Former Virginia Governor and Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine said House Democrats who distance themselves from President Obama and his agenda are taking the wrong approach. Kaine used former Democratic gubernatorial candidate Creigh Deeds as an example, “If you distance yourself from the president, you can pour cold water on the excitement about what  Read more »

The Democratic National Committee unveiled their new strategy to force Republicans to stand with the tea party movement or “disavow their beliefs.  The group is urging local reporters in 30 House districts to press GOP candidates and officeholders to specify whether they will join the Tea Party Caucus.  Virginia’s Keith Fimian made the DNC’s list.   Read more »

The Democratic National Committee launched a microsite aimed at tying several Republicans to the embattled oil giant British Petroleum.  BP Republicans features Rep. Joe Barton, Rep. Steve King, Rep. Michelle Bachmann and Senate hopefuls Sharron Angle and Rand Paul with an explanation about their “connection” with BP.  Rather than having their home states attached to  Read more »

Be on notice Republican candidates, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) is playing hardball this year. On Tuesday, the DNC will debut a new web-based feature that will empower several million Democratic activists to serve as “trackers” of Republican candidates throughout the country. In a move that could add a broad new element of accountability to elections —  Read more »

Fading poll numbers combined with GOP threats to Democratic congressional incumbents in traditional strongholds has President Obama and the Democrats in a loamy froth with regard to midterm elections. This situation has forced the Democratic National Committee (DNC) to publicly divulge its plan for 2010.  The DNC’s $50 million plan, which is scheduled to be  Read more »

The DNC must be loving the current state of the Republican National Committee.  The Washington Times has an article highlighting the results of an internal RNC investigation.  The investigation reveals that the RNC had allowed its employees to forge Finance Director Rob Bickhart’s initials on expense-reimbursement forms.  The investigation also showed that the RNC is  Read more »

The Republican National Committee (RNC) is not the only national party committee with a high burn rate.  According to The Washington Post, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) also spends about two-thirds of the money it takes in on the care and comfort of committee staff and on efforts to raise more funds.  One method that  Read more »

This was the best panel discussion I attended at POLC 2010.  The panel members were Nicole Aro (DNC), Henri Makembe (Blue State Digital), Alex Kellner (Blue State Digital), Katie Harbath (NRSC), and Michael Turk (CRAFT | Media/Digital).  Each panelist gave two suggestions for things that every political website must have: 0

The Republican National Committee (RNC) took in $11.4 million in March, while its counterpart the Democratic National Committee took in at least $13 million last month. Read more Carl Cameron at Fox News.com 0

Americans for Prosperity (AFP) demands that the Democratic National Committee (DNC) to stop using the slogan “hands off my health care.”  According to The Washington Post‘s Anita Kumar, groups opposing the federal health care plan, including AFP, have used the “hands off health care” phrase as its moto at rallies and town hall meetings.  AFP  Read more »