GOP criticizes Reid's worldwide depression remark

2010-10-22T18:00:31Z

Reid's claim that 'but for me, we'd be in a worldwide depression' draws Republican criticism

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said "but for me, we'd be in a worldwide depression," a statement the National Republican Senatorial Committee called the height of arrogance.

"P...

GOP fires ad biz over hick flap in W.Va. Sen. race

2010-10-14T13:00:32Z

GOP Senate campaign fires agency over call to portray West Virginians as hicks in ad

A Republican production firm was behind a casting call that sought actors who looked like hicks to portray West Virginians in a U.S. Senate race ad, an e-mail released Thursday shows.

The National...

McCain gives $1 million to Senate Republican candidates

2010-09-29T12:47:00Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Senator John McCain is donating $1 million left over from his 2008 presidential campaign to help Senate Republican candidates ahead of the November 2 elections, aides said on Wednesday.

McCain's donation to the

US Republicans see Senate takeover hopes dim

2010-09-15T20:15:38Z

President Barack Obama's Republican foes picked over the results of a shock Tea Party primary win which analysts said all but wiped out the opposition party's thin hopes of retaking the US Senate.

Establishment Republicans once eager to harness the insurgent conservative movement and ride its unbridled energy to a romp in the November 2 mid-term el...

GOP reserves $1.75M for ads in Calif. Senate race

2010-07-26T15:00:30Z

Republicans reserve $1.75M in ads for last week of Calif. Senate race

Republicans have reserved $1.75 million for television ads to help Carly Fiorina in the final week of the California Senate race.

The buy signals GOP optimism about unseating three-t...

Suggestive GOP ad attacks Ohio Senate Dem hopeful

2010-06-26T03:51:15Z

National GOP group produces sexually suggestive ad attacking Dem Senate candidate in Ohio

A national Senate Republican campaign committee's website is featuring a sexually suggestive political attack ad against an Ohio Democrat running for U.S. Senate, showing him shirtless in a provocat...

NY man sentenced in terrorism financing case

2010-09-08T13:00:54Z

A New York businessman was sentenced Monday to more than 10 years in prison for trying to funnel money to a terrorism training camp in Afghanistan through an undercover agent posing as a wealthy Middle Easterner.

Abdul Tawala Ibn Ali Alishtari pleaded guilty in September to charges of terrorism financing and conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Harry Reid Death Watch occurring within a few hours. The election seems a fortnight away, not 417 days. If itÕs this intense now, I canÕt imagine what it will be like next year. To wit:

¥ NRSC Frothing, Part 1: This was ...

Chafee at the Bit

2010-10-22T11:18:30Z

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Jon Ralston wonders if Ensign will do whatÕs best for his party

2010-04-16T11:21:02Z

If John Ensign were still the head of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, trying to preserve GOP seats, what might he say about scandal-ridden John Ensign?

Might he look down from his high horse and declare this is Òsomething that I th...

FLASHPOINT

2010-04-16T11:25:38Z

The National Republican Senatorial Committee had some

fun at Harry ReidÕs expense Tuesday for the majority leaderÕs situational

stances on bipartisanship. As these kinds of partisan releases

go, it was more effective because it was light on the attack rhetoric. The NRSC used

ReidÕs Monday comments welcoming

China and Chintz at 960 Fifth's New $32.5 M. Co-Op

2010-04-16T15:21:41Z

Last month, The Observer reported that Murray H. Goldman, a Palm Beach-based shopping center magnate, would be putting his duplex at kingly 960 Fifth Avenue on the market for $32.5 million, even though he apparently paid $1.41 million for the place back in the early '80s.

Today, Sotheby's has f...

2010-09-10T17:54:38Z

The little delegation that could.

Sen. John Ensign 's promotion to the Senate Finance Committee, a panel whose clout should not be underestimated, provides an opportunity to step back and put the Nevada quintet into perspective.

Ensign , with the usual gushing expected from a news release announcing such an honor, actually wasn't fa...

Democrats close to GOP in fundraising

2010-09-08T21:37:55Z

Democrats Boost Fundraising Efforts, Pull Nearly Even With Republicans

National Democratic Party committees raised nearly $60 million in the first four months of this year, one-fourth more than two years ago and twice as much as they collected during the same period in 2003.

Republican Party committees, on the other hand, collected a quarter less than in 2005, placing them at near pari...