

President is violating religious freedom for an ineffective plan
No. The system is not broken. To the contrary, the system is working pretty much the way it was designed to work.

The next chairman of the Republican National Committee will face a money-raising challenge of historic proportions.

For most of the nation's press, it's no secret whom influential Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour is backing in the race for the next GOP chairman, but the one-time party chairman — and possible 2012 presidential hopeful — denies he's orchestrating the campaign that has given Wisconsin Republican Party Chairman Reince Priebus strong momentum in the race.

The Republican National Committee's inability to reach its own fundraising goals for this year's elections was more serious than its budget makers expected and the malaise has even spread to small-money donors, The Washington Times has learned.

Republican National Committee Chairman Michael S. Steele hired his former personal assistant to manage the 2012 Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., for $15,000 a month plus a $25,000 signing bonus, The Washington Times has learned.
The chairman of the Texas Republican Party will try to jump his state ahead of other less-conservative states in the 2012 presidential-nomination contest, The Washington Times has learned.

They knew it was coming. They've heaved a sigh.

EXCLUSIVE: David Norcross has told The Washington Times he plans to relinquish his position as national committeeman from New Jersey at the Republican National Committee's annual summer meeting.
"The Citizens United case doesn't change the law prohibiting candidates from using their own TV shows to advance their candidacies," said David Norcross, former Republican National Committee general counsel. "Huckabee could face Federal Election Committee penalties."

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