Charlotte, N.C. Mayor Anthony Foxx, a Democrat with close ties to President Barack Obama, is taking political heat as several reports show he plans to replace local workers with out-of-state union workers during the Democratic National Convention next year. (more)
Signaling Mitt Romney’s position as the frontrunner in the Republican race for the 2012 presidential nomination, a new ad from the Democratic National Committee attacks the former Massachusetts governor’s record on job creation. (more)
A number of editorial boards (including The Washington Post’s and USA Today’s) have been misled by “studies” on voter ID by groups with leftist political objectives, but there is ample evidence that there is a need for voter ID laws to promote fairness and integrity at the ballot box. Here are some facts to set the record straight on voter ID. (more)
While flattered that their city has been chosen to host the Democratic convention, Charlotte natives want to clear one thing up with First Lady Michelle Obama, Politico reported Thursday. (more)
Democrats announced Tuesday that they will hold their party’s 2012 National Convention in Charlotte, N.C. during the week of Sept. 3. President Obama was the first Democratic presidential candidate to carry North Carolina since Jimmy Carter in 1976, but his success in the South was offset in the 2010 elections, which saw Republicans win control of 93 of the region’s 130 congressional seats. (more)
In a letter Thursday, Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine announced that he had selected Patrick Gaspard to serve as the political party’s new executive director. (more)
I ventured into the maze of irony that was the Rally to Restore Sanity and found that rally-goers in the third or fourth dimension of irony are actually unable to recognize irony at all anymore. (more)
Catholics are calling on DNC chairman Tim Kaine to condemn a campaign flyer paid for by Minnesota Democrats depicting a priest in a collar wearing a button that says, “ignore the poor.” (more)
Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine unveiled the organization’s new logo and website this afternoon at The George Washington University, but failed to mention another website launched today by the DNC: BoehnerLand.com. (more)
On the surface, the RNC's financial problems aren't that bad. Yes, the party is raising less than it has in previous years, but they don't control the WH or Congress. And with a little more than $8M on hand after debts, the RNC actually has more to spend than the DNC, which has just over $7M after accounting for debts. (more)
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) is marking the 45th anniversary of the passage of the Voting Rights Act by suggesting that voters continue the civil rights fight that began in Selma, Ala. in 1965 by signing up to help Democrats in November. (more)
Democratic Rep. Mike Honda of California has a message for Republicans who’ve advocated privatizing Medicare on the campaign trail: you’re messing with my mom. (more)
Democrats today mocked Tea Party activists with a fake “Republican Tea Party” agenda, arguing that the conservative grassroots are really elitists who are one and the same with Republicans. (more)
Will Obamacare paperwork lead to increased suicidal thoughts? — Paul Ryan wishes his party cared about governing as much as he does — Barbara Boxer knows that being real these days ain’t easy — Netroots ninnies are allegedly terrified of John Thune — Democrats are not completely sold on the idea that they are going to lose everything in 2010 — Dems from the Rustbelt feel like laundry in the wind (more)
The Democratic National Committee is seeking “Macaca” moments. The party today is opening a website, www.accountabilityproject.com, designed to recruit and display embarrassing audio and video of Republican candidates, as well as information about their schedules and copies of their mailers. (more)
The DNC, the political wing of a president who launched his campaign decrying slash-and-burn campaign tactics, is highlighting new stories about a sex scandal rocking a GOP primary. (more)
April 21 (Bloomberg) — Democratic Party committees entered April with $22 million more to help their congressional candidates than Republicans, a reversal of four years ago. (more)
Our friend Jason Linkins over at the Huffington Post takes issue with a Washington Post story published Wednesday that he says unfairly compares the DNC’s spending to the RNC’s spending — which has been the subject of focus recently since The Daily Caller first reported the nearly $2,000 bar tab financed by the Republican committee at a risque Hollywood night club. (more)
The Republican National Committee and Chairman Michael Steele are continuing their push to allow corporations and individuals to make unlimited donations known as “soft money” to national committees. (more)
The reverberations from the report that the Republican National Committee financed an almost $2,000 bar tab at a risqué Hollywood nightclub have hardly quieted. (more)
