In Praise of Partisan Media
As much as it pains me, let me take a few moments to defend MSNBC. Last week’s much-talked about testy exchange between anchor Thomas Roberts and Republican National Committee Chair Reince Priebus has...
View ArticleRNC Chairman: 2014 Effort “Light Years Ahead” Of Past Campaigns
The Federalist interviewed Reince Priebus, chairman of the Republican National Committee, on his expectations for the coming election. The Federalist: How optimistic are you about this election? Where...
View ArticleRNC Chairman: Can’t “Give Lip Service To The Base To Win A Primary” Then...
The Federalist interviewed Reince Priebus, chairman of the Republican National Committee, on the agenda Republicans ought to present should they win the Senate. The Federalist: You gave a pretty...
View ArticleRNC Chairman: Obama ‘Flat-Out Lying’ To Hispanics About Immigration
In an exclusive interview with The Federalist, Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Preibus had some strong words for President Obama’s immigration maneuvering. In the interview, Priebus made...
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Do Democrats Always Win Close Statewide Elections?
The year is 1986. It’s the sixth year of the president’s term in office, and that generally spells trouble. Between 1900 and 1974, the average loss for the party in power in the White House following...
View ArticleThis Is How The War On Women Meme Ends
This morning, the Wall Street Journal reports on a stunning development in three key Senate races. In Colorado, Iowa, and Arkansas, the gender gap is shifting against the Democrats. In a warning flag...
View ArticleRepublicans Should Take Credit For America’s Improving Job Market
Republicans should stop poo-pooing good jobs numbers and start taking credit for them. They are ceding rhetorical ground, foregoing political advantage, and refusing to take credit for policy victories...
View ArticleHow Republicans Can Fix Their Debate Problem
So it’s nearly unanimous: basically the only Republican in the country who felt that the CNBC debate moderators were fine is the guy at single digits in New Hampshire who got an outsized amount of...
View ArticleGOP Chairman Reince Priebus Just Nixed NBC’s February Debate
Following a disastrous Republican presidential primary debate hosted by CNBC on Wednesday, GOP chairman Reince Priebus informed NBC today that the party is suspending the network’s scheduled debate in...
View ArticleHere’s What Republican Candidates Are Demanding In Future Debates
Republican campaigns are trying to take control of the GOP debate process by drafting a list of demands to share with the networks broadcasting the debates, a move that likely circumvents the...
View ArticleThe Next RNC ‘Autopsy’ Will Be A Real One
Among all the awful things Donald Trump’s ascent will inflict on American politics, one of the least awful will be the destruction of the Republican National Committee. There are, after all, about a...
View ArticleRebecca Berg: Trump Flip Flops On Abortion And Begins Delegate Hunting
Rebecca Berg, national politics reporter for Real Clear Politics, joined the Federalist Radio Hour to talk about Trump’s abortion flip flops, why Paul Ryan shouldn’t seek a nomination and the comic...
View ArticleCruz And Kasich Team Up
The news that Ted Cruz and John Kasich have formally agreed to join forces, effectively throwing their support behind the other in states like Indiana, Oregon, and New Mexico, is an indication at this...
View ArticleThe Best Tweets About The RNC Dumpster Fire In Cleveland
After party leaders quashed a last-ditch effort by grassroots conservatives to consider rules that could release the Republican Party from Donald Trump, the Republican National Committee in Cleveland...
View ArticleThe Party Of Trump Shuts Down Dissent
“This is not a way to unify the party,” Guy Short, a national delegate from Colorado and member of the Republican National Committee convention’s Rules Committee, tells me. Short supported Ted Cruz...
View ArticleThe Potemkin Campaign Comes To The Potemkin Convention
Donald Trump loves a good façade. It is one of his favorite things. He has taken Sun Tzu’s advice that all war is based upon deception to heart, and he is personally well practiced in this art, down to...
View ArticleIf David Duke Won, Wouldn’t Republicans Have To Vote For Him?
When David Duke announced in the Louisiana last week that he would be running for Senate, GOP Chairman Reince Priebus swiftly sent out a tweet assuring America that the former Ku Klux Klan grand...
View ArticleThe GOP Should Fear The Rise Of Democratic Tories
At the outset of the 2016 cycle, there was a great deal of hope among Republicans for their chances against Hillary Clinton. The Democrats had significant problems in the wake of eight years that had...
View ArticleDonald Trump Is Killing Republicans With Minorities
Donald Trump’s attempts at minority outreach have not been going so well, if increasing his appeal to minorities was the goal. Polls have shown Trump fourth—behind Gary Johnson and Jill Stein—among...
View ArticleHere’s What Will Happen To The GOP If Trump Loses
What is likely to happen to the Republican Party in the event of a Donald Trump loss on November 8th is this: nothing will change. Assume for the sake of argument that Trump loses by a fairly normal...
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