on controversial remarks Bill Maher—who is also a bigtime Obama donor—has made about...

Democrats Winning 2012 Money Race (Sort of)

Kevin Spak — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 10:23:21 CDT

Republicans appear to be on the ropes in the race to raise money for the 2012 election—depending on how you look at it. The Republican National Committee, Congressional Committee, and Senatorial Committee raised a combined $105 million through July—compared to $129 for their Democratic counterparts, Politico reports. The...

New MSNBC Talking Head: Michael Steele

Polly Davis Doig — Mon, 23 May 2011 18:09:49 CDT

The unemployment rate just went down a bit: Michael Steele, the former chair of the Republican National Committee who stepped down in January, has signed onto MSNBC as a regular commentator. Steele was rumored to be in talks with CNN and Fox, but has also made several guest appearances on...

Bushies Illegally Billed Taxpayer for Political Trips

Kevin Spak — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 08:34:45 CST

A three-year Office of Special Counsel investigation has found that members of George W. Bush’s administration—including at least seven Cabinet secretaries—campaigned on the taxpayer dime. In the run-up to the 2006 elections, Cabinet members took many politically motivated trips, falsely claiming they were on official business, investigators concluded....

Michael Steele: 'I Know Exactly How Caesar Felt'

John Johnson — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 15:02:06 CST

So now that Michael Steele's tumultuous tenure as RNC chief is over, it's time to let bygones be bygones and get on with party unity, right? Maybe not yet. “I know exactly how Caesar felt," Steele tells the Frum Forum in reference to Reince Priebus, the newly elected RNC leader....

It's Judgment Day for Michael Steele at RNC

Kevin Spak — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 09:40:39 CST

The Republican National Committee will meet tonight to select its chairman—and pretty much no one is betting on the incumbent. Michael Steele is actually sitting in second place in public tallies right now, behind perceived front-runner Reince Priebus, according to Politico . But as the incumbent, Steele is unlikely to...

Which Politicians Had the Best—and Worst—Year?

Kevin Spak — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 12:16:05 CST

Who had the best year in Washington? Probably Mr. John Boehner, the Washington Post decides. Nobody else believed in Boehner’s vision of a GOP House takeover, but the speaker-elect made it happen. But that’s not the fun question. The fun question is: Who had the worst year? Barack Obama is...

Politifact Names 'Lie of the Year'

Matt Cantor — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 08:05:05 CST

This year’s biggest political lie is the phrase “a government takeover of health care,” holds the nonpartisan fact-checking group Politifact . The term "government takeover" was suggested by a GOP strategist, who called on Republican leaders to use it to refer to health care reform—and use it they did: 90...