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RNC Pulling Their Load
RNC, The Only Saving Grace — RealClearPolitics
Reports filed with the Federal Election Commission late Friday show Republicans picking up serious ground on the financial front, but only thanks to Mike Duncan’s efforts at the Republican National Committee. As GOP campaign committees in both the House and the Senate continue to lag far behind their Democratic […]
GOP pushes hard for environment and drilling for energy independence
By Manu Raju– The Hill
Senate Republicans aim to undercut Democrats’ claim to be the environmentally conscious party by combining their own conservation message with a longstanding push for more oil drilling.
The shift, to call for increased energy production and less oil […]
Tancredo Blast McCain on Latino meeting
By: Rick Pedraza — Newsmax
U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo blasts presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain for his secret meeting with Hispanic leaders in Chicago last week and challenges the Senator from Arizona to stand firm on border security, regardless of the audience he’s addressing.
In a letter sent to McCain on Tuesday and released by the […]
GOP worried over the Barr ‘factor’
From the Associated Press
ATLANTA — A fiery former GOP congressman who gained national prominence for doggedly pursuing impeachment of President Clinton has some Republicans worried he’ll play spoiler in a tight presidential contest.
Bob Barr’s Libertarian Party bid for the White House is the longest of long shots, but political experts say he may be able […]
Are there more unsafe GOP House seats?
By James O’Toole, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The year 2006 was disastrous for Republican House candidates, and nowhere was the carnage worse than in Pennsylvania. The Republicans lost four House seats along with Rick Santorum’s Senate seat, the biggest shift in the nation.
This year the Democrats, who hold an 11-8 edge in the state delegation, don’t expect the […]
North Carolina’s Governor’s race neck and neck.
Ex Charlotte Mayor, Pat McCrory, is enjoying support from the state’s largest city which is trumping Democrat Lieutenant Governor, Beverly Perdue, broad state-wide support (minus the conservative Western section).
The poll, conducted 6/11-13 among 600 registered voters, has a margin of error of +/- 4%, and was conducted by Tel Opinion Research, a GOP firm in Alexandria, […]
Closely watched U.S. Senate election in Louisiana not looking good for GOP
Many Republicans saw a chance to gain a Senate seat in Louisiana against incumbent Democrat Senator, Mary Landrieu. There was talk that Landrieu was in a serious political fight with about a 50% chance she would lose her re-election bid. However, this poll can’t be very encouraging to the state GOP and others around the […]
22Jun2008 | Loozianajay | 0 comments | Continued
Fred Thomspon to play key role in selecting judges for McCain administration
Human Events is all over the case.
In a McCain administration, former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson would play a dominant role in selecting Supreme Court nominees and other judicial appointments, sources close to the McCain campaign and to Thompson tell us.And why is Fred suddenly everywhere? These sources say that the agreement between McCain and Thompson […]
Can McCain Make Obama the ‘Kerry’ of 08?
by Mosheh Oinounou
In a memo released Friday, McCain Campaign Senior Adviser Steve Schmidt paints Barack Obama as a flip-flopper to end a week that started with the campaign using some of it’s strongest language to date to cast the Democrat as weak on terror and believer in a “September 10th mentality.”“As we scrutinize Barack […]
McCain closing the gap in fundraising against Obama
Democrat Barack Obama raised $22 million in May for his presidential campaign, his weakest fundraising month this year, and ended the month with $43 million cash on hand.
McCain raised $21 million in May and ended the month with $31.6 million in the bank. Of Obama’s cash on hand, $10 million is available only for the […]
Paul supporters in Montana fail in effort to secure delegates
Associated Press
MISSOULA, Mont. — Sen. John McCain may be the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, but supporters of Ron Paul in Montana refused to abandon their candidate.
The group led an impassioned fight Friday at the Montana GOP convention, shaking things up in a failed effort to secure the state’s 22 national convention delegates for Paul _ […]
New InsiderAdvantage Poll has McCain and Obama tied in Georgia
Ok…I have a little trouble posting this because I have stated several times in the last week that Georgia would not be an ‘open’ state. I gave my insight on why I thought McCain would safely win the state. Namely, a half a dozen polls that reflected it. However, InsiderAdvantage and Southern Political Report staff […]
19Jun2008 | Loozianajay | 2 comments | Continued
Fred Thompson on the Supreme Court’s ‘Supreme Error’
A Supreme Error — By Fred Thompson
Upon reading the opinion in Boumediene v Bush, one must conclude that the majority knew where they wanted to go and simply had to figure out how to get there. The trip was not a pretty one. How could it be when the justices seemingly wrote a map based […]
McCain drills home proposal
McCain Scores With Offshore Drilling Proposal – Dick Morris and Eileen McGann
John McCain has drawn first blood in the political debate following Barack Obama’s victory in the primaries. His call yesterday for offshore oil drilling — and Bush’s decision to press the issue in Congress - puts the Democrats in the position of advocating the wear-your-sweater […]
Huckabee says demonizing Obama would be fatal mistake
Former GOP presidential contender Mike Huckabee called Barack Obama’s candidacy “a landmark achievement” Tuesday, and warned fellow Republicans not to demonize Obama.“Republicans will make a fundamental if not fatal mistake if they seek to win the election by demonizing Barack Obama,” Huckabee told reporters in Tokyo, according to a report by Agence France-Presse.
I agree, though […]
You mean like the Obama campaign manager in Texas who had communists flag in her office? O'brien is correct, ...
Vote for McCain if you are a true American!
If you are a liberal Communist, vote for Obama! 
LoozianaJay, why haven't you visited the proboards47 in a while? 
Finally someone said it! Of course he is appealing to White Guilt. That is what has gotten him to this ...
