Tag: Republican Party

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Oct. 29, 2013 in Washington. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Ted Cruz aims at his own side — again

Mona Charen · February 20, 2014 5:00 am

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, right, speaks at a news conference, accompanied by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Va., left, and House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy of Calif. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Quiet campaigning for House GOP leadership underway

David M. Drucker · February 20, 2014 5:00 am

Former White House volunteer Kathleen Willey leaves federal court in Washington on March 10, 1998, after testifying before a grand jury investigating an alleged affair between former President Clinton and Monica Lewinsky. If conservatives and Republicans think resurrecting this old news will bring them electoral victory against Hillary Clinton, should she decide to run, they are mistaken. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Bashing Hillary Clinton won’t help GOP win in 2016

Cal Thomas · February 19, 2014 5:00 am

Beltway Confidential

‘Mike Lee for president’? He’s got bigger plans for the Tea Party

Joel Gehrke · February 19, 2014 5:00 am

Employees at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tenn., works on a Passat sedan. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig, file)

After UAW defeat, can GOP fulfill promise of jobs?

Eric Schelzig · February 18, 2014 5:00 am

FILE - In this Feb. 5, 2014 file photo, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla. testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. The debate about whether to continue the dragnet surveillance of Americans' phone records is highlighting divisions within the Democratic and Republican parties that could transform the politics of national security. While some leading Democrats have been reluctant to condemn the National Security Agency's tactics, the GOP has begun to embrace a libertarian shift opposing the spy agency's broad surveillance powers _ a striking departure from the aggressive national security policies that have defined the Republican Party for generations. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke, File)

National Security

NSA surveillance exposes political party divisions

Associated Press · February 18, 2014 5:00 am

Las Vegas is focusing its bid on the city's unique logistical advantages, but is also making a strong effort to knock down Republican committee members concerns that "Sin City" would make an inappropriate host. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Las Vegas hopes to bring GOP convention to ‘Sin City’

David M. Drucker · February 17, 2014 5:00 am

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie speaks to the Economic Club of Chicago on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014, in Chicago. Christie was in town to raise money for the Republican Governors Association that he chairs. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)

Chris Christie to shake GOP money tree in New York on Tuesday

Rebecca Berg · February 17, 2014 5:00 am

The Right Ideas . . .

Tamar Jacoby · February 17, 2014 5:00 am

Some of the best quotes from the week that was. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Beltway Confidential

Soundbites of the week: A new Republican Party

Charlie Spiering · February 15, 2014 5:00 am

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell is working behind the scenes to ensure that defense contractors will do their part to keep Republicans who support military spending in office. (AP Photo)

Foes from Left, Right, try to oust Kentucky’s Mitch McConnell

Associated Press · February 15, 2014 5:00 am

Zogby Report Card: Blowing it over ‘half-baked’ Obamacare

Paul Bedard · February 15, 2014 5:00 am