All Posts Tagged With: "Republican"

Dole: Close GOP for Repairs

Former Republican presidential candidate Robert Dole does not have many kind words to say about his party today. Dole ran in 1996 against President Bill Clinton and was the Republican Senate leader for the better part of the 1980s and 1990s. He appeared on television Sunday and slammed the Republican Party for failing to convey [...]

Democratic Fight from Presidency in 2016

Stephanie Schriock the President of EMILY’S List said she believes there will be a fight for the Democratic Presidential nomination in 2016 despite polls today showing Hillary Clinton having a sizable lead. She said that even though the numbers are where they are now, there will be a battle for in the primaries and it [...]

President Obama Pushing Plan for Preschool

President Obama is making the rounds visiting Decatur, Georgia and other locations touting his plan to have more children enter preschools, but Republicans are already scrutinizing costs. On Thursday, the President played with 4-year olds in a public preschool in Georgia. He was promoting his educational plan to increase the access to early childhood education [...]

Powell Says Republicans Have Identity Problem

On Sunday, Colin Powell the former Secretary of State appeared on Meet the Press on NBC. He appeared primarily to lend his support to Chuck Hagel, the former U.S. Senator who has been nominated for Defense Secretary. However, near the end of the broadcast Powel was asked about his relationship with the Republican Party. The [...]

Biden to Push for Gun Violence Curb

On Wednesday, President Barack Obama is scheduled to announce that Vice President Joe Biden would be leading the White House effort to develop policies for addressing the gun violence in the wake of the Newtown school massacre in Connecticut last week. President Obama will not be announcing policy decisions, rather he will be laying out [...]

Tim Scott Appointed to Succeed DeMint

Tim Scott first arrived in Congress just two years ago as a Representative from South Carolina and on Monday was appointed to succeed former Senator Jim DeMint as one of South Carolina’s two senators. His appointment makes him the South’s first black senator since late in the 19th century. He arrived two years ago thanks [...]

Rice Withdraws from Consideration, Kerry Awaits Word

Now that Susan Rice has withdrawal her name as a choice for Secretary of State, the attention will shift to John Kerry, the next prospect for the position. Kerry is the current chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee in the Senate and has been thought of as one of the leading contenders for the position. [...]

Prominent Republicans Trying to Rebrand

Two prominent new voices in the Republican Party Florida Senator Marco Rubio and Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan laid out visions and ideas for changing the economic message of the GOP in speeches on Tuesday. Conservatives are seeking new branding following the disappointing results of the presidential election last month. Both speeches revealed that Rubio and [...]

Key Republicans Turn Back on Romney

Political friends of Mitt Romney are quickly becoming fewer following the presidential election, as senior figures in the party disagree with Romney’s analysis of why the election was lost. Earlier in the week, Romney claimed that President Barack Obama was reelected because he handed out gifts to minority groups. That has caused colleagues in the [...]

Future of Republican Party Discussed

On Sunday, Republicans sparred over the party’s future, discussing what they needed to change and or keep in the formula in order to have more success in coming years at the ballot box. Jon Huntsman Utah Governor and former U.S. Ambassador said his party’s message about economics is sound, but he also said his party [...]