Priebus: GOP Must Improve Community-Based Outreach
Priebus, who thus far is running unopposed for re-election as RNC chairman, was frank in his assessment of the party’s problems and challenges in national elections.
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Priebus, who thus far is running unopposed for re-election as RNC chairman, was frank in his assessment of the party’s problems and challenges in national elections.
The most definitive statement that could lead to action so far has come from the Senate, where Democratic Sen.
Steve King, a Republican, is not actively organizing a Senate bid — but he’s still looking at running.
Scott is expected to be sworn in to the Senate when the new Congress convenes Jan. 3.
This will be a key calculation for these three members, who must weigh the reward of the Senate seat with the risk of an appointment that would force them to relinquish their safety net.
Scott is expected to be sworn into the Senate when the new Congress convenes on Jan. 3.
The past two election cycles were brutal for Senate Republicans.
Scott won re-election in November by 28 points, and the winner of the GOP primary should cruise to victory in the special election.
about ACT (Americans Coming Together), which was supposed to swing Ohio into John Kerry’s column, and I figured that the Obama campaign’s confidence in its turnout program this year would be another re-run
Obama and Boehner have yet to agree on a framework for a deal, leaving House and Senate Republicans to speculate on what hypothetical outcome they might support.
Capuano: He ended up being the only member to run in the Senate special election that resulted from the death of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said he was “in shock and disbelief at this horrible tragedy that took so many innocent lives.”
Others head back to their home states to re-enter the careers they left when they headed to Washington, or to find new ones.
It is a relatively satisfactory ending for the Senate Republican offices that were the most vocal in their admonishments of the report by CRS Analyst Thomas L. Hungerford.
“It’s all our guys want to talk about,” one senior Senate Republican aide said.
Most Overhyped Candidate of 2012 House and Senate campaign committees and political reporters tend to fall in love with some candidates who actually don’t live up to their billing.
Incoming House freshmen routinely enter Congress instantly marked for a re-election challenge by the opposition, but one 2012 winner is facing such political headwinds from within.
Even if Senate Democrats move forward with a package of changes using the simple majority procedure, the alterations currently under discussion would still have the Senate dependent on unanimous
Haley’s 2014 re-election bid is expected to weigh heavily on whom she appoints to succeed Sen. Jim DeMint, South Carolina Republican insiders told Roll Call Tuesday afternoon.
Chris Christie is re-elected in 2013 and if Lautenberg is re-elected as a 90-year-old in 2014 and dies in office, Christie would appoint a successor, presumably a Republican.