Rnc Chairman Race

White House Brushes Off Election Of First Black RNC Chairman

The New Republic | Posted 03.05.2009 | Politics


Team Obama isn't too interested in discussing the new Republican Party chairman, as was evident at today's WH press briefing:...

GOP Chair Candidate Attacked With Fake "Whites Only" Newspaper Cover

The Plum Line | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics


Uh oh -- it looks like viral email dirty tricks (okay, parodies) are now entering into the race for Republican National Committee chair. This image o...

RNC Chair Candidate Ken Blackwell Believes In Gay "Cure"

The Gist | Posted 02.12.2009 | Politics


Yes, that's what Ken Blackwell, the sketchy former Ohio Secretary of State who now has a good shot at running the Republican National Committee, told ...

RNC Issues Apology to Negroes

Andy Borowitz | Posted 12.29.2008 | Politics


Andy Borowitz

In the apology, the RNC ripped Saltsman's song, calling it "tone-deaf, unacceptable, and offensive to every negro in the country."

Will Other GOP Officials Condemn the Magic Negro Ridicule?

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 01.29.2009 | Politics


Earl Ofari Hutchinson

If Saltsman felt that he could issue the CD and get away with it, it's because too many other Republicans have made offensive racial slips or digs in the past with little or no consequence.

My Response to the Mean-Spirited "Barack the Magic Negro"

Peter Yarrow | Posted 01.28.2009 | Politics


Peter Yarrow

Taking a children's song and twisting it in such vulgar, mean-spirited way, is a slur to our entire country and our common agreement to move beyond racism.

RNC Candidate Distributes 'Barack The Magic Negro' Song

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 01.26.2009 | Politics


***UPDATE*** 12/27 4:45PM Reaction on the right to Saltsman's distribution of a song called "Barack the Magic Negro" in his quest to become the new ch...