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Changes Afoot at the NRCC - Capitol Briefing

including fellow Alabaman Spencer Bachus. While the NRCC has not endorsed any candidate, it doesn't leave a lot to the imagination when chairman Tom Cole hands Parker a $5,000 check, as Roll Call's John McArdle writes today. As chairman of the NRCC, Tom Cole has stayed out of party primaries, but Republican defeats in three straight red district special elections this year have apparently overcome his initial respect for the will of local voters. Fear is a powerful motivator, I guess.

The beleaguered committee has few options at this point. Broke and on a vicious losing streak, it can't get rid of its chair, Tom Cole, since no one else would want the thankless and impossible job. So they're making mostly cosmetic changes, except for one relatively important one: The NRCC will now wade into competitive GOP primaries when appropriate. This is a significant shift, as Cole's policy has been to stay out of such contests even when the party believes one candidate would

The beleaguered committee has few options at this point. Broke and on a vicious losing streak, it can't get rid of its chair, Tom Cole, since no one else would want the thankless and impossible job. So they're making mostly cosmetic changes, except for one relatively important one: The NRCC will now wade into competitive GOP primaries when appropriate. This is a significant shift, as Cole's policy has been to stay out of such contests even when the party believes one candidate would

The beleaguered committee has few options at this point. Broke and on a vicious losing streak, it can't get rid of its chair, Tom Cole, since no one else would want the thankless and impossible job. So they're making mostly cosmetic changes, except for one relatively important one: The NRCC will now wade into competitive GOP primaries when appropriate. This is a significant shift, as Cole's policy has been to stay out of such contests even when the party believes one candidate would

The beleaguered committee has few options at this point. Broke and on a vicious losing streak, it can’t get rid of its chair, Tom Cole, since no one else would want the thankless and impossible job. So they’re making mostly cosmetic changes

Tom Cole dead? Not quite, but John Boehner definitely just took some advice from Bob Barker and spayed his NRCC Chair: The NRCC will now wade into competitive GOP primaries when appropriate. This is a significant shift, as Cole's policy has been to stay out of such contests even when the party believes one candidate would clearly be the best general election bet. In

Meltdown Heh heh heh… Rep. Tom Cole (Okla.) is and will remain the chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, but House Minority Leader John Boehner (Ohio) demonstrated this morning at a Conference meeting

... Well, I'll tell you that John McCain then would be pretty disappointed with John McCain now because he hired some of the biggest lobbyists in Washington to run his campaign.” Efter förlusten i nyvalet till kongressen i Mississippi så görs nu förändringar i NRCC, republikanernas kampanjorganisation för representanthus. Barack Obama förbereder sig försiktigt för att ta över det demokratiska partiet. Den oberoende demokraten som stöjder John McCain, Joe Lieberman, angriper Barack Obama i en debattartikel

Good news though for Republicans. While the party won't be able to infuse any cash in this race they are planning on turning to people who for what ever reason aren't giving them money and ask them to give money directly to the candidates. via Washington Post; The party will step up its efforts to establish special fundraising committees for seats with contested GOP primaries occurring late in the season, which will raise cash that will automatically go to the eventual nominees. This fairly common