Tea Party Groups Warn RNC Proposals Would Blunt Grassroots Activism, Candidates

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After the Republican National Committee released its ill-named “autopsy” report highlighting the path forward for the GOP on Monday, conservatives who were already suspicious of the establishment wing of the RNC that drafted the report felt vindicated and blasted the RNC for proposing changes that would further blunt the ability of grassroots conservatives–like Ted Cruz–to… Read more »

Did Laura Bush Say She’s Glad There’s Room In GOP For Candidates Who Frighten Women?

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The 2012 election did produce a lot of Republican candidates who were frightening to women, from Todd “Legitimate Rape” Akin (R-MO), to Richard “God-Intended Rape Babies” Mourdock (R-IN), and even to Rep. Paul “Forcible Rape, Not The Other Kind” Ryan. Even their presidential nominee, a man named Mitt Romney, kinda flirted with the idea of… Read more »

Chicago Tribune Obsesses Over Potential GOP Candidate’s Criminal Record, But Omitted Jackson Jr.’s Party Affiliation

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The Chicago Tribune has less of a problem with a politician being a crook while in office than an ex-con running decades later for office, just so long as the former is a Democrat and the latter a Republican.  Take a look at what Bill Ruthhart of the Chicago Tribune did to Paul McKinley, who… Read more »