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November 20, 2012

How long will the right's recent love affair with minorities last?

OPINION - Now with the Republican party desperate to both explain and rectify their dismal performance among minority groups in…
November 19, 2012

Jindal on GOP problem: 'If we want people to like us, we have to like them first'

WASHINGTON (AP) - Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal says the Republican Party needs to go back to basics to attract the…
November 19, 2012

President Obama on budget battle: 'We're going to need a lot of prayer for that'

BANGKOK (AP) - Even in the temples of Asia, President Barack Obama cannot escape thoughts of that fiscal cliff back…
November 15, 2012

Virginia GOP official condemns President Obama to hell

theGRIO REPORT - Bob FitzSimmonds, a GOP official from Virginia, became the latest Republican to unleash a post-election rant when…
November 15, 2012

Bobby Jindal 'rejects' Romney's 'gifts' explanation for Obama victory

theGRIO REPORT - Republican Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal has become one of the most outspoken critics of his own party…
November 14, 2012

Romney: Obama won because of 'gifts' he gave Latinos, blacks and young voters

NBC LATINO - Mitt Romney told a group of donors he believed his campaign was ‘superb,’ but they lost because…
November 13, 2012

Michael Steele calls current RNC chairman's tenure 'an absolute failure'

theGRIO REPORT - With the 2012 election in the history books, Michael Steele may be having the last laugh...
November 9, 2012

Texas GOP official pushes secession, calls Obama voters 'maggots'

theGRIO REPORT - Hardin County Republican treasurer Peter Morrison thinks things would be better off if Texas just separated from…
November 9, 2012

5 biggest conservative excuses for Obama's re-election

theGRIO REPORT - Here are five of the excuses conservatives of the Republican Party are giving for their loss election…
November 9, 2012

What is the 'fiscal cliff' anyway?

WASHINGTON (AP) - So just what is this 'fiscal cliff' that has the financial markets rattled and economists and policymakers…
November 9, 2012

Artur Davis: GOP 2012 defeated because they focused 'exclusively on the economy'

theGRIO REPORT - Artur Davis, who made headlines this year when he switched political parties and endorsed Mitt Romney at…
November 9, 2012

Condoleezza Rice: Republicans sent 'mixed messages' on immigration, women's issues

WASHINGTON (AP) - Former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says the Republican Party must adapt to rapidly changing demographics,
November 9, 2012

Why the Republicans can't easily solve their demographic problem

ANALYSIS - Winning more minority voters won't be simple. Republicans are facing three different and distinct issues: history, policy and…
November 8, 2012

How voter suppression backfired on the GOP

theGRIO REPORT - While the potentially disenfranchising effect of voter ID laws remains problematic, the actual reduction of black voter…
November 8, 2012

Obama's big Hispanic win worries Republicans

DENVER (AP) - Omayra Vasquez blinks when asked why she voted for President Barack Obama. The reason for her was…
November 7, 2012

Election 2012: From Allen West to Mia Love — a bad night for black Republicans

theGRIO REPORT - While President Barack Obama and supporters celebrated his victorious win last night, black politicians in the Republican…
November 7, 2012

Obama 2012 reinvented campaigning; but can the model be duplicated?

ANALYSIS - Barack Obama will never be on a ballot again, but after his big victory last night, many will…
November 7, 2012

Allen West loses congressional seat in super-tight race

theGRIO REPORT - Controversial Tea Partier Rep. Allen West has lost his congressional seat in Florida...
November 7, 2012

GOP marches toward control of House

WASHINGTON (AP) - Republicans drove toward recapturing control of the House for two more years on Tuesday as the two…
November 6, 2012

Dems win GOP seats in Indiana, Massachusetts

WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrats closed in on keeping their majority in the Senate, swiping Republican-held Senate seats in Indiana and…