On Wednesday, Columbia University’s Center on African American Politics and Society will sponsor a public lecture, “Studying Race in the Age of Obama.� I had planned to attend the lecture; instead, I’ll be in DC. President Barack Obama, a Columbia grad, had this to say about race in, well, t...

Last year the Republican National Committee redefined humor forever with their amazing Valentine’s Day cards. These cards showcased Democratic sexpots Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton imploring voters to have sex with them, constantly, and also raise taxes. This year, they have taken things on...

During his acceptance speech, newly elected Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele asked: “How ya like me now?� If Steele is asking black folks, it’s not much. You can put a black face on the GOP but it’s still the GOP. My colleague Michael Fauntroy wrote: Michael Steele’s a...

I nearly laughed my ass off when I saw this headline earlier today: Republicans Pick Steele as Next Party Chair .  If you don't know, Michael Steele, former Lieutenant Governor of Maryland, is an African-American. Make that Black American. Which one could take to mean the Republicans are actually...

Naibu Gavana wa Maryland, Michael Steele, amechaguliwa kuwa mwenyekiti mpya wa Chama cha taifa cha Republicans (Republican National Committee). Ni mwuesi wa kwanza katika historia ya chama hicho kuongoza chama. Kama mnakumbuka walivyofanya mkutano mkuu wao mwezi Agosti, weusi walikuwa wachache mno h...

The Republican National Committee winter meeting is underway in DC. Later today, the 168 voting members of the RNC will elect the next chairman. On my way to the luncheon, I ran into one of the candidates for GOP chairman, Ken Blackwell. I’ve known Ken since...well for a long time. We exchanged pl...

Day By Day by Chris Muir Damon may be one of the few remaining conservatives in D.C., but with the “BONERS” of the past few days by Obama and the majority Democrats, a return to power may not be that far away in the future. Flap is encouraged with the GOP modernization program in technol...

New lobbying and records rules issued by President Obama yesterday appear to go beyond changes implemented by previous presidents, and could usher in an era of openness in federal government, according to ethics experts and open-government advocates....

Once upon a time there was an organization called the Republican National Committee, which was run by competent people like Ed Gillespie and Ken Mehlman. They helped win elections and stuff, until 2006, when Republicans suddenly stopped winning anything. Since then, a succession of nobodies at the R...

by Walter Brasch The chairman of the Republican National Committee may have begun an irreversible descent into a future as a fear-bound paranoid victim of functional amnesia, possibly caused by a hysterical post-traumatic event such as the overwhelming victory of Democrats in the 2008 election and t...