Tag: Republican Party

Even as Republicans dissect what could be a political treasure trove of problems with the Obamacare rollout, Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., and other key party leaders on health care policy are urging that attacks on the law be coupled with discussions of GOP alternatives. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

Republicans urge colleagues to offer health care alternatives to Obamacare

David M. Drucker · October 29, 2013 4:00 am

Charles Hynes initially said he would make the transition smooth, but he later decided to actively campaign. (AP Photo)

Race for Brooklyn district attorney heats up

Associated Press · October 29, 2013 4:00 am

Beltway Confidential

New RNC ads make light of Obamacare glitches

Charlie Spiering · October 29, 2013 4:00 am

Kentucky Secretary of State and Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate Alison Lundergan Grimes addresses the Kentucky County Judge Executive Association and the Kentucky Magistrates and Commissioners Association Joint Convention on July 18 in Louisville, Ky. Grimes is running against Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

Hollywood celebrities investing in Kentucky Senate race

Associated Press · October 29, 2013 4:00 am

Business, GOP establishment: Tea party is over

Donna Cassata · October 28, 2013 10:01 pm

FILE - In this Oct. 16, 2013 file photo, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington and said Republicans lost the government shutdown budget battle because some members of his own party in Congress turned on their colleagues. The bigger worry for many GOP party leaders is the growing rift between business-oriented Republicans and the GOP's more ideological wing. Each accuses the other of bungling the debt ceiling and government shutdown dramas, widely seen as a major Republican embarrassment. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

A year after Mitt Romney loss, GOP woes run even deeper

Associated Press · October 28, 2013 4:00 am

President Ronald Reagan addresses a Joint Session of Congress and the nation by television in the House Chamber giving his State of the Union speech on Jan. 25, 1984. (AP/Bob Daugherty)

Hey, GOP, it’s time to put on a happy face

Cal Thomas · October 28, 2013 4:00 am

The RNC is taking a drastically different approach to spending its money in the upcoming mid-term elections next year, putting up more money early on in the campaigns to build the party's grassroots rather than stockpile its cash until the final days of the election as it has been in the past.

RNC changes spending strategy to focus on early grassroots

Rebecca Berg · October 28, 2013 4:00 am

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., proposed delaying the fee in recent budget talks with Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky. (AP/ Evan Vucci)

Roles reversed as GOP fights for insurance tax

Stephen Ohlemacher · October 28, 2013 4:00 am

The number of food stamp recipients has increased by almost one-half since Obama took office. (AP File)

Examiner Editorial: Why work when you can live comfortably on the government dole?

Editorial Writer · October 27, 2013 4:00 am

"There certainly is some irony. The Democrats shut down [the] government because they wouldn't accept a one-year delay. Now it's so bad they're actually in favor of a one-year delay," Paul said during an interview. (AP Photo)

Rand Paul threatens to hold up Janet Yellen nomination over audit of the Federal Reserve

Joseph Lawler · October 25, 2013 4:00 am

RedState's Daniel Horowitz countered critics of the recent shutdown fight by articulating what he regards as the "inconvenient truth" of the current Senate: Republicans give Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., an effective supermajority on an array of issues. (Photo: Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

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Do Republicans give Senate Democrats a supermajority?

Joel Gehrke · October 25, 2013 4:00 am