RNC Finance Director Tim Crawford Quits
The finance director for the Republican National Committee resigned abruptly Friday afternoon, and a source familar with the situation said he was for...
The finance director for the Republican National Committee resigned abruptly Friday afternoon, and a source familar with the situation said he was for...
John Ridley | Posted 03.30.2009 | Politics
What's clear now is that after Tuesday night's flame out by Jindal, Steele is going to have to work double time in finding a new messenger. First, perhaps, he needs to figure out what the message is and how to deliver it.
Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 03.28.2009 | Politics
The very public display of Ty'Sheoma Bethea's struggle illustrates the heartlessness of Governor Sanford's posturing against accepting badly needed stimulus money for South Carolina.
AP | ROGER ALFORD | Posted 03.27.2009 | Politics
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Republican U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning on Tuesday said he would have grounds for a lawsuit against his party's national campaign arm ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.27.2009 | Politics
[UPDATED, below.] During an appearance on Your World with Neil Cavuto yesterday, Michael Steele told the host that he was "open to" punishing Senator...
Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 03.26.2009 | Politics
Today, the Neo-Confederacy obstructs the federal government's attempt to alleviate some of the suffering of the descendants of those slaves even while the nation endures its worst economic disaster in 70 years.
John Ridley | Posted 03.23.2009 | Politics
Rather than a politician with fresh ideas, Michael Steele sounds more like somebody's uncle trying to be hip while playing some black-top hoops with 16-year-olds.
Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 03.12.2009 | Politics
It could be that our institutions are so corrupt, our political discourse so banal and polluted, that they are incapable of lifting us up from our national malaise.
ABC News | Posted 03.11.2009 | Politics
In an interview with ABC News, Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele attacked yesterday's Washington Post article calling his campaign...
The Plum Line | Posted 03.09.2009 | Politics
The Republican National Committee, under new chairman Michael Steele, has quietly killed an ambitious plan to create the Center for Republican Renewal...
The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 03.09.2009 | Politics
Politico reports that new Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele "has requested the resignations of the entire RNC staff and signaled a...
Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 03.05.2009 | Politics
There exists a leadership gap in the Republican party with no strong frontrunner for 2012 and evidence of growing division between the leading candidates. Steele must fill this leadership vacuum.
Carl Jeffers | Posted 03.05.2009 | Politics
Selecting Steele is designed to help position the Republicans more advantageously in their effort to fight off charges of "using the race card" when their attacks on the president become really tough.
Ira Forman | Posted 03.05.2009 | Politics
When Steele was faced with a choice between political expediency and denouncing bigotry, Steele chose expediency.
Rob Kall | Posted 03.05.2009 | Media
One of the reasons the Democrats have taken such a significant percentage of under 30's is the internet and what the internet has done to the neuropsychology of these Millennials.
Michael Fauntroy | Posted 03.05.2009 | Politics
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.
Simon Rosenberg | Posted 03.05.2009 | Politics
That fact that Steele won the RNC chairmanship is a hopeful sign that the GOP has begun to confront its shameful exploitation of race as a national political strategy.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.04.2009 | Politics
RNC Chairman Michael Steele took to the Sunday talk show circuit for the first time since he was elected to the post. And while he pledged to help res...
Charles D. Ellison | Posted 03.03.2009 | Politics
Republicans needed a public relations break more so than a Michael Steele, a fact that will show itself much sooner rather than later.
Judd Legum | Posted 03.02.2009 | Politics
Former Maryland Lt. Governor Michael Steele was just elected chairman of the RNC. Here are five facts about the new leader of the Republican party.
Stuart Whatley | Posted 03.02.2009 | Politics
Kenneth Blackwell has just withdrawn from the running for the next Republican National Committee chairmanship and has put his support behind Michael S...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.02.2009 | Politics
See earlier updates below Michael Steele became the first African-American chairman of the Republican National Committee on Friday after defeating hi...
AP | LIZ SIDOTI | Posted 03.02.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — The Republican Party chose the first black national chairman in its history Friday, just shy of three months after the nation elect...
Chris Weigant | Posted 02.28.2009 | Politics
Don't be too surprised if Palin memorabilia becomes a "Republican stimulus package," so to speak.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics
A member of the Republican National Committee has written a highly critical email to fellow members regarding chair candidate Michael Steele, arguing ...
Politico | ALEX ISENSTADT | Posted 03.30.2009 | Politics