RNC Slogan Tweaks Obama: 'Hype and Blame'
Hope and Change? Try "Hype and Blame." That's the message from the RNC, which unveiled its not-quite-rhyming variation on President Obama's 2008 slogan today. Going forward, both the RNC and the Romney...
View ArticleGOP Attacks Obama and His Hollywood Groupies
Jon Bon Jovi, Lady Gaga, Jack Black, Salma Hayek: It sounds like a red carpet who's who, but in fact it's a shortlist of the celebs who are lending their star power to the president during this...
View Article'Dogs Against Romney' Crashing GOP Convention
The Republican National Convention will be protested by ... dogs. Yes, Dogs Against Romney is planning a Tampa rally Sunday, one day before the convention starts, The Hill reports. "Should we have a...
View ArticleRon Paul: I Don't Fully Endorse Mitt
It's a good thing for Mitt Romney that Ron Paul isn't speaking at the Republican National Convention because ... he doesn't actually endorse the candidate. The GOP apparently tried to throw a bone to...
View ArticleGOP Opens Convention, Immediately Adjourns
Republicans officially kicked off their convention today, but only officially. RNC Chairman Reince Priebus gaveled the convention to order before dozens of delegates in a mostly-empty hall today, the...
View ArticleClint's Wacky Chair Schtick Lights Up Twitter
Clint Eastwood's decidedly odd convention speech with an imaginary President Obama sitting next to him taking questions and offering obscene suggestions has electrified the Twitterverse—and inspired an...
View ArticleEastwood Was Either 'Delusional' ... or 'Terrific'
Clint Eastwood's peculiar speech at the Republican convention has left prominent liberals and conservatives smiling, albeit for very different reasons. Writing for the Daily Beast , Michael Moore...
View ArticleEastwood's Empty Chair Gets Place of Honor in DC
The chairman of the Republican National Committee is taking his title literally. Reince Priebus now holds the best-known empty chair in the world—the one Clint Eastwood took to task onstage at the...
View ArticleJindal to GOP: 'Change Everything'
Bobby Jindal delivered the keynote address at the Republican National Committee's winter meeting last night, a speech billed as a "rebuttal" to Barack Obama's inaugural address, but he took aim as much...
View ArticleGOP Turns to Silicon Valley to One-Up Democrats
President Obama's 2012 campaign schooled Republicans in the art of digital campaigning—mining data about voters and tailoring pitches directly to them. Now, Republicans hope to return the favor for...
View ArticleRNC to NBC, CNN: Yank Hillary Shows or No Debates
CNN and NBC had better pull the plug on their plans to bring Hillary Clinton to the small screen, or Reince Priebus is threatening to take his 2016 presidential debates and find them another network...
View ArticleGOP Formally Bans CNN, NBC From Debates
As promised , the Republican National Committee formally declared today that CNN and NBC will be blackballed from GOP presidential debates if they move forward with programs on Hillary Clinton, reports...
View ArticlePriebus: Expect 'Elbows Thrown' at CNN Debate
The first Republican debate was a contentious affair , and don't look for the second one to let off the gas, says Reince Priebus. "One of the undiscussed issues is just, you know, controlling the...
View ArticleGOP Candidates Plan 'Revolt' Over Debates
Republican candidates aren't just ticked off about how the debates are being presented, they're planning what Politico refers to as a "revolt" against the networks—and the Republican National...
View ArticleTrump Makes 2 Huge Moves
Donald Trump has made a big to-do about spending next to nothing so far in his presidential campaign, but that may be changing. Sources in his camp tell Fox News he plans to kick off a major ad blitz,...
View ArticlePriebus' Bungling May Destroy the GOP
The last time a major US political party broke apart was 160 years ago. The issue: slavery. Dana Milbank predicts the GOP might follow in the Whigs' footsteps over a matter far less serious: Donald...
View ArticleSpeechwriter Takes Blame for Melania Speech
Meredith McIver, the writer who was reported to have worked with Melania Trump on overhauling the original RNC speech that was written for her, has released a statement on Trump's website taking the...
View ArticleOn RNC's Final Night, a Father-Daughter Dance
It's been a Republican National Convention of inspirational family tributes , plagiarism accusations , and a major diss by a former presidential contender. On Day 4, however, which Vox notes will boast...
View ArticlePeter Thiel to RNC: 'I Am Proud to Be Gay'
Tech billionaire—and gay man—Peter Thiel was one of the more unexpected speakers lined up for Thursday's final night of the Republican National Convention . But he earned chants of "USA" from the crowd...
View ArticleRNC: Trump Is Staying on the Ballot
Donald Trump is the GOP nominee for president and there will be no refunds or exchanges, the Republican National Committee insisted Wednesday amid rumors that Trump's missteps had panicked it so badly...
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