Conservative leaders responded strongly late Friday to remarks made by Republican National Committee Chief of Staff Mike Shields on Tuesday about “the professional right.” RNC Spokesperson Sean Spicer clarified those remarks to Breitbart News, explaining that Shields “was trying – albeit somewhat in artfully –
Sean Spicer, Director of Communications at the Republican National Committee, told Breitbart News Friday that the comments RNC Chief of Staff Mike Shields made on Tuesday about “the professional right” and the conservative grassroots were “inartful.” “Mike was attempting to
At a meeting of the Ripon Society held in Washington, D.C.’s exclusive Capitol Hill Club on Tuesday, new Republican National Committee Chief of Staff Mike Shields effectively declared war on the conservative grassroots. In a strong attack, Shields coined a
The Republican National Committee has hired the son of Fox News commentator Juan Williams to coordinate the party’s efforts to reach out to young and black voters. Raffi Williams, the 24 year-old son of the liberal Fox commentator, will be
When Rep. Don Young (R-AK) slurred Hispanics in an interview on Thursday by referring to migrant Hispanic workers as “wetbacks,” which is a term as offensive and inappropriate as “beaners,” Republicans condemned his remarks and forced him to apologize. House
Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Sen. Pat Leahy (D-VT) is using the Republican National Committee (RNC) to bolster his attack on Republicans opposed to rushing through an unexamined comprehensive immigration reform package. Leahy made the move in his letter berating Alabama
After the Republican National Committee released its “autopsy” report highlighting the path forward for the GOP on Monday, conservatives blasted the RNC for proposing changes they feel would blunt the ability of grassroots conservatives to beat establishment candidates at the
Republican National Committee elders are calling for the creation of a formal party-sponsored board of celebrity promoters to push the party’s politics, the new “autopsy” report on the GOP’s problems shows. To reach youth voters, the GOP establishment figures who
A new poll released today by The Hill finds broad support for the Republican position on the budget, until the word “Republican” is attached to that position. By a 2-1 margin, voters support the Ryan budget plan over the plan
Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus outlines some of the changes he thinks the GOP should make for the 2016 campaign season.
The Republican National Committee’s internal evaluators argued that true conservatism loses the Republican Party elections in a new report released Monday. The evaluators were charged by chairman Reince Priebus with helping the GOP reach a larger voter base. A copy
The Republican National Committee (RNC) has released its long-awaited study on the 2012 elections, with detailed recommendations about how the party can improve its future. The report, entitled the “Growth and Opportunity Project,” was compiled by a special committee consisting
On Monday, RNC Chair Reince Priebus, in a much-anticipated appearance at the National Press Club, will lay out a blueprint of reforms to make the GOP more competitive. The goal is to correct a number of missteps that cost the
CBS New York: Republican Gov. Chris Christie is fielding criticism after speaking at a recent church-hosted meeting. Christie has been asked to apologize for referring to the first black female leader of the state Assembly by race and gender, not
Pat Caddell, the Fox News Contributor and Democrat pollster who engineered Jimmy Carter’s 1976 Presidential victory, blew the lid off CPAC on Thursday with a blistering attack on “racketeering” Republican consultants who play wealthy donors like “marks.” “I blame the donors who allow
Earlier this month, several tech savvy young Republican consultants and policy strategists, all under the age of forty, announced the establishment of the Empower Action Group, a conservative counterpart to the left’s successful New Organizing Institute. Patrick Ruffini, the thirty-four year
In a recent NPR article/broadcast, RNC Chairman Reince Priebus says he’s meeting with groups of voters, including Hispanics, Asians, and youth, who have voted Democratic in the past. After several years of the GOP telling young voters that they will
The Republican National Committee’s (RNC) website has been very inactive since the Romney-Ryan defeat in the presidential election on Nov. 6 and, as the site shows, it has not updated some pages since at least July 2012. In contrast, President
On Tuesday Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus named Mike Shields, currently the political director at the National Republican Congressional Committee, to serve as his new chief of staff, replacing the controversial Jeff Larson in that position. Larson’s close ties
Former National Security Adviser and Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice will form a bipartisan group with high-profile Republicans and Democrats to find solutions to the country’s immigration problem. Rice will join forces with Haley Barbour, the former Republican Mississippi governor
In an attempt to broaden the Republican Party’s appeal to minorities, particularly Hispanics, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio will deliver the Republican response to President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address on Tuesday in both English and Spanish. In announcing
Michael Steele, the former chairman of the Republican National Committee appearing on PoliticsNation hosted by Rev. Al Sharpton on Monday night, said that when it comes to his opinion on current RNC chairman Reince Priebus, “disappointed is the tip of
By STEVE PEOPLESAssociated PressCHARLOTTE, N.C.Reince Priebus has been elected to lead the Republican National Committee for another two years. The 40-year-old RNC chairman ran unopposed in his bid for a second term, which begins less than three months after what
Maine Republican National Committeeman Mark Willis has failed to secure the support he needed to have his name placed in nomination for the chairmanship of the Republican National Committee (RNC). The election will be held today at the RNC winter
Sources tell Breitbart News that Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus flew to Nevada on Monday night in order to persuade Nevada Republican National Committeeman James Smack to drop his support for RNC Chair challenger Mark Willis from Maine. Previously,
On Tuesday, Democrats re-elected Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (D-FL) to a second term as chair of the Democratic National Committee. Wasserman Schultz said she was “humbled” that Democrats and President Obama had confidence in her to lead the party. An internal Obama campaign
Fulfilling all the worst expectations of the tea party, Republican Party leaders today came out of the woodwork to celebrate the false bipartisanship touted by President Obama – a faux bipartisanship that will soon be used as a club against
Rapper Lupe Fiasco lived down to his name at a recent corporate-sponsored inauguration party in Washington D.C. when he was thrown off the stage by the hosts for going on a tirade against President Obama, Rush Limbaugh, and Glenn Beck,
On Tuesday, the Associated Press reported that RNC Chairman Reince Priebus, who suddenly faces a challenge from Maine Republican National Committeeman Mark Willis in his bid for a second term, “has sought out Paul supporters as he seeks re-election.” The
Mark Willis, the Republican National Committeeman from Maine who is challenging incumbent Reince Priebus for the RNC Chairmanship, told Breitbart News on Sunday that the RNC needs a vendor selection process based on competitive bidding and a leader who understands
In July 2009, after Michael Steele took over as chair of the Republican National Committee, the 168 members of the RNC passed a “Resolution in Support of Good Governance” that required the chair to conduct competitive bids for all contracts
A few days before Christmas, Engage DC, a well respected new media consulting firm, released ‘“Inside the Cave,” a detailed account of how the Obama campaign thoroughly dominated the GOP in the 2012 digital arena through superior management, innovative analytics, and
According to an article published in the MIT Technology Review last week, the Obama campaign adeptly used “big data” to predict voting behavior while the Romney team slept. The article made the case that when it came to technology, the Obama
After Wayne LaPierre spoke of the NRA’s desire to help make children safer by using its own money and resources to train teachers and work with police departments to have an armed presence at every school that wants it, New
You’d think the National Pastime would be can’t miss material at the box office. “Trouble with the Curve,” the story of an aging baseball scout reconnecting with his estranged daughter, still couldn’t connect with audiences on a mass scale. Could
Last Monday Ari Fleischer, former press secretary to George W. Bush, was named by Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus to be one of five committee chairs for what had been billed as a “full autopsy” of the Republican 2012 election efforts
I am now embarrassed for the House Republicans. This weekend, we learned first that Speaker Boehner had ceded a foundational principle of the Republican Party and offered up higher tax rates as part of a deal to avoid the “fiscal
The RNC confirmed this morning that its recently announced “autopsy” effort on the 2012 campaign — which will be conducted by establishment Republican insiders — is the only official review of the 2012 campaign they are conducting. In an email
