Republican "brand"needs repair, governors told
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The Republican "brand" has been tarnished by corruption and poor performance and governors from the party who have presidential ambitions must return to its traditions of tight spending and smaller government.
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Republican Party leaders yesterday laid the groundwork for a possible challenge of Democrat Christine Gregoire&#39;s victory over Dino Rossi in the hand recount for governor, claiming a number of irregularities in the way King County handled ballots.
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Governors are facing up to some harsh realities: Their states' school children aren't ready for the 21st century, their workers aren't trained for the new jobs created every day, and their businesses aren't competing as strongly as they must to keep ahead.
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Republicans will play defense in this fall's state legislative races to avoid a "tsunami" that could alter the political landscape in statehouses around the country, the head of the GOP's legislative campaign committee said Wednesday.
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has decided to pull his advertising from South Carolina and Florida, in a sign of trouble for a campaign that badly needs a win.
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Republicans on Monday laid the groundwork to contest the gubernatorial election, airing a litany of allegations and concerns over the way the election and its three counts were administered, particularly in King County.
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The former Arkansas governor is challenging McCain, Giuliani, and Romney for the Republican presidential nomination.
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The Republican candidate for governor says the state's recently dedicated 9/11 memorial should be torn down, calling it an insult to America because of wording that he says criticizes the United States and fails to adequately honor victims and military personnel.
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The state treasurer announced Tuesday the start of a statewide TV ad campaign criticizing Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger for "breaking his promise" to voters not to spend more than the state takes in.
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I used to believe that the Republicans were the party that most strongly believed in fiscal responsibility. Salt Lake County Mayor Peter Corroon is forcing me to re-evaluate that belief.
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With key staff resignations and dwindling cash, the Republican hopeful tries to keep his campaign from imploding
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Republican partisans have a political mantra for the 2008 campaign: The political climate, they contend, canÃ¢ÂÂt possibly be as bad as it was in 2006, when the unpopularity of President George W. Bush and the national Republican Party in general cost the GOP its control of Congress and the governorsÃ¢ÂÂ offices in six states.
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The nation's governors urged President Bush on Wednesday to spare states the costs of Medicaid in an effort to reduce the federal deficit.
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The GOP tries to regain control in a state that hasn't seen a Republican governor in 20 years.
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Lieutenant Governor Kerry M. Healey , who has been distancing herself from Governor Mitt Romney's more conservative positions on abortion rights and stem cell research, is now pledging if she becomes governor she'll focus far more attention than Romney has on small business.
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Republicans are scrambling to contain the damage of two separate political headaches that share a common theme &#151; accusations that the GOP is hiding the truth.
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Going against their party and industry, a Republican governor and a drug company executive urged Congress yesterday to allow Americans to import prescription drugs from other countries.