Republicans

All Articles

April 10, 2013

Rand Paul reaches out at Howard: Can the GOP court blacks without changing policies?

ANALYSIS - The actual words of the likely 2016 presidential candidate illustrated the surprising and unlikely-to-work strategy Republicans are taking…
April 10, 2013

Democratic, GOP senators reach deal on gun background checks

WASHINGTON (AP) - Subjecting more firearms purchases to federal background checks has been the chief goal of Obama and gun…
April 8, 2013

Can Raffi Williams win the minority vote for Republicans?

theGRIO REPORT - Raffi Williams has a tough job ahead of him. He’s just been named deputy press secretary at…
April 3, 2013

GOP outreach to African-American voters will take more than talk

VIDEO - The Republican party loves to remind voters that it is “the party of Lincoln”–but in the most recent…
April 3, 2013

Arkansas’ GOP-led Legislature passes voter ID law

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas legislators passed a law Monday requiring voters to show photo identification at the polls,…
April 2, 2013

Republican lawmaker defends Tenn. good grades for welfare bill

theGRIO REPORT - A Tennessee bill that would reduce welfare benefits to low-income families if their child performs poorly in…
April 1, 2013

The challenge for Obama’s background checks proposal

ANALYSIS - In his remarks on gun control on last week, President Obama emphatically highlighted the number 90, the percentage…
March 27, 2013

Gay marriage movement makes gains, in and out of court

theGRIO REPORT - Advocates of gay marriage appear to have made gains both at the U.S. Supreme Court and in…
March 26, 2013

Virginia governor signs bill requiring photo ID to vote

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia law will require all voters to have photo IDs beginning next year.
March 25, 2013

Obama calls for April debate on immigration bill

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama challenged Congress Monday to 'finish the job' of finalizing legislation aimed at overhauling the…
March 22, 2013

Frederick Douglass a modern-day Republican? Think again

OPINION - This week it was sad to see Frederick Douglass’s legacy cheapened as members of the right-wing sought to…
March 21, 2013

Michele Bachmann claims Obamacare 'kills women, children, senior citizens'

theGRIO REPORT - Michele Bachmann was recently front and center on the floor of the House declaring her opposition to…
March 20, 2013

Does Obama's name alone hurt the Middle East Peace process?

OPINION - Unfortunately, the birther and Tea Party conspiracy theorists—which include members of the radical lunatic fringe and hate groups—have…
March 18, 2013

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…
March 18, 2013

At CPAC, Republicans remain resistant to change

ANALYSIS - Five months after their second straight electoral drubbing, leading Republicans remain reluctant to articulate what the party must…
March 15, 2013

Trump claims 'every' illegal immigrant 'will be voting Democratic' at CPAC

NBC NEWS - Donald Trump, the New York real estate mogul who flirted with a 2012 presidential bid, spoke largely…
March 14, 2013

At CPAC, Republicans admit diversity challenges

OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — As the GOP struggles to broaden its appeal, the head of the American Conservative Union…
March 13, 2013

Why the Republicans are still obsessed with repealing Obamacare

ANALYSIS - The inclusion of repeal in the House budget illustrates a broader problem for the GOP: a lack of…
March 11, 2013

Obama friend or foe? McCain charts his course

WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican Sen. John McCain is a walking contradiction, antagonizing President Barack Obama over foreign policy one minute,…
March 8, 2013

Why Obama's new charm offensive could work

ANALYSIS - At first glance, President Obama's new initiative to court congressional Republicans over lunches, dinners and private phone calls…