Republican Party

Four congressional minority staff associations sent a message to House administration officials on diversity: “We’re watching.” In a letter yesterday to House Administration Committee Chairman Robert Brady (D-Penn.) and House GOP Transition Team...

They’re claiming that their group “exceeded expectations” by holding the RGA to a ‘mere’ +6 GOP gain overall, with five Democratic pickups and one Independent one. To begin with, that number is still up in the air: the Minnesota results have not yet...
Source: RedState

So, expecting to pick up a number of seats by “newbies,” what do GOP leaders in Washington want to ensure? They want “GOP insiders to staff outsiders,” according to Roll Call. Eric Cantor’s staff added, “There’s a lot of important work to get done right
Source: RedState

It hardly made the news. I am a little reluctant to say the tea baggers are going to sweep all before them this fall. And the more voters reward the party despite its ideological extremism, the less of an incentive the GOP will have to move back...
Source: Washington Monthly