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Speaking to a room full of Republicans, Ted Cruz told them his presidential campaign would target Democrats — Reagan Democrats."We're going to rebuild the old Reagan coalition," the Texas senator said Wednesday during an appearance in Howell.But Cruz also served up plenty of modern day red meat for Republicans during his appearance during the Livingston County GOP's Lincoln Day dinner.He vowed to "repeal every word" of both Obamacare and Common Core and pledged to "always, always, always" defend religious freedom.Drawing two clear targets, Cruz also criticized what he called the "failed Obama/Clinton foreign policy."Those positions aren't much different from many...

LIVINGSTON COUNTY, MI (WLNS) – Michigan is once again in the spotlight as Presidential candidates drum up support for their campaigns.Republican Senator Ted Cruz will visit Livingston County on June 3rd as the keynote speaker at the annual Lincoln Day Dinner in Howell. Senator Cruz is the latest in what is expected to be a number of visits from Republican Presidential candidates looking ahead to the March 8, 2016 party primary. Sen. Ted Cruz was the first Republican to announce a 2016 Presidential run. Known for his conservatism, Cruz is the son of Cuban immigrants. Prior to going to Washington...

MOLINE - Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Rauner has pulled out of Thursday's Rock Island County Republican Party Lincoln Day Dinner citing fear of being linked to what his campaign calls "inflammatory" views of a local, African-American pastor. Rev. Don Johnson was initially scheduled to speak at the event but was dis-invited by Rock Island County GOP Chairman Bill Bloom in an effort to assuage Rauner's concerns. However, the change failed to appease the campaign, which announced that Rauner would no longer keynote the event. Defending the decision, Rauner's office released a statement saying, "Bruce (Rauner) condemns the inflammatory remarks written...

(h/t Jody) As you know, Gov. Palin gave a speech last night at the Lincoln Dinner in Anchorage. We're still waiting for some audio or video of the speech, but we do have some "field reporting" from two people who attended the dinner. We got a play by play from "jasonthealaskan" who twittered the speech (until his phone died). Jason now has a blog post up about the dinner. He recounts a great joke from the governor's speech: The dinner was catered by the Hilton Hotel, they were serving pork. She said, and this was pretty funny, "I've just passed...

Buchanan County Republican Central Committee's Annual Lincoln Day Dinner has been highlighted over the past few years with humorous and/or inspiring videos. Videos can be found here with links on the right to this year's two offerings: "Scholastic films presents: the other presidents of the United States" featuring audio from the Glenn Beck Program and "That Don't Impress Me" featuring the music of Shania Twain and memorable footage of what could have been our President and Vice President.

3/7/2005 GOP senator Graham rankles some over comments on Lincoln By John Byrne | RAW STORY Editor Senator Lindsey Graham has ignited a new furor in Washington over comments he made over the weekend referring to his state’s difficulty in “getting over” President Abraham Lincoln, with apparent reference to Lincoln’s role in the civil war and the freeing of American slaves, RAW STORY has learned. “We don’t do Lincoln Day Dinners in South Carolina,” Senator Graham told a Lincoln Day gathering in Tennessee Saturday. “It’s nothing personal, but it takes awhile to get over things.” According to a Knoxville News...

On December 6, 2004 the Executive Committee of the Harris County Republican Party (Houston, Texas) voted on and unanimously adopted a resolution formally changing its annual fundraising dinner, formerly known as "Lincoln Day," to "Ronald Reagan Day" in honor of the late president's passing last June. Harris County is one of several dozen GOP organizations nationwide who have done this lately as a way of honoring Reagan. The resolution's text is very strong and unapologetic in its commendation of Ronald Reagan and also condemns the leftist scum who opposed him. LINK TO THE RESOLUTION TEXT That resolution read, in part,...

AUSTIN - The Harris County Republican Party, along with some other county parties in Texas, is laying aside the traditional Lincoln Day Dinner this year to hold a Reagan Day Dinner in honor of former President Reagan, who died last year. For decades, a dinner honoring President Lincoln has been a midwinter feature of local Republican parties across the United States. In the late 1990s, some local parties started calling their fund-raising soirees the Lincoln/Reagan Day Dinner. The trend has accelerated since Reagan's death last year, and some Texas counties have changed the names of their events next month to...