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Grassroots Organizing, High Technology Key to Growing Our Party
RNC members across the nation are energized about taking what they learned at last week's national meeting in Pittsburgh and are running with it to continue expanding the Republican Party. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports Mehlman "dispatched Republican National Committee members with marching orders to focus on grass-roots, voter registration and targeting with the goal of bucking the six-year itch, a historic trend of congressional losses by the party of the White House incumbent.  'History is not on our side,' Kelley McCullough, the RNC chief of staff, told the group.  'Traditionally the party of the president loses seats in the second mid-term election.'"  The Post-Gazette goes on to report that "Speaker after speaker during the RNC's summer meeting stressed the importance of nurturing that volunteer network as well as maintaining a technological edge over the Democrats." Moreover, Chairman Mehlman says that expanding the base does not mean we have to sacrifice our principles, rather it's quite the opposite. They work together; our strong values are what motivates new Americans to join the GOP. "The theme of the Republican Party's summer meeting this weekend was expanding its base," the San Francisco Chronicle reports.  "'We don't have to choose between motivating our base and bringing new faces and new voices into the party,' said GOP Chairman Ken Mehlman. ...  'We talk about a compassionate conservative philosophy that not only unites Republicans, but attracts support among discerning Democrats and among independents.'"  Santorum, the keynote speaker on Friday at the meeting, "told fellow Republicans that his traditional values message 'is a good solid message for every community in America.'"  The GOP "sees its strong traditional values message, coupled with the failures of the welfare state and the Democratic Party's rigidity, as the keys to attracting minorities and other new members.  'We're not asking Republicans to become more liberal to lure new voters into the party,' Mehlman told the delegates."

Posted by blogposter at 06:46 AM | Grassroots Organizing, High Technology Key to Growing Our Party

Investigation Into Potential Unfair Ads in Pennsylvania
Media bias is nothing new, but sometimes it s taken to such an extreme level that it can no longer be ignored. Take this situation in Pennsylvania involving ads being run by the Scranton Times-Tribune. "The newly merged Scranton Times-Tribune wanted to call attention to itself with advertisements that appear this summer on TV, billboards and buses," the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. The ads featured a mock newspaper with a banner headline: Casey to run for Senate. But at issue now - unfolding against the backdrop of a high-profile U.S. Senate race between Republican incumbent Rick Santorum and Democrat Bob Casey Jr. - is whether the ads are a harmless promotion for a business or a possible campaign-finance violation. The National Republican Senatorial Committee said yesterday that the ads could be illegal corporate contributions that unfairly benefit the Democrat. They also called Casey's ties to the publisher's family troubling because family members have donated more than $120,000 to Casey and his brother, Pat."

Posted by blogposter at 08:42 PM | Investigation Into Potential Unfair Ads in Pennsylvania

Grassroots Organizing, High Technology Key to Growing Our Party
RNC members across the nation are energized about taking what they learned at last week's national meeting in Pittsburgh and are running with it to continue expanding the Republican Party. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports Mehlman "dispatched Republican National Committee members with marching orders to focus on grass-roots, voter registration and targeting with the goal of bucking the six-year itch, a historic trend of congressional losses by the party of the White House incumbent.  'History is not on our side,' Kelley McCullough, the RNC chief of staff, told the group.  'Traditionally the party of the president loses seats in the second mid-term election.'"  The Post-Gazette goes on to report that "Speaker after speaker during the RNC's summer meeting stressed the importance of nurturing that volunteer network as well as maintaining a technological edge over the Democrats." Moreover, Chairman Mehlman says that expanding the base does not mean we have to sacrifice our principles, rather it's quite the opposite. They work together; our strong values are what motivates new Americans to join the GOP. "The theme of the Republican Party's summer meeting this weekend was expanding its base," the San Francisco Chronicle reports.  "'We don't have to choose between motivating our base and bringing new faces and new voices into the party,' said GOP Chairman Ken Mehlman. ...  'We talk about a compassionate conservative philosophy that not only unites Republicans, but attracts support among discerning Democrats and among independents.'"  Santorum, the keynote speaker on Friday at the meeting, "told fellow Republicans that his traditional values message 'is a good solid message for every community in America.'"  The GOP "sees its strong traditional values message, coupled with the failures of the welfare state and the Democratic Party's rigidity, as the keys to attracting minorities and other new members.  'We're not asking Republicans to become more liberal to lure new voters into the party,' Mehlman told the delegates."

Posted by blogposter at 08:47 PM | Grassroots Organizing, High Technology Key to Growing Our Party

Investigation Into Potential Unfair Ads in Pennsylvania
Media bias is nothing new, but sometimes it s taken to such an extreme level that it can no longer be ignored. Take this situation in Pennsylvania involving ads being run by the Scranton Times-Tribune. "The newly merged Scranton Times-Tribune wanted to call attention to itself with advertisements that appear this summer on TV, billboards and buses," the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. The ads featured a mock newspaper with a banner headline: Casey to run for Senate. But at issue now - unfolding against the backdrop of a high-profile U.S. Senate race between Republican incumbent Rick Santorum and Democrat Bob Casey Jr. - is whether the ads are a harmless promotion for a business or a possible campaign-finance violation. The National Republican Senatorial Committee said yesterday that the ads could be illegal corporate contributions that unfairly benefit the Democrat. They also called Casey's ties to the publisher's family troubling because family members have donated more than $120,000 to Casey and his brother, Pat."

Posted by blogposter at 09:51 PM | Investigation Into Potential Unfair Ads in Pennsylvania

Grassroots Organizing, High Technology Key to Growing Our Party
RNC members across the nation are energized about taking what they learned at last week's national meeting in Pittsburgh and are running with it to continue expanding the Republican Party. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports Mehlman "dispatched Republican National Committee members with marching orders to focus on grass-roots, voter registration and targeting with the goal of bucking the six-year itch, a historic trend of congressional losses by the party of the White House incumbent.  'History is not on our side,' Kelley McCullough, the RNC chief of staff, told the group.  'Traditionally the party of the president loses seats in the second mid-term election.'"  The Post-Gazette goes on to report that "Speaker after speaker during the RNC's summer meeting stressed the importance of nurturing that volunteer network as well as maintaining a technological edge over the Democrats." Moreover, Chairman Mehlman says that expanding the base does not mean we have to sacrifice our principles, rather it's quite the opposite. They work together; our strong values are what motivates new Americans to join the GOP. "The theme of the Republican Party's summer meeting this weekend was expanding its base," the San Francisco Chronicle reports.  "'We don't have to choose between motivating our base and bringing new faces and new voices into the party,' said GOP Chairman Ken Mehlman. ...  'We talk about a compassionate conservative philosophy that not only unites Republicans, but attracts support among discerning Democrats and among independents.'"  Santorum, the keynote speaker on Friday at the meeting, "told fellow Republicans that his traditional values message 'is a good solid message for every community in America.'"  The GOP "sees its strong traditional values message, coupled with the failures of the welfare state and the Democratic Party's rigidity, as the keys to attracting minorities and other new members.  'We're not asking Republicans to become more liberal to lure new voters into the party,' Mehlman told the delegates."

Posted by blogposter at 08:36 PM | Grassroots Organizing, High Technology Key to Growing Our Party

Investigation Into Potential Unfair Ads in Pennsylvania
Media bias is nothing new, but sometimes it s taken to such an extreme level that it can no longer be ignored. Take this situation in Pennsylvania involving ads being run by the Scranton Times-Tribune. "The newly merged Scranton Times-Tribune wanted to call attention to itself with advertisements that appear this summer on TV, billboards and buses," the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. The ads featured a mock newspaper with a banner headline: Casey to run for Senate. But at issue now - unfolding against the backdrop of a high-profile U.S. Senate race between Republican incumbent Rick Santorum and Democrat Bob Casey Jr. - is whether the ads are a harmless promotion for a business or a possible campaign-finance violation. The National Republican Senatorial Committee said yesterday that the ads could be illegal corporate contributions that unfairly benefit the Democrat. They also called Casey's ties to the publisher's family troubling because family members have donated more than $120,000 to Casey and his brother, Pat."

Posted by blogposter at 11:12 PM | Investigation Into Potential Unfair Ads in Pennsylvania

Investigation Into Potential Unfair Ads in Pennsylvania
Media bias is nothing new, but sometimes it s taken to such an extreme level that it can no longer be ignored. Take this situation in Pennsylvania involving ads being run by the Scranton Times-Tribune. "The newly merged Scranton Times-Tribune wanted to call attention to itself with advertisements that appear this summer on TV, billboards and buses," the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. The ads featured a mock newspaper with a banner headline: Casey to run for Senate. But at issue now - unfolding against the backdrop of a high-profile U.S. Senate race between Republican incumbent Rick Santorum and Democrat Bob Casey Jr. - is whether the ads are a harmless promotion for a business or a possible campaign-finance violation. The National Republican Senatorial Committee said yesterday that the ads could be illegal corporate contributions that unfairly benefit the Democrat. They also called Casey's ties to the publisher's family troubling because family members have donated more than $120,000 to Casey and his brother, Pat."

Posted by blogposter at 05:32 AM | Investigation Into Potential Unfair Ads in Pennsylvania

Investigation Into Potential Unfair Ads in Pennsylvania
Media bias is nothing new, but sometimes it s taken to such an extreme level that it can no longer be ignored. Take this situation in Pennsylvania involving ads being run by the Scranton Times-Tribune. "The newly merged Scranton Times-Tribune wanted to call attention to itself with advertisements that appear this summer on TV, billboards and buses," the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. The ads featured a mock newspaper with a banner headline: Casey to run for Senate. But at issue now - unfolding against the backdrop of a high-profile U.S. Senate race between Republican incumbent Rick Santorum and Democrat Bob Casey Jr. - is whether the ads are a harmless promotion for a business or a possible campaign-finance violation. The National Republican Senatorial Committee said yesterday that the ads could be illegal corporate contributions that unfairly benefit the Democrat. They also called Casey's ties to the publisher's family troubling because family members have donated more than $120,000 to Casey and his brother, Pat."

Posted by blogposter at 12:14 AM | Investigation Into Potential Unfair Ads in Pennsylvania

Investigation Into Potential Unfair Ads in Pennsylvania
Media bias is nothing new, but sometimes it s taken to such an extreme level that it can no longer be ignored. Take this situation in Pennsylvania involving ads being run by the Scranton Times-Tribune. "The newly merged Scranton Times-Tribune wanted to call attention to itself with advertisements that appear this summer on TV, billboards and buses," the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. The ads featured a mock newspaper with a banner headline: Casey to run for Senate. But at issue now - unfolding against the backdrop of a high-profile U.S. Senate race between Republican incumbent Rick Santorum and Democrat Bob Casey Jr. - is whether the ads are a harmless promotion for a business or a possible campaign-finance violation. The National Republican Senatorial Committee said yesterday that the ads could be illegal corporate contributions that unfairly benefit the Democrat. They also called Casey's ties to the publisher's family troubling because family members have donated more than $120,000 to Casey and his brother, Pat."

Posted by blogposter at 02:58 AM | Investigation Into Potential Unfair Ads in Pennsylvania

Investigation Into Potential Unfair Ads in Pennsylvania
Media bias is nothing new, but sometimes it s taken to such an extreme level that it can no longer be ignored. Take this situation in Pennsylvania involving ads being run by the Scranton Times-Tribune. "The newly merged Scranton Times-Tribune wanted to call attention to itself with advertisements that appear this summer on TV, billboards and buses," the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. The ads featured a mock newspaper with a banner headline: Casey to run for Senate. But at issue now - unfolding against the backdrop of a high-profile U.S. Senate race between Republican incumbent Rick Santorum and Democrat Bob Casey Jr. - is whether the ads are a harmless promotion for a business or a possible campaign-finance violation. The National Republican Senatorial Committee said yesterday that the ads could be illegal corporate contributions that unfairly benefit the Democrat. They also called Casey's ties to the publisher's family troubling because family members have donated more than $120,000 to Casey and his brother, Pat."

Posted by blogposter at 02:29 AM | Investigation Into Potential Unfair Ads in Pennsylvania

Grassroots Organizing, High Technology Key to Growing Our Party

RNC members across the nation are energized about taking what they learned at last week's national meeting in Pittsburgh and are running with it to continue expanding the Republican Party. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports Mehlman "dispatched Republican National Committee members with marching orders to focus on grass-roots, voter registration and targeting with the goal of bucking the six-year itch, a historic trend of congressional losses by the party of the White House incumbent.  'History is not on our side,' Kelley McCullough, the RNC chief of staff, told the group.  'Traditionally the party of the president loses seats in the second mid-term election.'"  The Post-Gazette goes on to report that "Speaker after speaker during the RNC's summer meeting stressed the importance of nurturing that volunteer network as well as maintaining a technological edge over the Democrats."

Moreover, Chairman Mehlman says that expanding the base does not mean we have to sacrifice our principles, rather it's quite the opposite. They work together; our strong values are what motivates new Americans to join the GOP. "The theme of the Republican Party's summer meeting this weekend was expanding its base," the San Francisco Chronicle reports.  "'We don't have to choose between motivating our base and bringing new faces and new voices into the party,' said GOP Chairman Ken Mehlman. ...  'We talk about a compassionate conservative philosophy that not only unites Republicans, but attracts support among discerning Democrats and among independents.'"  Santorum, the keynote speaker on Friday at the meeting, "told fellow Republicans that his traditional values message 'is a good solid message for every community in America.'"  The GOP "sees its strong traditional values message, coupled with the failures of the welfare state and the Democratic Party's rigidity, as the keys to attracting minorities and other new members.  'We're not asking Republicans to become more liberal to lure new voters into the party,' Mehlman told the delegates."

Mindy Finn

Posted by blogposter at 04:20 AM | Grassroots Organizing, High Technology Key to Growing Our PartyRNC members

Grassroots Organizing, High Technology Key to Growing Our Party

RNC members across the nation are energized about taking what they learned at last week's national meeting in Pittsburgh and are running with it to continue expanding the Republican Party. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports Mehlman "dispatched Republican National Committee members with marching orders to focus on grass-roots, voter registration and targeting with the goal of bucking the six-year itch, a historic trend of congressional losses by the party of the White House incumbent.  'History is not on our side,' Kelley McCullough, the RNC chief of staff, told the group.  'Traditionally the party of the president loses seats in the second mid-term election.'"  The Post-Gazette goes on to report that "Speaker after speaker during the RNC's summer meeting stressed the importance of nurturing that volunteer network as well as maintaining a technological edge over the Democrats."

Moreover, Chairman Mehlman says that expanding the base does not mean we have to sacrifice our principles, rather it's quite the opposite. They work together; our strong values are what motivates new Americans to join the GOP. "The theme of the Republican Party's summer meeting this weekend was expanding its base," the San Francisco Chronicle reports.  "'We don't have to choose between motivating our base and bringing new faces and new voices into the party,' said GOP Chairman Ken Mehlman. ...  'We talk about a compassionate conservative philosophy that not only unites Republicans, but attracts support among discerning Democrats and among independents.'"  Santorum, the keynote speaker on Friday at the meeting, "told fellow Republicans that his traditional values message 'is a good solid message for every community in America.'"  The GOP "sees its strong traditional values message, coupled with the failures of the welfare state and the Democratic Party's rigidity, as the keys to attracting minorities and other new members.  'We're not asking Republicans to become more liberal to lure new voters into the party,' Mehlman told the delegates."

Mindy Finn

Posted by blogposter at 09:56 PM | Grassroots Organizing, High Technology Key to Growing Our PartyRNC members

Grassroots Organizing, High Technology Key to Growing Our Party

RNC members across the nation are energized about taking what they learned at last week's national meeting in Pittsburgh and are running with it to continue expanding the Republican Party. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports Mehlman "dispatched Republican National Committee members with marching orders to focus on grass-roots, voter registration and targeting with the goal of bucking the six-year itch, a historic trend of congressional losses by the party of the White House incumbent.  'History is not on our side,' Kelley McCullough, the RNC chief of staff, told the group.  'Traditionally the party of the president loses seats in the second mid-term election.'"  The Post-Gazette goes on to report that "Speaker after speaker during the RNC's summer meeting stressed the importance of nurturing that volunteer network as well as maintaining a technological edge over the Democrats."

Moreover, Chairman Mehlman says that expanding the base does not mean we have to sacrifice our principles, rather it's quite the opposite. They work together; our strong values are what motivates new Americans to join the GOP. "The theme of the Republican Party's summer meeting this weekend was expanding its base," the San Francisco Chronicle reports.  "'We don't have to choose between motivating our base and bringing new faces and new voices into the party,' said GOP Chairman Ken Mehlman. ...  'We talk about a compassionate conservative philosophy that not only unites Republicans, but attracts support among discerning Democrats and among independents.'"  Santorum, the keynote speaker on Friday at the meeting, "told fellow Republicans that his traditional values message 'is a good solid message for every community in America.'"  The GOP "sees its strong traditional values message, coupled with the failures of the welfare state and the Democratic Party's rigidity, as the keys to attracting minorities and other new members.  'We're not asking Republicans to become more liberal to lure new voters into the party,' Mehlman told the delegates."

Mindy Finn

Posted by blogposter at 01:00 AM | Grassroots Organizing, High Technology Key to Growing Our PartyRNC members