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Gop Southern Strategy

Romney's Southern Strategy Gambit

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 10.15.2012 | Politics
Read More: Mitt Romney, Social Conservatives, Race, GOP Southern Strategy, Southern Strategy, Mitt Romney 2012, White Voters, Paul Ryan Mitt Romney, Elections 2012, Politics News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Ryan will not only fatten the percentage of conservative voters for Romney, it will fatten their numbers as well. This is not speculation. He's already bumped up the Romney percentage in some polls by a notch. Romney had badly slipped in those polls before the Ryan pick.

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The Meaning of Michael Steele

Michael Fauntroy | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: GOP Southern Strategy, Republican National Committee, GOP Race, Michael Steele Rnc, Rnc, Steele, Michael Steele, Rnc Chair, Maryland, Lieutenant Governor Michael Steele, Politics News
Michael Fauntroy

It's hard to remember the last time a party chairman's race has been so closely followed, but the reality is that Steele's win really doesn't mean much.

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Sarah Palin and The GOP's Charli Baltimore Plan

Barry Michael Cooper | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
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Barry Michael Cooper

Watching Palin sit through the SNL skit, it amazed me how politics and Hip Hop have established some sort of weird intertextuality.

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