Archives for April 2008
Republican women to host legal forum (The Acorn)
Thousand Oaks Republican Women Federated will hold a “The Law, Justice and Politics” event beginning at 5 p.m. Wed., May 7 at Westlake Inn, 32001 Agoura Road, Westlake Village. The reception will start at 5 p.m. and dinner will be at 6 p.m.
By KEN BLACK, TIMES-REPUBLICAN (Marshalltown Times-Republican)
Absentee ballots for races across the Times-Republican coverage area are now available at the county auditor’s office, located in or near the county courthouses.
Republican Club gives Lifetime Achievement Award (Queens Courier)
The Angelo Graci Republican Club gathered in the great room of the Christ Lutheran Community Center in Ozone Park recently, for their annual awards luncheon.
Republican brand sinks to new low (Miami Herald)
Only 27 percent of voters have positive views of the Republican Party, according to the latest Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll, the lowest level for either party in the survey’s nearly two-decade history. (May need to register)
Republican Party chair to serve as national delegate (The Shelby Star)
Cleveland County Republican Party Chairman Wayne King was elected recently to serve as a national delegate to the Republican National Convention to be held in September in Minneapolis.
Republican race for governor intensifies, tightens (The News & Observer)
The Republican race for governor took on a fresh level of intensity today, while a new poll put Fred Smith and Pat McCrory essentially even.
Republican John McCain blames deadly Minnesota bridge collapse on pork-barrel spending (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
ALLENTOWN, Pa. - Republican John McCain said Wednesday that the bridge collapse in Minnesota that killed 13 people last year would not have happened if Congress had not wasted so much money on pork-barrel spending.
Republican candidate for state Senate leaves race (Las Cruces Sun-News)
ALBUQUERQUE—A Republican candidate has withdrawn from the race for a state Senate seat from Albuquerque, leaving his GOP opponent as the sole candidate.
Democrat Inouye holds fundraiser for Republican Stevens (KHNL News 8 Honolulu)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Hawaii Sen. Daniel Inouye has held a fundraising luncheon for 1 of his Senate colleagues. Nothing unusual about that, but Inouye’s a Democrat and he held the event Wednesday night for Republican Sen. Ted Stevens of Alaska.
The Republican Policy Gap (CBS News)
THE REPUBLICAN POLICY GAP….Tyler Cowen takes a look at John McCain’s health plan and is perplexed:Trade aside, so far I’ve yet to see many actual policy proposals from the McCain camp. Mostly I’ve seen attempts to signal that they won’t…