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politico.com - 12/16/2008

Newt denounces Blago attacks

— politico.com — Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is denouncing Republican attempts to link President-elect Barack Obama and disgraced Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich. Senator John McCain Sunday distanced himself from Republican National Committee attacks on ... (more) Newt denounces Blago attacks

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Rod Blagojevich

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kenblackwell.com - 12/16/2008

Ken Blackwell | RNC Chairman

— kenblackwell.com — Dear RNC Member: After Christmas, you will make an extraordinarily important decision that will affect the future of the Republican Party and the country. Among the candidates for Chairman, I am proposing the most comprehensive reform of the way the ... (more) Ken Blackwell | RNC Chairman

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Ken Blackwell

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rawstory.com - 12/20/2008

'Karl Rove's IT guru' Mike Connell dies in plane crash

— rawstory.com — A top level Republican IT consultant who was set to testify in a case alleging GOP election tampering in Ohio died in a plane crash late Friday night. Michael Connell -- founder of Ohio-based New Media Communications, which created campaign Web ... (more) 'Karl Rove's IT guru' Mike Connell dies in plane crash

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Karl Rove

Republican National Committee

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Picking Up the Pieces
Talking Points Memo — ... In an internal RNC memo obtained by TPM Election Central, chairman Mike Duncan acknowledges that the GOP has lost its reputation as a "party of ideas" and warns against "falling back on ideology alone." ...

First step: admitting you have a problem
Political Animal — ... do with it -- but the inability to craft a policy agenda has no doubt contributed to the Republicans' inability to dig themselves out of their ditch. An interesting observer wrote a memo this week arguing that the Republican Party has grown "stale," "does not deserve" the party-of-ideas label, has grown too quick to "fall back on ideology alone," and has lost the "American people's trust." As it turns out, the observer is Republican National Committee Chairman Robert "Mike" Duncan. Greg Sargent reports : In a frank and private memo sent today to Republican National Committee ...

The Party of Ideas As Weapons vs. The Party Of Ideas As, Well, IDEAS!
Open Left - Front Page — TPM is reporting on a new memo from Republican National Committee chief Mike Duncan, saying that the GOP has lost its reputation as a "party of ideas," and needs to do some serious work to change that.  Only two problems-one for them, one for us: ...

Saturday reading.gov
Ben Smith's Blog — ... his science team in his video/radio address. Franken seems really to be winning. Blago pardons 22 people, not himself. Ron Brownstein describes the danger a hardening Republican rump poses to itself. Hillary uses her list to fundraise for Media Matters, moving her that much closer to owning their content. Tom Watson defends Change.gov's .gov. A prominent Republican web guy dies in a plane crash. And Mike Duncan makes the case for the Center for Republican Renewal, and names its chief ...

In The Wilderness
Matthew Yglesias — Greg Sargent reports on RNC Chair Mike Duncan’s latest thinking: In a frank and private memo sent today to Republican National Committee members, the RNC chairman acknowledges that the GOP has grown too addicted to ideology, places politics before policy, and is bereft of ideas — and that it’s imperative that the party shift towards a genuine effort to develop concrete policy solutions to people’s problems in order to rescue itself. The memo, which we obtained from a Republican operative. was written by RNC chief Mike Duncan ...

Tom DeLay: Note to RNC: More Action, Less "Tank"ing
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog — RNC Chairman Mike Duncan, who is now running for re-election, recently announced a new project to be run out of the national committee - The Center for Republican Renewal. Now this, simply put, is a horrible idea. While I appreciate Chairman Duncan for thinking outside the box, we'd be better off paying more attention to what the Democrats have built over the last eight years and working off of a new model. This new political paradigm all comes down to campaign finance reform. What John McCain thought (hoped?) would be a shot in the arm to our campaigns turned out to be a ...

Arianna Huffington: Laissez Faire Capitalism Should Be as Dead as Soviet Communism
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... Last week, Ben Smith reported that the GOP was launching "a new, in-house think tank aimed at reviving the party's policy heft." In a private memo explaining the think tank, RNC chairman Mike Duncan wrote: "We must show how our ideology can be applied to solve problems." But, of course, it's that very ideology that's causing the problems. It's like the old horror movie cliché: "We've traced the call -- it's coming from inside the house!" ...

RNC scraps plans to develop a policy think tank.
Think Progress — ... .” Former RNC Chairman Mike Duncan wrote a memo to RNC Committee Members explaining the concept behind the so-called “Center for Republican Renewal.” “The Republican Party must not cede the policy field to the Democrats,” he wrote. “The Center for Republican Renewal will be dedicated to that proposition.” Greg Sargent reports that the ...

"Party Of Ideas"? Not So Much...
Open Left - Front Page — ... TPM is reporting on a new memo from Republican National Committee chief Mike Duncan, saying that the GOP has lost its reputation as a "party of ideas," and needs to do some serious work to change that.  Only two problems-one for them, one for us: ...