Rand Paul is getting things rolling early in Iowa, whose 2016 presidential nominating caucuses are still nearly four years away. The Kentucky Republican will be the keynoter at the Republican Party of Iowa’s annual Lincoln Day dinner on May 10...
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Senator Rand Paul arrives to address the 40th annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on March 14, 2013 in National Harbor, Maryland.
‘Paul for President Outpost?’ – Iowa
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Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus at the National Press Club on March 18, 2013 in Washington.
RNC Suffers Super-PAC Envy
The Republican National Committee is jealous of super-political action committees. That bit of envy is tucked away on page 64 of the RNC’s 97-page “autopsy” of how to right itself after failing to win the White House and a Senate...
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Texas delegates during the 2012 Republican National Convention at the Tampa Bay Times Forum in Tampa, Florida on August 30, 2012.
RNC Told: Fewer Debates, More Populism, More Women on TV
Updated at 9:40 am EDT A Republican National Committee report says the party should change the way it recruits candidates, talks to voters, uses technology, raises money and reaches out to minorities in an effort to appeal to a broader base of voters and...
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Supporters of Sen. Rand Paul cheer as he speaks at the 40th annual Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Md., on March 14, 2013.
Paul: CPAC Straw-Poll Winner
With the first 2016 presidential primary voting still about 1,000 days away, the results today are virtually meaningless. Still, it’s fun to report that Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky won the straw poll at this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference....
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Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker speaks at the 2013 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) March 16, 2013 in National Harbor, Maryland.
Walker: Reagan Was a Governor
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker got a warm reception at the Conservative Political Action Conference today, getting the crowd on its feet more often than most speakers. Among potential 2016 Republican presidential candidates, only Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky received such...
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Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush addresses the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Jeb Bush: Republicans Too ‘Anti’
Jeb Bush says it’s time his Republican Party stops being known as the “anti” party. It’s time, he says, to reach out to Americans who have been excluded. “We used to be the party in the front,” Bush said...
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Former Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney acknowledges the crowd after he was introduced by South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley during the second day of the 40th annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on March 15, 2013 in National Harbor, Maryland.
Romney: ‘We Have Not Lost Our Way’
Mitt Romney, the 2012 Republican presidential nominee, goffered an emotional thank you today as he struck a positive tone for his party in his first public speech since losing the election to President Barack Obama. As he recalled some of...
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National Rifle Association (NRA) CEO Wayne LaPierre speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland, on March 15, 2013.
NRA’s LaPierre: ‘Will Not Be Silenced’
Wayne LaPierre, chief executive officer of the National Rifle Association, drew enthusiastic applause at the Conservative Political Action Conference today when he took the stage after playing news clips of political pundits calling him “crazy.” The longtime gun-rights lobbyist reiterated...
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An image of Donald Trump is seen above a message board that is announcing job cuts at Hewlett-Packard in Times Square in this May 17, 2012 file photo in New York City.
Trump Warns of the Immigrant Vote
Billionaire Donald Trump says Republicans could be on a “suicide mission” if the estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants in the U.S. are eventually allowed to vote. “Every one of those 11 million people will be voting Democratic,” he warned those...
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TV video cameras at the 2013 Conservative Political Action Conference at the National Harbor.
Immigration Reform Promoted at CPAC
If you’re looking for opponents of a broad immigration rewrite at this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference, you’ll have to do some sleuthing. Foes who decry efforts to legalize the nation’s 11 million undocumented immigrants as “amnesty,” for so long...
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