nytimes.com - 11/13/2008
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The painful post-mortem of the election began in earnest among Republican governors gathered in Miami. >
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com - 11/13/2008
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politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com —
MIAMI (CNN) — Some Republican governors tell CNN
they were not particularly happy with the way the
Republican Governors Association press conference was executed Thursday, saying that they agreed to go as a show of GOP governors’ unity — ...
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GOP governors unhappy with Palin press conference
blogs.wsj.com - 11/14/2008
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Susan Davis reports on politics. The Republican Governors
Association announced its new leadership lineup today after their
annual meeting concluded Thursday in Miami. South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford was voted RGA chairman, taking over ...
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Republican Governors Pick Sanford as Chairman
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DAY'S END ROUNDUP
News —
... TalkLeft [image] Foley: I'm Not a Pedophile - Satyam Khanna, Think Progress [image] Palin as Yoda - Noam Scheiber, The Stump [image] Ga.-Sen.: GOP Sticks with Lame Message - J. Singer, MyDD [image] Academic Verdict on the Paulson Plan - Iain Murray, The Corner [image] Looking Ahead - Erick Erickson, RedState OTHER NEWS SOURCES: Bailout May Include Credit Card, Loan Companies - Washington Post GOP Needs to Change, Pawlenty Tells Governors - NY Times Lugar Says Good ...
Variables Working Against a Republican Revival
The Moderate Voice —
... While just 43 percent of whites voted for Obama, the group now makes up just 74% of the electorate, down from 89% in 1980. And that trend is accelerating. Just since 2003, whites’ share of the electorate fell four percentage points, while blacks, Latinos and Asians increased by three points, to 23 percent, and gave [Obama] 95%, 66% and 61% support respectively.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty is one GOP leader who seems all-too-aware of what these numbers portend:
… we cannot compete, and prevail, as a majority governing ...
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First thoughts: Fear and self-loathing —
First Read 11/13/2008
From Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, Domenico Montanaro, and Carrie Dann *** Live from Miami: "Fear and self-loathing in Miami” might as well be the name of the Republican Governors Association meeting, which begins a second day here. ...
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