Tag: Republican Party

Obama did not invent the problems with American health care. Costs were going through the roof before he got elected. Tens of millions of Americans were living without insurance before he got elected. But Republicans did nothing. They were afraid of being bold, of taking on hard issues, of being too ideological. (AP image)

Republicans shouldn’t fear being ideological

Star Parker · May 24, 2014 10:00 am

Rasmussen Reports found only 9 percent of those surveyed things would improve in America if most members of the current Congress should be re-elected. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Republicans blew it in 2012 and could again in this year’s midterm election

Brett Decker · May 23, 2014 3:04 pm

Rand Paul bets his future on redefining the political center

Rand Paul bets his future on redefining the political center

Rebecca Berg · May 23, 2014 9:00 am

Las Vegas, Cincinnati drop out for GOP convention

STEVE PEOPLESPHILIP ELLIOTT · May 23, 2014 1:41 am

RNC raises $9.3M in April, $900K less than March total

RNC raises $9.3M in April, $900K less than March total

David Yates · May 22, 2014 6:30 pm

Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell, right, and his wife Elaine Chao wave to his supporters following his victory in the Republican primary Tuesday, May 20, 2014, at the Mariott Louisville East in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

Republicans can win if they learn detente

David Freddoso · May 21, 2014 10:36 pm

Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., left, takes on Tea Party insurgent Chris McDaniel, right, in Mississippi's Senate primary June 3. (AP Images)

Scandal boosts Thad Cochran in competitive GOP primary

David M. Drucker · May 21, 2014 9:00 am

House Financial Service Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas (AP/Carolyn Kaster)

Beltway Confidential

Tea Party GOP is choosing Main Street enterprise over K Street cronyism

Mark Tapscott · May 21, 2014 4:00 am

Americans for Tax Reform President Grover Norquist is an major anti-tax advocate. AP Photo

Washington Secrets

Taxpayer watchdog: Democrat-run states hike spending 400% faster than GOP states

Paul Bedard · May 21, 2014 4:00 am

Republican Senate hopeful Ben Sasse speaks in Lincoln, Neb., Tuesday, May 13, 2014, after winning his party's primary election. (AP Photo)

Republicans re-learn how to appeal to both the Right and center

Noemie Emery · May 20, 2014 10:06 pm

Matt Bevin of Louisville, Ky., challenges Sen. Mitch McConnell in the Republican Senate primary in Kentucky. (AP Photo/Stephen Lance Dennee)

Voters cast ballots in three critical primaries

Rebecca Berg · May 20, 2014 5:45 pm

Sen. Mike Lee, Utah Republican, speaking at the Tea Party's five-year anniversary event in Washington earlier this year. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Mike Lee: GOP should be the party of the people, not the cronies

Mike Lee · May 20, 2014 10:00 am