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  • Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus (Associated Press)

    GOP leaders hit Obama for lack of accountability amid scandals

    While congressional Republicans gear up to investigate numerous White House scandals, party leaders are making the rounds on cable news and pushing their new narrative: President Obama won't take responsibility for anything.


  • Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's new book offers 400 rules for life, business, politics and other stuff, such as "America's economy was built on fortitude, not fear," and "Stay in your lane" is not my favorite phrase. (Image from donaldrumsfeld.com)

    Inside the Beltway: Rules a la Rumsfeld

    America is not what is wrong with the world. If you expect people to be in on the landing, include them in the takeoff. You get what you inspect, not what you expect. If you're coasting, you're going downhill.


  • **FILE** Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal criticizes House budget negotiations in Baton Rouge on May 6, 2013. (Associated Press)

    Jindal's New Hampshire speech sparks 2016 talk

    Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal will deliver the keynote address Friday at a Republican fundraiser in New Hampshire — an appearance that is renewing speculation that he is eyeing a 2016 presidential bid.


  • Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford gives his victory speech in Mt. Pleasant, S.C., on on May 7, 2013, after winning back his old congressional seat in the state's 1st District. (Associated Press)

    GOP prepares to welcome back Sanford

    Mark Sanford's plea for forgiveness succeeded with South Carolina voters on Tuesday, and now his Republican colleagues will have to decide whether they, too, can forgive him.


  • Sen. Rand Paul isn't hesitating to test the presidential waters, speaking in Iowa on Friday and in New Hampshire on Monday. (Associated Press)

    Inside the Beltway: Rand Paul's big show

    It's never too early raise the curtain on a 2016 presidential play. Sen. Rand Paul knows his lines and will command the political stage in Iowa on Friday — and in New Hampshire on Monday.


  • ** FILE **  Comedian Conan O'Brien speaks at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library in Boston, May 24, 2012. O'Brien will be spending a late night with President Obama at the White House Correspondents'  dinner on April 27. (Associated Press)

    White House Correspondents’ Dinner 2013: 'Controlled demolition' with Conan, Bon Jovi and the NRA

    It's become oddly fashionable to bash the White House Correspondents' Association dinner, the giddy juxtaposition of journalists, Hollywood celebrities and strategically-minded operatives that arrives in the nation's capital each spring, just like the circus. Critics claim the annual event has become commercialized, off-message and unbecoming.


  • **FILE** Alabama Tea Party member Kay Day of Irvington, Ala., demonstrates in front of the Alabama Statehouse in Montgomery, Ala., as lawmakers gathered inside on Feb. 5, 2013, the first day of their regular legislative session. Day was protesting Alabama's efforts in the Common Core education guidelines. (Associated Press)

    Backlash grows against state education standards

    Lawmakers in Michigan are taking the lead in the fight to stop Common Core as a backlash against the state-driven education system continues to grow.


  • ** FILE ** This Jan. 26, 2012, photo shows former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush speaking in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

    Common Core opens a Republican rift over education standards

    The Common Core system is meant to unify K-12 education standards in states across the nation. It's having the opposite effect within the Republican Party, as a rift grows between supporters including high-profile figures such as Jeb Bush, Mitch Daniels and other Republicans who had a hand in crafting it and those who fear it's a well-disguised federal takeover of schools.


  • Looking back at the 2012 election, Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus concluded, "Our message was weak, our ground game was insufficient, we weren't inclusive, we were behind in both data and digital, our primary and debate process needed improvement." (CBS News via Associated Press)

    Inside the Beltway: Please hurry up, GOP

    The persistent, noisy refrain that the Republican Party is "out of touch" with mainstream America continues. The phrase and its many variants have been repeated in public opinion polls and throughout the liberal media from the moment Mitt Romney solemnly waved goodbye from the presidential campaign trail. The Grand Old Party has taken the insults, but gotten the message.


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