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(CHICAGO) -- RNC Chairman Michael Steele is facing a new challenge by members of the Republican National Conservative Caucus (RNCC). A group of committee members that hold to the party platform are urging reform in three areas: How the RNC distributes political funds; how it addresses Democrats' government policy; and a call for Republican federal lawmakers to abandon and condemn budget earmarking. In a… Continue

(CHICAGO) -- Just when we thought we had seen our share of fantastic and colorful ideas for 2009, Representatives Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA) and Ted Poe (R-TX) are hoping you won't mind just one more to add to the list. Titled the SAFE Act ("Security and Financial Empowerment"), H.R. 739 intends to promote victimhood and allegations of domestic violence by granting lifetime job security to anyone who makes a claim of Domestic Violence, creating powerful incentives for highly conflicted… Continue

Over the past few years, our trust in politicians and political parties, particularly that of the GOP, has sunk just about as low as it can go. This crisis in confidence has been fueled by an unprecedented series of flubs, missteps, broken promises, complacency, and just plain lousy management that has gone blindly and naively into the sunset, following our fearless ex-leader off the cliff and into obscurity. As strange as it may seem given this blind devotion, the number of voices who have spru… Continue

Much has been said recently about the fate of the GOP. In particular, new attention that is being given to re-branding the party to assume it's rightful place in American politics. Trouble is, with sizable defeats in 2004 and 2008, the GOP can no longer claim that it is maintaining a leadership role, or is captivating the mind share needed with a majority of constituents. With that being said, the GOP must do some quick thinking in order to determine where it stands on the political food chain.… Continue