Showing posts with label GOP future. Show all posts
Showing posts with label GOP future. Show all posts

Friday, May 22, 2009

Daily News Round-Up for May 22,2009

Politico (Washington, DC)
Texas Sen. John Cornyn, head of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, said Thursday that he'd be "proud to appear with the vice president anywhere, anytime." But in the next breath, Cornyn said it would be up to individual GOP candidates to decide whether they want Cheney campaigning for them in 2010.

Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, CA)
With deficit forecasts growing darker by the day, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is considering a plan to slash California's safety net for the poor by eliminating the state's main welfare program, health insurance for low-income families and cash grants to college students.

Star Ledger (Trenton, NJ)
The ad wars in the New Jersey governor's race escalated yesterday, as national Democrats launched a television campaign targeting Republican frontrunner Chris Christie just a few weeks be fore the June 2 GOP primary.

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Daily News Round Up for May 13, 2009

San Francisco Chronicle ( San Francisco , CA )

Rather than debating what the national GOP position should be on foreign policy, health care, education or social issues - which the party will decide when it chooses a nominee in 2012 - the GOP should focus now, and unite now, on what it will stand against- and the answer is not social issues.

Politico ( Washington , DC )

A member of the Republican National Committee told me Tuesday that when the RNC meets in an extraordinary special session next week, it will approve a resolution rebranding Democrats as the "Democrat Socialist Party."

The Hill ( Washington , DC )

The No. 2 Democrat in the House on Tuesday said Americans should be provided answers on what Speaker Nancy Pelosi knew about interrogations of suspected terrorists and when she knew about it.

Salt Lake Tribune ( Salt Lake City , UT )

UT Attorney General Mark Shurtleff suffered a Twitter spasm, shooting out a series of messages while on a trade mission to Israel, apparently announcing to more than 1,600 followers that he was also going against Bennett- except, he didn't really mean to send this out.