House GOP-er: 'It Is Time To Bring Our Soldiers Home'
By Rachel Slajda - November 30, 2009, 12:27PM
Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), in a speech today at the University of Utah, will urge President Obama to bring American troops home from Afghanistan. "I can take pot shots at... Read More »
Steele: 'Moderate Democrats Sacrificed Their Principles'
November 21, 2009, 8:38PM
Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele issued the following statement on Nov 21, 2009, in reaction to the 60-39 Senate procedural vote on health care reform: "Tonight a number of... Read More »
RNC's New Stimulus Attack On 'Sheriff Biden'
By Rachel Slajda - November 20, 2009, 1:55PM
The Republican National Committee, in their continued attacks of the Obama administration's stimulus plan, has created a series of "Wanted" posters -- one for each of 33 states -- showing... Read More »
Kyl: Vote To Proceed On Senate Health Bill Is 'Beginning Of The End'
By Darius Tahir - November 20, 2009, 12:01PM
On Fox News this morning, Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) said that if Sen. Harry Reid can successfully get "60 Democrats who will to move to proceed" on the health care... Read More »
GOP Rep Manzullo: Islam Is A 'Savage Religion'
By Darius Tahir - November 17, 2009, 1:15PM
Rep. Don Manzullo (R-IL) called the Gitmo detainees who may be moved to a prison in his district "really, really mean people" who are "driven by a savage religion" in... Read More »
Cornyn: Don't Turn Fort Hood Investigation Into PC Exercise
By Darius Tahir - November 17, 2009, 12:41PM
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) said on Fox News today that he hopes the investigation into the Fort Hood shootings doesn't turn into an "exercise of PC." He prefaced that statement... Read More »
Sen. John Cornyn: 9/11 Trials Will Be 'Show Trials'
By Darius Tahir - November 16, 2009, 3:35PM
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) said on MSNBC today that, like other Republicans and conservatives, he thinks the decision to hold civilian trials for suspected 9/11 conspirators in New York City... Read More »
Plouffe: If Palin Is Nominated, It Would Be A 'Catastrophic' Result For The GOP
By Darius Tahir - November 16, 2009, 12:24PM
In an interview with David Remnick in The New Yorker, 2008 Obama campaign manager David Plouffe said that a 2012 Sarah Palin presidential nomination would be "catastrophic" for the GOP,... Read More »
Gov. Rick Perry: Most Americans Agree With Me -- We're On A 'Road Towards Socialism'
By Darius Tahir - November 12, 2009, 5:32PM
On Your World with Neil Cavuto, Texas GOP Gov. Rick Perry declared that he and most Americans believe that the Obama administration and Congress are taking the nation down the... Read More »
Republican Defector On Health Care Bill Sees Fundraisers Canceled
By Darius Tahir - November 11, 2009, 10:56AM
According to a report by the Associated Press on Tuesday, Rep. Joseph Cao (R-LA), the lone Republican defector on the House health care reform bill, admitted that he had suffered... Read More »
Steele Backtracks On 'We'll Come After You' Statement
By Rachel Slajda - November 9, 2009, 4:41PM
Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele today backtracked on comments that his party would "come after" Republicans who support the stimulus or health care reform. Steele made the comments last... Read More »
Steele: White Republicans Are 'Scared Of Me'
By Rachel Slajda - November 9, 2009, 4:14PM
Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele, speaking in an interview this weekend about attracting black voters to his party, said white Republicans have been scared of him. The Hill reports... Read More »
Mike Pence: Dems Have 'Turned A Deaf Ear' To Concerns Of Americans
November 6, 2009, 9:09AM
The House Republican Conference issued the following statement today from Chairman Mike Pence regarding the release of the October unemployment report. Here's the full text:... Read More »
Steele to GOP-ers Who Support Health Care, Stimulus: 'We'll Come After You'
By Rachel Slajda - November 5, 2009, 2:41PM
Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele told ABCNews.com today that he'll "come after" Republicans who support the stimulus or health care reform. He also said "we want to partner as... Read More »
Rep. Doggett: GOP 'Obstructionism Is A Recurrent Pre-Existing Condition' To Change
November 3, 2009, 5:13PM
Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) issued the following statement today on the GOP's health care alternative. Here's the full text:... Read More »
DCCC Chair Van Hollen Condemns GOPers Comparing Health Care Reform To Terrorist Attack
By Eric Kleefeld - November 3, 2009, 4:56PM
Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), chairman of the DCCC, released this statement in the wake of comments by Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-NC), who compared... Read More »
Specter: Republican Party Is Not 'The One Arlen Specter Was In'
By Ben Frumin - November 3, 2009, 2:12PM
Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA) had some choice words for his former party on MSNBC today, saying of the Republican Party that "it's a different party than the one Barry Goldwater... Read More »
GOP-er Clarifies: Foxx Meant Health Care Is A 'Domestic' Terrorist Attack
By Rachel Slajda - November 3, 2009, 12:58PM
A day after Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) said health care reform poses a greater threat than "any terrorist," a member of the House Republican leadership clarified that the legislation is... Read More »
GOP Resolution To Honor ACORN Sting Falls Flat
By Rachel Slajda - October 28, 2009, 11:12AM
Yesterday, TPM reported that 76 House Republicans want to officially commend the 9/12 tea partiers' march. Today, the Washington Independent unearths a similar resolution, introduced earlier this month, to honor... Read More »
SEIU Head: 'No Such Thing As A Republican Filibuster'
By Rachel Slajda - October 26, 2009, 1:03PM
The president of major labor union SEIU, Andy Stern, today called on all 60 members of the Democratic caucus to allow a vote on a health care reform bill, claiming,... Read More »
Twitter Shuts Down CT GOP Accounts That Impersonate Dems
By Rachel Slajda - October 23, 2009, 12:36PM
Twitter has shut down 33 accounts created by Connecticut Republicans because they impersonated local Democrats, including State House Speaker Chris Donovan, the Hartford Advocate reports. But the GOP will keep... Read More »
Backfire! NC GOP-er Delivers Anti-Republican Survey Comments To Dem Gov
By Rachel Slajda - October 22, 2009, 1:52PM
When North Carolina state senator Phil Berger (R) trucked a wheelbarrow stacked with Republican surveys into the governor's office, he thought he was delivering a neat blow to Democratic Gov.... Read More »
Why Did The DoD, And The White House, Oppose The Franken Rape Amendment?
By Rachel Slajda - October 21, 2009, 11:50AM
On Oct. 6, the Senate passed an amendment that would guarantee rape victims employed by defense contractors a chance to take their case to court. The 30 Republicans who voted... Read More »
DeMint: 'Wealthy Jews' Op-Ed About Me Was 'Thoughtless And Hurtful'
By Rachel Slajda - October 20, 2009, 11:32AM
Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) today denounced an op-ed in which two South Carolina county GOP chairmen wrote that he watches pennies like "Jews who are wealthy." "I just read the... Read More »
Two SC GOP-ers: DeMint 'Is Watching Our Nation's Pennies' -- Just Like A Wealthy Jew
By Rachel Slajda - October 19, 2009, 4:46PM
Two Republican party chairmen from South Carolina, in trying to defend Sen. Jim DeMint's (R-SC) practice of not using earmarks, said DeMint "is watching our nation's pennies," just like "the... Read More »
'Cow On The Tracks' Steele: 'Moo!'
By Rachel Slajda - October 16, 2009, 11:22AM
Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele is sticking with his cow on the tracks metaphor. "Moo moo!" he cried Thursday night at a form at the University of Akron, according... Read More »
Simon Rosenberg To Senators: Don't Make Census Ask About Immigration Status
By Rachel Slajda - October 14, 2009, 3:40PM
Simon Rosenberg of left-leaning group NDN wrote senators a letter urging them to think hard before supporting an amendment Republican senators are pushing to force the Census Bureau to ask... Read More »
Steele On New GOP.com: 'It's Not Even Really A Web Site'
By Rachel Slajda - October 13, 2009, 3:46PM
Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele appeared on Fox this afternoon to talk about the RNC's newly relaunched web site, which has taken heat today and been down intermittently, presumably... Read More »
DNC: GOP 'Has Thrown In Its Lots With Terrorists'
By Rachel Slajda - October 9, 2009, 11:58AM
In a statement sent to Greg Sargent, a Democratic National Committee spokesman comparing the Republican Party with the Taliban and Hamas. "The Republican Party has thrown in its lot with... Read More »
DeLay Waxes Nostalgic For Simpler Times
By Rachel Slajda - October 8, 2009, 6:00PM
On Larry King Live Wednesday night, former House Majority Leader and erstwhile Dancing With The Stars contestant Tom DeLay remembered the good old days, when we had bipartisan dance parties... Read More »
