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With an op-ed in today's ProJo , Tom Sgouros notes how the Republican label -- though not necessarily somewhat conservative politics, aka old-school RI Repulicanism -- was lethal for General Assembly candidates earlier this month. [A]ll is not bleak...
Steven Stark makes a lively observation: the national fade of the Republican Party coincides with the rise of conservative talk-radio: Rush Limbaugh's show was syndicated in 1988. It's been a steady climb toward the top of the ratings for him...
At the other end of the spectrum . . . Justin Catalano, a young conservative activist who has formed a group called the 1772 Society , is the latest to consider the woes of the Rhode Island Republican Party . Over the next few months, the Gentlemen of...
Whether Sarah Palin will emerge as a future contender or remain just a part of the 2008 campaign will take some time to shake out. For now, an unflattering campaign post-mortem in Newsweek is getting a lot of mileage. Dan Kennedy : If nothing else, I...
Let us count the ways. 1. Dan Yorke is making a plausible case that the party, because of its utter incompetence, should cease operations for about 12 or 18 months. 2. AFL-CIO secretary-treasurer George Nee, a Democratic stalwart, recognizes the state...
As part of my forthcoming Q+A with Linc Chafee in this week's Phoenix, I asked him about the direction of the national GOP after its second consecutive pummeling, specifically whether it will move farther to the right or back toward the center. Here's...
Justin from Anchor Rising was part of the media/blog crew at the Biltmore last night, and he seemed resigned to an Obama victory even when very little of the results were in. It was a bad night for local Republicans, as I forecast last week , and Justin's...
In keeping with our recent look at some of the problems of the national GOP , former ProJo scribe Mark Arsenault -- who has been doing some freelancing for The Boston Globe since taking the buyout -- reports today on the disappearance of Republican moderates...
In time for Halloween, my colleague David S. Bernstein has a good read about how the national Republican Party is in the process of marginalizing itself: The Limbaugh “dittoheads” have stormed GOP headquarters and devoured dissenters. As political columnist...
Coverage in yesterday's ProJo reaffirmed the obvious: that Jon Scott and Mark Zaccaria are running woefully underfunded longshot battles, respectively, against Patrick Kennedy and Jim Langevin. Yet that won't stop the local GOP from making an...
Speaking of Mike Huckabee , the once and possibly future GOP presidential candidate is due to visit College Hill on Thursday. From Brown University : Thursday 30 October Mike Huckabee: “The Pursuit of the Presidency and the Perfectly Insane American Process...
Word comes that Alaska's largest newspaper has endorsed Obama . Meanwhile, my Boston Phoenix colleague David Bernstein, who recently spent some time following Sarah Palin in New Hampshire, has a good read on the GOP VP candidate and why she might...
US Representative Jim Langevin joined Steve Aveson, Jen Lawless, and myself for a taping this morning of WPRI/WNAC-TV's Newsmakers . I noted how the four-term congressman has about $230,000 in his war chest -- more than 10 times the amount of Mark...
Via BeloBlog : Eileen Slocum, 30-year advocate and political fundraiser, died yesterday at Newport Hospital, according to her son. She was 92. Slocum, who hosted fundraisers in her Bellevue Avenue mansion and opened her gardens -- designed by Frederick...
Denials of interest by the former Mass. governor notwithstanding, my former Boston Phoenix colleague Seth Gitell thinks that Mitt could revitalize the GOP ticket: Mitt Romney’s tenacity coupled with the increasing focus on the economy lead me to believe...
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