http://www.redstate.com/jrichardson Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:39:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en President Barack Obama admitted Monday to a group of students in Shanghai, China that, while billed as the most tech savvy President in history, he doesn't use Twitter. When asked by a student if he was aware of China's firewall blocking the popular micro-blogging service, Obama forewent his tech friendly reputation, ... http://www.redstate.com/jrichardson/2009/11/16/twitter-for-thee-not-me/ Carly Fiorina, the former Hewlett-Packard CEO-turned-McCain campaign advisor and surrogate, announced on Thursday the endorsements of eight Republican Senators, including conservative stalwart Senator Tom Coburn. "Our nation is facing serious economic challenges because we keep rehiring the same failed career politicians who have proven themselves incapable of making hard choices," read ... http://www.redstate.com/jrichardson/2009/11/05/coburn-mccain-endorse-fiorina/ The Sunlight Foundation’s Luke Rosiak reported on Friday the Republican National Committee spent $1.4 million on the redesign of GOP.com, a figure which totals more than five times what the RNC’s Democratic counterpart spent to host and maintain Democrats.org. Sources familiar with the RNC’s digital makeover, however, contest Sunlight’s report, ... http://www.redstate.com/jrichardson/2009/10/26/sunlight-foundation-in-the-dark/ Organizing for America, the increasingly combative political operation of the White House, today unveiled a new web video targeting Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Michael Steele, charging the Republican Party chief with “siding with Washington elites and insurance companies and playing political games to kill reform.” The latest installment in OfA’s ... http://www.redstate.com/jrichardson/2009/10/22/ofa-dnc-call-out-steele-in-new-web-video/ The Republican National Committee will unveil a new website early Tuesday morning that promises to increase grassroots participation and offers improved navigability and smarter marketing and fundraising tools for the GOP, according to party officials. Upon reaching the new GOP.com, RNC Chairman Michael Steele takes a virtual step onto the computer ... http://www.redstate.com/jrichardson/2009/10/13/rnc-unveils-new-website/ Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid promised today the final health care bill will include a controversial public option insurance plan, contrary to recent indications by Democratic staffers that such provisions might be eliminated to make the reforms more palatable for moderate Republicans and conservative Democrats. "We are going to have a ... http://www.redstate.com/jrichardson/2009/10/01/reid-health-care-reform-not-complete-without-public-option/ Anxious to capitalize on a summer’s worth of anti-tax Tea Parties and the fierce public opposition to President Barack Obama’s health care reforms, over 1,000 California Republican delegates and activists ascended upon Indian Wells for the state Party’s semi-annual convention over the weekend – but one high-profile Republican was conspicuously ... http://www.redstate.com/jrichardson/2009/09/30/fiorinas-absence-at-crp-convention-sparks-controversy-rumors/ Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty, whose decision not to seek a third term as governor sparked immense speculation among Republicans about a 2012 campaign, announced today he will launch the “Freedom First” PAC in early November, granting him the opportunity to curry favor among the party faithful by raising and transferring sums of ... http://www.redstate.com/jrichardson/2009/09/22/the-politics-of-pacs/ After Congressman Joe Wilson (R-SC) rejected Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s ultimatum to offer a mea culpa on the floor of the House for his outburst during President Barack Obama’s address on Wednesday evening or face a formal admonishment, Democratic leaders are now moving to introduce a resolution to censure Wilson. But Republican ... http://www.redstate.com/jrichardson/2009/09/15/highlighting-democratic-controversies-republicans-reject-censure-of-wilson/ On Wednesday evening, President Barack Obama delivered an address to a joint-session of Congress in the hopes of strengthening public and legislative support for his health care reforms, but shrewd Republican Capitol Hill researchers note that the President’s carefully-crafted speech was missing one important element – namely, the troops. While the ... http://www.redstate.com/jrichardson/2009/09/11/obamas-forgotten-war/ In the wake of the public furor over President Barack Obama’s pending speech to school children next Tuesday, defensive Democratic surrogates and administration officials have maintained the President’s address will be a valuable education tool and aims to challenge students to “work hard in school” and “meet short-term goals like ... http://www.redstate.com/jrichardson/2009/09/03/flashback-democrats-on-presidential-school-speeches/ Orange County Republican and California State Assemblyman Chuck Devore has been spreading his message of “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” across the Golden State for eleven months now, all with the aim of “bouncing Boxer” from the United States Senate in 2010. And he’s so anxious to see ... http://www.redstate.com/jrichardson/2009/09/01/redstate-interview-chuck-devore/ As Democratic Senator Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas navigates the political minefield of health care reform, the two-term Democrat may be hewing a more conservative course in the wake of a new poll by Public Policy Polling which found her in a dead heat with three potential Republican challengers despite scant ... http://www.redstate.com/jrichardson/2009/08/26/lincoln-republican-challengers-tied-in-new-poll/ In his bid for U.S. Senate, Republican Chuck DeVore has gone to great lengths to portray his primary election opponent Carly Fiorina as too liberal, particularly on the issue of abortion, but some California political observers now say the cash-strapped DeVore campaign is playing fast and loose with the facts. Last ... http://www.redstate.com/jrichardson/2009/08/25/devores-abortion-critique-of-fiorina-without-merit/ On a conference call with progressive religious leaders late Wednesday afternoon, President Barack Obama aggressively challenged his Republican critics’ “misinformation” blitz, arguing the claim by many social conservative groups that his health care proposal would subsidize and mandate reproductive care is a blatant fabrication, and insisted they were “bearing false ... http://www.redstate.com/jrichardson/2009/08/21/conflicting-statements-on-subsidized-abortion-haunt-health-care-reform/ President Barack Obama, who campaigned on the promise of changing the rigidly-partisan climate in Washington, has resigned from the prospect of bipartisan comprehensive health care reform, according to top White House aides. Declaring war on Republicans critical of the president’s proposal, White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel offers a far ... http://www.redstate.com/jrichardson/2009/08/19/bipartisanship-is-dead-say-top-democrats/ Democratic health care strategists are calling foul today on GOP officials John Boehner, Thaddeus McCotter, Johnny Isakson, and Chuck Grassley, claiming the Republican Party leaders are guilty of partisan obstructionism of the worst kind – demagoging the same end-of-life provisions, the now-famous “death panels,” they supported in the 2003 Medicare ... http://www.redstate.com/jrichardson/2009/08/14/democrats-call-foul-on-republican-objection-to-death-panels/ After a series of unsuccessful requests to arrange a town hall over the August recess with Democratic Congresswoman Betsy Markey (CO-4), grassroots organizers opted instead to host their own health care town hall in the congresswoman’s absence – complete with an empty chair and placard for the reticent Markey. The Northern ... http://www.redstate.com/jrichardson/2009/08/13/voters-schedule-town-hall-in-representatives-absence/ At a health care town hall today, President Barack Obama told a New Hampshire audience that he has never claimed to be an advocate of a single-payer health care system, alleging that his Republican opponents were employing “scare tactics” to derail substantive health care reform. "I have not said that I ... http://www.redstate.com/jrichardson/2009/08/11/obamas-doublspeak-on-single-payer-health-care-systems/ The scene of a Metro Atlanta town hall meeting quickly deteriorated when Democratic Congressman David Scott (GA-13) suddenly became enraged, and, in a breathtaking display of congressional machismo, began berating constituents. Scott displayed his temper during a question-and-answer period when David Hill, a local resident and doctor, questioned the congressman over ... http://www.redstate.com/jrichardson/2009/08/07/democrat-david-scotts-town-hall-tirade/