Michael Steele: GOP at a crossroads
OPINION - For the party to survive it was time to turn the elephant to face its future. But have you ever tried to turn an elephant?
Can Raffi Williams win the minority vote for the GOP?
theGRIO REPORT - Raffi Williams has a tough job ahead of him. He’s just been named deputy press secretary at the Republican National Committee, tasked with taking the party’s message to young and African American voters and black media...
RNC calls for major changes for GOP
theGRIO REPORT - Over the weekend at the Conservative Political Action Conference, it was at times difficult to tell the GOP is reeling from two straight presidential defeats...
RNC chair seeks African-American 'hearts and minds'
OPINION - Reinhold Reince Priebus embarked on an African-American "listening tour" in Brooklyn, New York, Monday, and the results were simply platitudinous...
Whatever happened to Clint Eastwood's 'empty chair'?
theGRIO REPORT - Eastwood infamously gave a rambling, unscripted endorsement of candidate Mitt Romney while pretending to interact with a foul-mouthed, imaginary President Barack Obama 'seated' in an empty chair next to his podium...
JC Watts 'encouraged' to run for RNC chairman
theGRIO REPORT - Former African-American congressman J.C. Watts has reportedly been "encouraged" to run for RNC chairman, according to a report from Politico...
Michael Steele: Current RNC chair 'an absolute failure'
theGRIO REPORT - With the 2012 election in the history books, Michael Steele may be having the last laugh...
Ex-Florida GOP chair: Voter ID a 'marketing tool'
theGRIO REPORT - The former chairman of the Republican Party of Florida is currently awaiting trial for allegedly paying himself to raise money for the party...
Clint Eastwood's daughter: I am not voting for Mitt Romney
theGRIO REPORT - Even though her father staged an infamous anti-Obama stunt at the Republican National Convention, Francesca Eastwood told TMZ that she will not be casting her vote for Mitt Romney...
George Romney's 1964 RNC 'walk out' myth debunked
theGRIO REPORT - One of the most infamous, and widely reported, moments of George Romney's political career was his alleged decision to "walk out" of the Republican National Convention in 1964, when the GOP nominated the anti-Civil Rights Act right-winger Barry Goldwater as the party's standard bearer...
