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Republican Party stories: 274 news summaries

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 GOP Divided Over 
 Palin Resignation 

Republicans split on whether quitting mid-term is bold or boneheaded

Jul 4, 09 5:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin's surprise resignation has left Republicans as divided as ever over the woman from Wasilla, Politico reports. Critics within the party charge that leaving the governorship mid-term—and announcing the decision via an odd, rambling press conference—has destroyed her chances for 2012. "There is just no good... More »

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Alaska • presidential campaign • Republican Party • governor • Sarah Palin • Election 2012

(Newser) - Sarah Palin resigned because Fox News “dangled Oprah-type money plus the promise of a 24/7 platform from which she can energize the base for a few years,” blogger Ruth Ann Harnisch guesses—and that visibility would be a great move if she wants to be president. “She... More »

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Rupert Murdoch • Rush Limbaugh • Fox News • Republican Party • Sarah Palin • Election 2012



 After Harsh Words, 
 GOP Warms to Palin 

Kind comments follow critical Vanity Fair piece

Jul 2, 09 7:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Following a particularly stinging piece about her in Vanity Fair, the pendulum has swung again, and Sarah Palin seems to be winning back GOP support after months of ridicule. The feeling within the party is that “enough is enough,” writes Chris Cillizza of the Washington Post. “Sarah... More »

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Alaska • Vanity Fair • GOP • Republican Party • governor • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • Todd Purdum • Michael Steele

(Newser) - Very late in the presidential campaign, staffers for Sen. John McCain came to the painful realization that it would be impossible, ever, to get Sarah Palin up to speed, reports Vanity Fair. They discovered, too late, she was a truth-shifting, self-regarding "little shop of horrors" who knew little about... More »

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politics • Vanity Fair • GOP • Republican Party • Sarah Palin • Bristol Palin • Todd Palin • right-wing extremism

(Newser) - Mitt Romney says he’s not running for office, but his former aides don’t believe him, Politico reports. Romney’s campaign staff never really disbanded. Loyalists meet in Washington every month, hold fundraisers, brief Romney on current events, and strategically publicize his every move. It’s a turnkey political... More »

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Mitt Romney • GOP • Republican Party • Republican presidential primaries • campaign staff • Election 2012 • Election 2010

OPINION

Meghan McCain: Leave Mark Sanford Alone

Instead of hypocrisy, troubled GOP must employ compassion

Jun 29, 09 9:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Meghan McCain wants you to forgive Mark Sanford. “I don’t know if it’s the fact that I am younger,” she writes for the Daily Beast, “but it’s of very little concern to me who elected officials sleep with.” Assuming he didn’t do... More »

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South Carolina • sex scandal • Republican Party • infidelity • governor • Meghan McCain • Mark Sanford • extramarital affair • Republican governor

(Newser) - Mark Sanford’s affair stemmed from his love of a woman—and his love of the “dashing new version of himself he saw in her molten eyes,” writes Maureen Dowd in the New York Times. Mark, the Sanford we knew, “was the self-righteous, Bible-thumping prig who pressed... More »

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South Carolina • Republican Party • affair • Maureen Dowd • hypocrisy • governor • political scandal • Mark Sanford

Thune Takes Ensign's GOP Leadership Post

Policy Committee slot
is No. 4 in party's Senate hierarchy

Jun 25, 09 3:45 PM CDT
(AP) - Republicans today elected Sen. John Thune to the leadership post vacated by Sen. John Ensign, who stepped down after admitting last week to an extramarital affair with a campaign aide. Thune will lead the Senate Republican Policy Committee, the No. 4 position in the leadership, and play a role in... More »

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Senate Republicans • Republican Party • John Ensign • scandal • John Thune • extramarital affair • Lisa Murkowski • Senate Republican Policy Committee

 Palin Slams Blogger for 
 Doctored Photo of Son 

Satirical piece is 'a malicious desecration': Palin rep

Jun 25, 09 1:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin is defending her kids again, CNN reports, this time from a liberal blogger who doctored a photo of the governor with her baby son. Linda Kellen Biegel replaced the face of year-old Trig with that of a conservative radio host who’s chummy with the Alaska governor. A... More »

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Republican Party • Sarah Palin • Trig Palin • President Obama • Linda Kellen Biegel • Eddie Burke • Celtic Diva

(Newser) - Mark Sanford went before the cameras to confess and apologize yesterday, a ritual that is typically “a schtick, a plastic act of absolution performed by men who are just as plastic,” writes Gary Kamiya of Salon. But not this time. Sanford “got all weird and human on... More »

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South Carolina • GOP • Republican Party • affair • adultery • governor • scandal • Mark Sanford

ANALYSIS

 Twitchy GOP 
 Absorbs Yet 
 Another Scandal 

From Sanford to Ensign, Republican leaders are falling down

Jun 25, 09 5:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mark Sanford caused the GOP enough of a headache when he disappeared—but coming back to South Carolina only made it worse. The second Republican sex scandal in a week has left party leaders angry and exhausted, reports the New York Times, and has them wondering whether they can mount... More »

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Newt Gingrich • Republican • sex scandal • Republican Party • Bobby Jindal • John Ensign • Grover Norquist • political scandal • Sarah Palin • Mark Sanford • Election 2012

ANALYSIS

 5 Questions for Sanford 

Uncertainty awaits Sanford as he returns to work

Jun 24, 09 3:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Now that Mark Sanford has admitted that an affair led him to disappear earlier this week, the Atlantic has some more questions for the South Carolina governor:
  1. Will he resign? The once-rising political star has already quit as chair of the Republican Governors Association.
  2. Will the public support
... More »

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politics • South Carolina • Republican Party • governor • Mark Sanford

ANALYSIS

 Why GOP Sees Hope for 2010 

GOP could mount a comeback, if it plays smart

Jun 24, 09 10:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - They got an electoral thumping in 2006 and did no better in 2008, but Republicans may be getting their groove back. The GOP is still polling at record lows, and the Ensign scandal won’t help the party buck its reputation for moral hypocrisy. Yet, Politico reports, the opposition is... More »

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Barack Obama • Congress • politics • deficit • Republican Party • unemployment • John Ensign • Republican strategy • political scandal • 2010 election


 Miss. Gov 
 Tests Waters 
 for 2012 

Connections, experience serve Haley Barbour well

Jun 24, 09 9:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Another face to watch for 2012: Haley Barbour. The Mississippi governor is traveling the country this week, appearing at Republican fundraisers and conferences in what many see as a warm-up for a 2012 run, CQ Politics reports. A Republican consultant says Barbour, 61, has a good shot in a year... More »

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Republican Party • Mississippi • Republican nomination • Republican candidate • governor • Haley Barbour • presidential bid • Election 2012

(Newser) - Boy, the winter of 2007-2008 seems like a lifetime ago. Back then, Ron Paul was "the class nerd" at Republican primary debates, eliciting eye-rolls and laughter with seemingly bizarre opinions. Now, Paul's "rants about the Federal Reserve, monetary policy and the devaluation of the dollar" are the... More »

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Ron Paul • Republican Party • tax policy • conservatives

OPINION




 How Palin Can 
 Get the 2012 Nod 

Leave Alaska, grab a good staff, and be yourself

Jun 16, 09 11:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Don’t write off Sarah Palin as the 2012 Republican nominee: Roger Simon says she’s got what it takes to get there, with a little fine-tuning. He offers her seven steps in Politico:
  • Leave Alaska behind. Don’t run for governor in 2010; instead, hang out in the
... More »

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Republican Party • candidate • nominee • Republican candidate • presidential candidates • Sarah Palin • Election 2012

 GOP Activist: 
 Gorilla on Lam 
 Just Michelle's 
 Ancestor 

South Carolina Republican apologizes, sort of, for racist remark

Jun 15, 09 7:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Turns out that pegging a primate as a member of the first lady's family tree on a public website might not be the best career move, as an activist in the South Carolina GOP is finding out. Rusty DePass has apologized after making a comment on a friend's Facebook photo... More »

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Michelle Obama • South Carolina • Facebook • racism • Republican Party • gorilla

OPINION

 6 Conservatives 
 Worth Obama's Time 


Jun 10, 09 2:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - There are a few in the conservative camp who the Obama administration respects. “By respect, I mean, quite simply, the degree to which the White House responds to their worries and needs and believes that the time spent responding is useful and necessary,” Marc Ambinder writes in the... More »

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John McCain • White House • Richard Lugar • Olympia Snowe • Republican Party • Susan Collins • David Brooks • Obama administration • President Obama • Jack Goldsmith

(Newser) - Republicans think they’ve found one chink in President Obama’s armor: public fear over rising national debt. Some 51% of Americans disapprove of Obama’s efforts to control federal spending, according to a recent poll. In every other area, Obama enjoys positive ratings. “The president is still popular,... More »

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Bush administration • Barack Obama • budget • John Cornyn • Republican Party • Lamar Alexander • budget deficit • Republican strategy • Obama administration • President Obama • budget crisis

OPINION

'Snub Machine' Imperils Palin's National Hopes

Dis-organization costs former frontrunner GOP's respect: Parker

Jun 10, 09 7:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Republican base still goes wild for Sarah Palin, but within the GOP, "the air is a little nippy," writes Kathleen Parker in the Washington Post. The back-and-forth over this week's DC fundraiser was only the latest example of bad organization and dysfunctional behavior within the Alaska governor's... More »

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Alaska • Republican Party • campaign fundraising • GOP frontrunner • Sarah Palin • Election 2012

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