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The Republican National Committee is asking a federal court to restore the ability of national parties to raise unlimited amounts of money and to spend it to help elect state-level candidates. The case focuses on hotly contested governor’s races in New Jersey and Virginia. The 2002 McCain-Feingold campaign financing law (PL 107-155) does not allow national parties to give money directly to state candidates. The RNC wants to change that so it can expressly back the party nominee for governor, advertise and send out mailings on behalf of state or local Republican candidates and make get-out-the-vote calls. The law also...

The Board of Governors of the Republican National Lawyers Association (RNLA) has decided to recognize one of its leading Members as the 2009 Republican Lawyer of the Year. The Republican Lawyer of the Year recognizes lawyers for outstanding professional accomplishments and years of dedicated service to the Republican Party and its ideals. James Bopp is one of the foremost lawyers in the field of Campaign Finance and Election Law and has been a leader in promoting the RNLA’s goal of ensuring elections are open, fair and honest.

Michael Steele, during an interview yesterday in Arkansas, called President Obama out. "You want it done, pass the bill. But they know it's poisonous. They know the American people will not tolerate it." The Dems finally have the Congressional / White House tiger by the tail. The question is, will they be able to keep control of it, or will it eat them? Roll the tape: [VIDEO AT SITE] (Excerpt) Read more at floppingaces.net ...

Here is video of Chairman of the Republican National Committee Michael Steele talking about the possibility that Democrats will use the "Nuclear Option" to pass their Health Care Bill in the U.S. Senate. Steele said his view is, "Bring it On." He said Democrats have the votes to pass it, so go ahead and bring it to an up and down vote and go on record. But Steele said they know Americans have rejected their plan and are afraid to do it. He also said he found Obama's sense of "moral superiority" in saying ObamaCare Opponents are "bearing false witness"...

Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele on Thursday dared Democrats to try a one-party push to overhaul the nation's health care system. Steele told reporters that he thinks if Democratic senators think they have the votes, they should try a tactic that would allow them to get around a bill-killing filibuster without the 60 votes usually needed. Steele said he didn't think Democrats would do it because of potential voter backlash.

I just got a call from the RNC asking me to join. After listening to the sales pitch about Obama ruining the economy, nationalizing health care, etc, I told her "I only give money to Conservatives from now on." The interesting part was that she had a prepared speech for that answer. It included the statement that the "Republican Party is the voice of conservatism in Washington." I laughed at that one. Then, I asked her why the Republican Party is working harder to fight Sarah Palin that they are the democrats? She had a prepared response to that too,...

How intolerant of them not to listen patiently while the Democrats’ own mob of irate liberal zombies calls in to tell them what Nazis they are.

The Republican National Committee has just released a web ad that writes off Obama's presidency as "a failed experiment in just 200 days."

The Democratic National Committee released a web video yesterday entitled "Enough of the Mob," which suggests that Republicans and their allies are "organizing angry mobs" to "destroy President Obama and stop the change Americans voted for." The video concludes by asking supporters to call the Republican Party and "tell them you've had enough of the mob." The phone number of the Republican National Committee then appears onscreen. Those who call the number are told to press one if they are calling in regard to the DNC video. When they do, they are told to call a different phone number "to...

Update: “The RNC is inciting angry mobs to shout out legitimate discussion at public events across the country and now they want to ignore people who deplore their tactics,” said DNC spokesman Brad Woodhouse about the DNC’s failed effort to incite angry mobs to flood the RNC with phone calls. * * * This is clever: Republicans played a trick on Democrats today by redirecting angry telephone calls coming into their switchboard to the Democratic National Committee, CNN reports. Earlier this morning, the DNC released a web video accusing the GOP of inciting mob activity. “At the end of the...

"Enough of the MOB" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtTBkxvBq88 Washington -- The Democratic National Committee today released a new web ad "Enough of the Mob" highlighting the angry mobs of a small number of GOP and special interest backed rabid right wing extremists who are disrupting thoughtful discussions about the future of health care in America taking place in Congressional Districts across the country. "It's become clear that Republican leaders, having lost every major legislative battle on Capitol Hill, the confidence of the American people and two consecutive national elections, would rather incite angry, special interest funded mobs and disrupt and drown out legitimate...

Republicans played a trick on Democrats today by redirecting angry telephone calls coming into their switchboard to the Democratic National Committee, CNN reports. "The DNC released a Web video early in the morning accusing the GOP of inciting mob activity at town hall meetings. At the end of the video, the DNC instructs people to call the Republican National Committee to express outrage. Callers who dial the RNC's main number to voice their concern about the DNC's charges are told to press 1, which sends them to the DNC's main switchboard." Update: The Washington Independent reports RNC Chairman Michael Steele...

Pretty effective and not overly serious.

Clever RNC Staffer Turns Democrat-Incited Mob Outrage Back on its Source by Jeff Emanuel Wednesday, August 5th This is clever: Republicans played a trick on Democrats today by redirecting angry telephone calls coming into their switchboard to the Democratic National Committee, CNN reports. Earlier this morning, the DNC released a web video accusing the GOP of inciting mob activity. “At the end of the video, the DNC instructs people to call the Republican National Committee to express outrage. Callers who dial the RNC’s main number to voice their concern about the DNC’s charges are told to press 1, which sends...

Members objectedbecause they said they didn't understand the purpose or jurisdictional limits of the proposed committee and were able to force a delay. Some committee members speculated that the new ethics panel was designed as a way to give cover to Mr. Steele for future actions he might take. Skeptics said an ethics board hand-picked by the chairman would provide little added value. (snip) Mr. Steele already passed his first major test earlier this week, getting the powerful Rules Committee to elect his choice to head that panel over two more conservative rivals. Jim Greer, chairman of the Florida Republican...

RNC reconsiders primary schedule Health care, cap-and-trade plans opposed By Ralph Z. Hallow (Contact) | Sunday, August 2, 2009 SAN DIEGO | Before wrapping up the four-day annual summer meeting of the Republican National Committee, members debated changing the 2012 GOP presidential primary schedule - something for the first time in their history they can actually do on their own, without approval of the more than 2,000 delegates who attend the quadrennial Republican National Convention. "Any change we make will have to be approved by two-thirds of the RNC members, so there will have to be a solid consensus that...

SAN DIEGO — The Republican National Committee (RNC) on Friday instituted new controls on party spending, following months of negotiations that once threatened to embarrass Chairman Michael Steele.The national party's governing body will require Steele to get a second signature on contracts in excess of $100,000, and to require competitive bidding for those contracts.And Steele has appointed a chief financial and administrative officer to oversee operations and financial operations at the committee. In April, Steele named Boyd Rutherford, a former official in ex-Maryland Gov. Bob Ehrlich's and former President Bush's administration, to serve in the post. The resolution, passed at...

Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty on Thursday urged fellow Republicans to welcome outsiders into the party ranks, not scorn them, as the GOP rebuilds from defeats that left the White House and Congress in Democratic hands. The potential 2012 presidential candidate, addressing a meeting of the Republican National Committee, appealed to members to build bridges to independents and conservative-leaning Democrats that would win converts and, in turn, elections. To move forward at a time when Republican numbers are shrinking in many states, the party should show "respect of those who don't agree with us," Pawlenty said. "Let's make sure that we...

RNC chairman Michael Steele risks the wrath of the Nirth Certifikit horde.

The Republican National Committee (RNC) announced a new radio campaign Friday to target lawmakers in 33 states for their impending votes on healthcare reform legislation in the House and Senate. The RNC campaign comes on the heels of the Democratic National Committee's (DNC) sustained offensive to push for President Obama's healthcare reform efforts, which included a new national television ad blitz this month. The radio ad builds on the "dangerous experiment" meme RNC Chairman Michael Steele introduced this week in a speech at the national press club, and invokes the stimulus as an allegedly failed initiative of the administration. The...

Here is a hilarious new RNC Ad that spoofs Obama's Government Health Care plan as if it is a prescription medication called "Reforma." It then lists the side effects of the medicine. That's when it gets good! . . . . (Watch Video)

The RNC mocks health care reform in an ad titled "Reforma." The video says side effects include "bureaucratic waste and delay."

...Like Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal and almost every other so-called GOP “frontrunner,” Pawlenty is a creationist, who’s in favor of teaching “intelligent design” creationism to children as science...

With one word Monday, Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele helped the GOP get back in the fight over health care and the entire Obama agenda. The word was “experiment.” “Candidate Obama promised change,” Steele said in a speech at the National Press Club. “President Obama is conducting an experiment.” Steele went on to accuse Barack Obama of carrying out dangerous experiments with the nation’s health care, with the economy, with taxpayers’ dollars.

Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele today charged that President Barack Obama’s health care plan was akin to socialism and would dramatically hurt the U.S. economy. “Yes. Next question,” Steele quipped when asked by if the president’s plan represents socialism today during a Q-and-A session following a speech on health care at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. Steele was pressed further on the issue—noting that Republicans in 1965 offered similar apocryphal assessments of the creation of Medicare. “I think that there’s a legitimate debate there about the impact that Medicare and Medicaid are having on the overall fabric...

His comments were aired this morning on CSPAN2.

At last week’s annual conference of the Young Republican National Federation, RNC Chairman Michael Steele joked that he would woo potential black voters with “fried chicken and potato salad,” prompting criticism from some prominent black Republicans that the G.O.P.’s first black chief was undermining outreach to the black community. Asked how he intends to attract “diverse populations” to a party bereft of minority coalitions, Steele replied, “My plan is to say 'Y'all come,' because a lot of you are already here." But noting that an overwhelming 95% of black voters nationwide supported Obama in last year’s general election, black Republican...

I wonder how much there is to this. Filtering out Newsweek's spin (for example, they claim Palin is "fuming" with no source to back up the claim), one thing is obvious -- Coale is willing to go on the record, while the response comes from the standard-issue "anonymous senior McCain aides" that we see in every Palin hit piece.

Could Colin Powell run against Barack Obama as a Republican and win? The idea is more than a little fanciful. Alma Powell, Colin Powell's wife, has long opposed her husband's political forays. And of course a presidential campaign would be an ordeal for a man Powell's age, his robust health notwithstanding. It doesn't help that there is no clamor for a Powell presidential campaign. Back in 1996, he was seen as an Eisenhower-like figure who could unite Republicans and independents to defeat Bill Clinton. Since then, Powell has alienated Republicans with his sharp criticisms of social conservatives and his support...

Here is video of a new Republican National Committee web ad that goes after Judge Sonia Sotomayor as a "Judicial Activist." The ad asks Americans if Sotomayor "has it all wrong?" . . . . (Watch Video)

An easy quick solution to determine who are the real Conservatives willing to put their country first and the Rhinos willing to sell us down the road towards socialism. We can reverse the power of the lefts propaganda machine by supporting and backing the people who are consistently smeared and trashed. If we follow this formula they will be funding our campaigns and acting as a litmus test for the true patriots willing to stand up against this tyranny. Sarah Palin is a perfect example; they fear her because she speaks to a higher cause of individual freedom, liberties and...

Enter now Sarah Palin with very encouraging comments that lead one to believe that she is indeed planning to do what she must: build an independent conservative movement and take this nation back from the liberals which now control both parties.Thanks liberals, for provoking Sarah into the national scene while vetting that family at the same time. One thing I will say, the Washington Times with their headline for this exclusive interview reveal an anti-Palin stance. She is, don’t doubt, a threat to every existing political status quo. I hope the Washington Times and their editors realize, sooner than later,...

Michael Steele wants Sarah Palin to reorient" the party and grow it. Interesting

Sen. John Cornyn’s Facebook friends aren’t in a very friendly mood. The Texas Republican’s page on the popular social networking website has been filled with comments like this one from a Florida real estate broker: “As soon as I read of your endorsement of Charlie Crist, I sent in a donation to the Marco Rubio campaign.” A new Facebook group has since cropped up challenging members to give “not one penny” to the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), of which Cornyn is chairman. The online group’s description says: “First they supported Chafee. Then they supported Specter. Now they support Crist.”...

"There is nothing that we would have done differently."

The Republicans bring a knife to a gunfight, and lose again. One of the most terrifying moments of my political life came last summer at the Republican convention in St. Paul. No, I don’t mean seeing John McCain careering around the Xcel Energy Center like Eyegore in Young Frankenstein, his face frozen in a Lon Chaney Sr. rictus grin as he reached across the aisle to his erstwhile friends in the media and got his hand bitten off. Rather, I’m referring to the aftermath of Sarah Palin’s outrageous acceptance speech, which whipped up the Rotary Club delegates into a frenzy...

Hoosier Access will have a livestream of Michael Steele's speech to the Indiana State Republican Party tonight live. You can go here to find the livestream or follow HoosierAccess on Twitter.

COLUMBIA, South Carolina (CNN) – Former South Carolina GOP Chairman Katon Dawson is calling on Gov. Mark Sanford to cut a check from his campaign war chest to help repair the "serious damage" he has done to Republican fundraising efforts in the state. Sanford, a prodigious fundraiser, is sitting on nearly $1.69 million in his gubernatorial election account, and he still has roughly $128,000 in his congressional account, according to his most recent campaign finance reports. New financial reports are due later this month. But now that Sanford's political career has collapsed, his money is in limbo. Under South Carolina...

Pulitzer Prize winning journalist John Camp of Minneapolis-Saint Paul has made himself a wonderful career as a novelist under the pseudonym John Sandford. His best-selling Prey series features Minneapolis supercop Lucas Davenport. In one recent volume a character asks Davenport: "Why is it that Democrats are always having money scandals and Republicans are always caught in sex scandals?" Lucas replies: "My theory is that Democrats are guys who know how to get girls but not how to make money. Republicans are guys who know how to make money but not how to get girls. When they each encounter both readily...

Coleman: the GOP's million-dollar man GOP senators, the Republican National Committee and the National Republican Senatorial Committee insist that the Coleman challenge has been worth the money — for now. Over the past three months, the NRSC spent nearly $1 million to pay his legal bills, and since Election Day, Republican senators and the RNC have pumped in hundreds of thousands of dollars more. -snip- Coleman’s legal challenge has reached the Minnesota Supreme Court, but many legal experts believe that the court’s decision — expected any day — will affirm that Franken won last November’s election. If that happens, Coleman...

Duncan Hunter, a retired Republican who once chaired the Armed Services Committee, has decided that Iraq War veterans are the perfect candidates to revive the Republican Party in 2010. Hunter -- a Vietnam War vet who briefly sought the 2008 Republican presidential nomination -- is already backing two such candidates as they launch challenges to two of the more junior members of the House Democratic majority: Jesse Kelly, who wants to take on two-term incumbent Gabrielle Giffords in Arizona's 8th District, and Vaughn Ward, whose target in Idaho's 1st District is freshman Democrat Walt Minnick. Hunter will be attending a...

Republican state party leaders are rebelling against new Republican National Committee Chairman Michael S. Steele for failing to dub President Obama and the Democrats as "socialists." And the rebels insist that the label matters. Even though Mr. Steele has called his Democratic adversaries "collectivists," at least 16 state leaders say the term lacks the pejorative punch needed to sway public opinion and want all 168 members of the Republican National Committee to debate and vote on it.It is the first time in memory that a sitting national leader of the Republican Party has faced a public challenge over his ideological...

The RNC called me this morning looking for cash. The young gentleman on the other in started out by thanking me for my past support. Then he went on to say that they were standing up to Pres. Obama and that not one Repub. voted for Barry's 2010 budget. I cut the guy off right then and there and said, "Well, that may be the case, but plenty of them voted for TARP, and the Stimulus/Porkulus bill and until they can get their act together and also quite trying to silence us social conservatives, I want NOTHING to do with...

Weakness comes in various shapes and forms. Sometimes it appears as an attempt to be above the fray by avoiding people in your own political party who have been ostracized for doing the right thing (as when President George W. Bush suffered a backlash for invading Iraq to overthrow the late Saddam Hussein). At other times it's evident in the habit of being so unsure of your leadership skills that you lash out at anyone who steals a bit of your spotlight via a principled stand (as when Rush Limbaugh was denounced for hoping President Obama's socialist-agenda fails). At other...

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This much is clear: Palin was invited to be the keynote speaker at the dinner. What happened next, however, is a matter of hot dispute. Party officials say she accepted and reneged. Palin loyalists say she was merely mulling the offer. Either way, the party moved on and invited Gingrich to be the substitute keynoter. In recent days, Palin was reinvited to the event, but that invitation was rescinded over concerns that the darling of the conservative base would steal the spotlight from Gingrich. Palin, reportedly angered that the party establishment was slighting her again, let it be known that...

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is planning to attend the joint House-Senate fundraising dinner tonight, according to sources familiar with her schedule, ending a back and forth between the vice presidential nominee and the two congressional campaign committees that goes back for months. Palin was initially invited to keynote tonight's gathering, which will benefit the National Republican Congressional Committee and the National Republican Senatorial Committee, as the keynote speaker. Depending on whom you believe, Palin either accepted and then reneged or never accepted in the first place. Either way, the two congressional committees moved on -- inviting former House Speaker Newt...

In another sign of the sway that Sarah Palin and her supporters in Palin Nation hold over the GOP, NRCC chief Pete Sessions is working behind the scenes to get Palin reinvited to the big GOP fundraiser tonight, GOP sources say. It’s the story of the day that GOP leaders have been battling over who’s to blame for the fact that Palin was “snubbed” when she was disinvited from a speaking role at the big fundraiser, which is for the two Congressional committees, the NRCC and the NRSC. Politico laid the blame on NRCC chief Sessions, claiming he didn’t want...

Written by CHQ Staff on June 03, 2009, 04:47 PM If there ever was a paradigm for the GOP's post-Bush administration identity problem, the Florida Republican primary for Senate is it. In the primary race to fill the seat being vacated by Republican Mel Martinez, moderate/liberal Republican Governor Charlie Crist is running against young, politically successful Hispanic conservative Marco Rubio. However, to the chagrin of conservatives across America, the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC)—a national committee that helps elect Republicans to the Senate—endorsed Crist. NRSC Chairman Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) has a lot of explaining to do. For an organization...

Steele Reinforces "Inside the Beltway" Image of GOP CHQ Blog - The last thing the GOP needs in its mission to restore its public image is the stereotype of being immersed in the elitist, "Inside the Beltway" culture of Washington, D.C. However, recent comments by RNC Chairman Michael Steele are reinforcing this negative image that could undermine any progress the GOP has made in reaching out to voters after its stint in the political wilderness. It's no secret the Republican Party is struggling to rebuild an image destroyed by years of Big Government, big spending, and corruption. However, comments made...