Scozzafava Tells Her Story: 'My Name's A Verb Now'
Over Halloween weekend, Dede Scozzafava morphed from a rosy-cheeked Republican mom to a political figure of speech. "My name's a verb now," she said....
Over Halloween weekend, Dede Scozzafava morphed from a rosy-cheeked Republican mom to a political figure of speech. "My name's a verb now," she said....
AP | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Republican Party Chairman Michael Steele says he fears the health insurance cooperatives envisioned in the bill the Senate Finance ...
Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics
Michael Steele admitted on Tuesday night that Republican lawmakers failed to do anything about reforming the health care system when they were in cont...
Stephen C. Rose | Posted 07.15.2009 | Politics
President Obama is the first president in my memory to have the FDR problem. That problem in a word is hate. The reason is the same.
The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 07.12.2009 | Politics
Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele has suggested tuning out David Letterman over his jokes about Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. Letterm...
Politico | Posted 06.21.2009 | Politics
Hispanic Republican leaders say they've lost patience with promises from Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele to hire high-profile Hi...
AP | BEN EVANS | Posted 06.20.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Republican Party leaders are trying to avoid a public confrontation over a GOP-led effort to rename the Democratic Party the "Socia...
David Murdock | Posted 06.20.2009 | Politics
The RNC concludes a special session this afternoon with a much-anticipated vote on a resolution to re-brand the Democratic Party as the "Democrat Socialist Party."
Lizz Winstead | Posted 06.19.2009 | Comedy
It's not just the gay married types draining revenue from American businesses. Look at all those child labor laws that were shoved down our throats. They are really cutting into the bottom line.
Politico | Posted 06.13.2009 | Politics
A member of the Republican National Committee told me Tuesday that when the RNC meets in an extraordinary special session next week, it will approve a...
The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 06.11.2009 | Politics
When guest-hosting Bill Bennett's radio show last Friday, Republican National Committee chair stumbled into another embarrassing public statement. Ove...
Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 05.01.2009 | Politics
The problem with Michael Steele isn't that he puts his foot in his mouth more than a six-month toddler. The problem isn't even that he postures as if he has authority with the American people.
AP | Posted 04.23.2009 | Politics
LITTLETON, Colo. - Republicans better stop whining and start thinking of new electoral strategies to return to prominence, the new head of the Republi...
The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 04.17.2009 | Politics
As Chairman Michael Steele prepares to redecorate his office, the Republican National Committee is expected to announce "markedly low fundraising numb...
The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 04.16.2009 | Politics
Roll Call reports that, even as rumors of his ouster circulate, Republican National Committee chair is redecorating his office: As criticism of Stee...
The Marathon Blog | Posted 04.16.2009 | Politics
Buzz is brewing that former Senator Norm Coleman is becoming the consensus pick to take over for Michael Steele. Democrats have every incentive to dr...
CNN | Posted 04.13.2009 | Politics
A top ally of embattled Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele called on GOP leaders and activists Thursday to publicly state their sup...
The Marathon Blog | Posted 04.12.2009 | Politics
Michael Steele's comments to GQ on choice have been provoking a lot of right wing ire, but conservatives shouldn't be shocked. Presumably they checke...
The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 04.11.2009 | Politics
UPDATE: Michael Steele has clarified his position on abortion in a statement: "I am pro-life, always have been, always will be. I tried to present w...
Think Progress | Posted 04.10.2009 | Politics
This morning, Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) spoke to Pennsylvania radio show "The Morning News with Nancy and Kevin," where he was asked who led the Repub...
FiveThirtyEight | Posted 04.10.2009 | Politics
As controversy swirls around Michael Steele's drama-laden debut as Republican National Committee Chairman, speculation about whether he'll remain in t...
AP | Posted 04.04.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Republican Party Chairman Michael Steele now says the sparring between himself and conservative radio commentator Rush Limbaugh was...
Ari Melber | Posted 05.06.2009 | Politics
The GOP cultural flailing might seem like little more than fodder for the late-night shows, but it also reinforces the demographic conundrum facing Republicans. And no, I'm not just talking about race.
Stephen Herrington | Posted 04.02.2009 | Politics
The face of the Republican Party has become a buffet of jarring personalities. Bobby Jindal might easily be replaced by a rubber duck. Sarah Palin ...
Ellis Weiner | Posted 03.11.2009 | Politics
We are witnessing, not so much the collapse of the Republican Party, as its slide into insanity. What was the GOP's great accomplishment last week? A show of "unity" enough to block the first stimulus package.
Washington Post | Jason Horowitz | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics