Tag archive for ‘Election Loss’
Politico: GOP turns to McCain to reinvent party
Washington, D.C. (politico.com) by Jonathan Martin: In a delicious piece of irony, many dispirited Republicans, devastated by Tuesday’s special election loss in Mississippi, now believe their savior to be John McCain - a not-so-constant conservative many of them also have long intensely disliked.
The logic: McCain, the vaunted maverick, can move the party away from President [...]
Guardian: Republicans fear Obama victory after polls shock
London, UK (Guardian.co.uk): The language of the internal party memo was stark and brutally honest. Sent out by Republican congressman Tom Davis last week after a stunning congressional by-election loss in the Deep South, it warned colleagues of a potential disaster ahead.
The result, in which the Democratic party won a Mississippi House of Representatives seat [...]
Politico: No Changes at the NRCC - Yet
Washington, D.C. (politico.com) by Patrick O’Conner: House Republican leaders on Wednesday tried to quell internal dissent following the party’s third special election loss this year in a race in Mississippi yesterday.
National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Tom Cole of Oklahoma accepted blame for the loss during a closed-door meeting with his GOP colleagues, according to members [...]
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