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W&W: The Other Convention: How Will Republicans Show Up Barackstar's PoliticoPalooza?

Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
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Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein

Yes, Obama is everywhere, and we know the Democratic National Convention is going to be huge. But what about that other convention with, you know, the...

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Jason Linkins

RNC Stalks Obama In Hawaii

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Republican National Committee, John McCain, RNC Obama, Rnc, Obama Vacation, Barack Obama, Politics News

So, I get these emails everyday from the Republican National Committee, keeping me abreast of their Great Works. Naturally, knowing how concerned the...

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Another GOP Senator Skipping Convention

MSNBC News | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Pat Roberts Skipping Convention, Gopers Skipping Convention, Republican Convention, Republicans Skipping Convention, GOP Convention, Pat Roberts, Rnc, Politics News

Sen. Pat Roberts (KS) is now the eighth Republican senator to announce that they will not attend the GOP Convention in St. Paul, Minn., next month. R...

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GOP Still $10 Million Short For Scaled-Back Convention

LA Times | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Republican National Convention, Gop Fundraising, Gop Fundraising Trouble, Republican Fundraising Problems, Republican Fundraising, Republican Convention, Rnc, GOP Convention, Politics News

Republican Party officials have developed a well-deserved reputation for planning evermore extravagant national conventions, each built on the party's...

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Levi Johnston's Convention Diary

Andy Borowitz | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Bristol Palin, Levi Johnston, John McCain, Andy Borowitz, Jeffrey Toobin, Joy Behar, Sarah Palin, Rnc, Bristol Palin Levi Johnston, Republican Convention, Politics News
Andy Borowitz

There is some seriously weird stuff goin on up in here!!! So I get off the plane in Minnesota and the first thing I know some creepy old dude who smells like my grandma is gettin up in my grille.

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Jason Linkins

RNC Ties Obama To ... David Hasselhoff

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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In the clearest sign yet that the Republicans have all but given up on even pretending that they have ideas worth selling to the American people, the ...

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Today's Most Important Data

Mark Blumenthal | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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Mark Blumenthal

The most important and useful campaign related data you will read today was released this morning by the Wisconsin Advertising Project. It tells us pr...

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RNC Demands Company Stop Using Their Elephant

Politico | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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Don't mess with their elephant. Or at least, don't infringe on what the Republican National Committee refers to as the Official Elephant Logo (Federa...

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Friday Talking Points [38] -- Whiners And Cheeseheads

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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Chris Weigant

Welcome back to Friday Talking Points, after a one-week hiatus! While plenty has happened in the past two weeks which bears close and careful analysis...

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Obama Campaign Press Call 7.7 AUDIO: Gov. Granholm, Sen. Brown, Rep. Schwartz on Negative Attack Ads on Obama's Energy Plan

OffTheBus Listening Post | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Energy, Rnc, Alternative Energy, RNC Obama, Renewable Energy, Obama, Mccain, RNC Ads, Barack Obama, Home News
OffTheBus Listening Post

WHO: Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm, Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown and Pennsylvania Congresswoman Allyson Schwartz WHAT: Obama press conferenc...

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RNC Plans Obama Attack Ads In Four Battleground States

AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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WASHINGTON — An independent arm of the Republican National Committee plans to spend $3 million on an ad campaign contrasting GOP presidential ca...

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GOP Desperate For Convention Volunteers

Star Tribune | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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Officials putting on the Republican National Convention are looking for a few thousand more good men and women to lend a helping hand during the conve...

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Obama's Edge in Jeopardy: RNC Has $50 Million Cash Advantage

Talking Points Memo | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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Here are some new fundraising numbers that complicate the notion that Obama will have an enormous fundraising advantage over McCain this fall: The Rep...

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The Sleazy GOP Attack Machine Kicks Into High Gear: Welcome to "F**K Whitey" and "RadicalVille"

Andy Ostroy | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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Andy Ostroy

It's only been three days since Obama won the nomination, but the Republican venom against the candidate and his wife Michelle is already starting to spew.

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RNC Bloggers Better Be Wired

The Uptake | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: 2008 Republican National Convention, St. Paul, Rnc, Media Consolidation, Minnesota, Mn, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, Republican National Convention, 2008 Election, Offthebus, Home News
The Uptake

Planning on using your laptop to blog the Republican National Convention? Plan again. There will be 15,000 members of the media packed into the event and wireless will be crippled beyond use.

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Republican National Committee Buying Domain Names Related To Clinton, Obama

New York Times | Kitty Bennett | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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Cannotrustclinton.com? clintonisbad.com? At least 25 domain names related to Hillary Rodham Clinton have links to the Republican National Committee: t...

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Republicans Halt Effort To Retrieve Missing White House Emails

Washington Post | Dan Eggen | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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After promising last year to search its computers for tens of thousands of e-mails sent by White House officials, the Republican National Committee ha...

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Minnesota Police Stock Up On Tasers Before Republican National Convention

Minnesota Monitor | Andy Birkey | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: RNC Tasers, Republican Primary, Republicans Tasers, Tasers, 2008 Election, Republican National Convention, Rnc, Politics News

The St. Paul Police Department is requesting 230 Tasers to outfit the all of the department's officers with the electroshock weapon, Fox 9 News report...

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Drawn-Out Primary Fight Will Weaken Crucial DNC Fundraising Efforts

Huffington Post | Thomas Edsall and Amanda Michel | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Democratic Nomination, Rnc, Barack Obama, Obama 2008, 2008 Campaign, 2008 Elections, Democratic Fundraising, Dnc, Dscc, Fundraising, Clinton 2008, Hillary Clinton, Politics News

DNC Executive Director Tom McMahon issued a response to this article, which you can find at the end of this post. The longer the primary fight betwe...

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GOP Unveils Strange Convention Logo

The Right's Field | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: 2008 Convention Logo, RNC, GOP Convention, Politics News

Colin McEnroe from the Hartford Courant posted the new logo for the 2008 Republican National Convention hosted in Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota. ...

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An Inclusive GOP Requires New Leadership

James Owens | Posted 05.01.2013 | Gay Voices
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James Owens

GOP leaders, it's time to step aside. You've demonstrated that you will continue to reflect the views of the old and reject the concerns of the young. Unless you start taking notice that things are changing, you will kill the only chance young conservatives have at inheriting a formidable party.

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