President Barack Obama will headline two San Francisco Bay-Area fundraisers next week for the Democratic National Committee, which is trying to dig itself out of a $22 million hole. Obama will make his DNC pitches on April 4; the day...
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President Barack Obama participates in a naturalization ceremony in the East Room of the White House on March 25, 2013 in Washington DC.
DNC in Money Pit, Obama Heading West: Gold on That Bay
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Mia Love, mayor of Saratoga Springs, speaks at the Republican National Convention (RNC) in Tampa.
Utah Republican Mia Love Files Papers for Matheson Rematch
Mia Love, a Republican Utah mayor who almost unseated Democratic Rep. Jim Matheson last November, has filed paperwork that paves the way for her to seek a rematch in 2014. Love filed a statement of candidacy and a statement of organization with the Federal...
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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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A student during spring break on South Padre Island, Texas.
Washington Daybook: Not Quite Spring
Lawmakers, like college students, are looking forward to Spring break, with two weeks away from Washington to relax and celebrate Easter and Passover with family and constituents. But first, that small matter of keeping the government funded past next week....
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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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Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush speaks to the media after being named Chairman of the National Constitution Center's Board of Trustees in Philadelphia.
Jeb Bush’s Path to Immigration Reform: Walking a Line
Updated again at 7 am EST, March 5 Jeb Bush’s new book, “Immigration Wars,” is billed as a “call for systemic reform.” In announcing the book last fall with co-author Clint Bolick, a research fellow with the Hoover Institution, the former...
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Reince Priebus, chairman of the Republican National Committee, at the Republican National Convention (RNC) in Tampa, Florida, on Aug. 27, 2012.
Rebranding Republicans No Tea Party for Priebus, Re-Election Ready
As members of the Republican National Committee gather today in Charlotte, Chairman Reince Priebus is facing what’s expected to be an easy ride to re-election on Friday. That doesn’t mean his second, two-year term won’t be filled with plenty of...
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Henry Barbour
Barbour 2.0: Republican Renewal
Henry Barbour, nephew of the former Republican National Committee chairman and one-time Mississippi governor, wants to see his party grow and win again at the national level. In a wide-ranging interview in his office in Jackson, Mississippi, Barbour talked about...
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Speaker of the House John Boehner after the weekly House GOP caucus meeting at the U.S. Capitol on Dec. 12, 2012.
Republicans Receive Primary Threats Over Fiscal Deal
A letter to House and Senate Republicans circulating today bluntly warns that social conservatives will unite to vote them out in 2014 primary elections if they adopt President Barack Obama’s plan to raise taxes. “Let us also remind you that...
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Mitt Romney supporters at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre on Oct. 23, 2012 in Morrison, Colorado.
Romney’s $111.8 Million Fortnight
As potential evidence of a post-debate surge, Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign said today it raised $111.8 million during the first half of October. The total includes dollars donated to Romney’s campaign as well as related committees associated with the Republican National...
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