http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/nrsc/ en-us Fri, 14 Nov 2008 02:20:06 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2131790/posts Sen. John Cornyn of Texas is poised to become the next chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, after Sen. Norm Coleman of Minnesota dropped his leadership bid. The post is influential because the chairmen recruits candidates and raises money for them. But Coleman remains locked in a tight race to hold his seat, separated from Democrat Al Franken by 206 votes out of nearly 3 million cast, with a recount expected to begin next week. Cornyn won re-election handily Nov. 4. Coleman called Cornyn on Thursday to drop out and support his rival. Coleman has backed off his bid... CQ Politics http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2131790/posts#comment Fri, 14 Nov 2008 02:20:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2129688/posts The National Republican Senatorial Committee is already on the offensive in Georgia. Where were ads like this in the general election? Why did we not do a better job shapping the debate? This is the exact ads we need now and in 2010. Watch this ad at ObamaHood.org ObamaHood.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2129688/posts#comment Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:48:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2080883/posts The US Senate Currently: Republicans: 49 Seats Democrats: 51 Seats 35 of the 100 seats in the Senate will be contested. Alaska Incumbent Senator Ted Stevens VS Mark Begich Stevens surges in Senate poll- September 5th Stevens closes to within 2 in Alaska Senate Race- Sept 10. More Ted Stevens Gifts? Massage Chair, Sled Dog Stevens for Senate Alabama Incumbent Senator Jeff Sessions VS Vivian Figures Sen. Jeff Sessions holds a 58-31 lead over Democratic challenger state Sen. Vivian Davis Figures- August 5th. Sessions still leads figures- Sept 6. Sessions for Senate Arkansas Senator Mark Pryor. Whats the deal with... National Republican Senatorial Committee http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2080883/posts#comment Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:18:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2078586/posts National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman John Ensign (Nev.), who has spent a major part of the election cycle hectoring fellow GOP Senators to contribute to the outgunned committee, told his colleagues at their weekly luncheon Tuesday that he was contributing $300,000 from his re-election fund to the NRSC. Last month, Ensign bleakly informed his colleagues that he would have to scale back on the NRSC's independent expenditures because they had not ponied up enough money to compete with the Democrats. Through July 31, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee had almost $43 million in the bank; the NRSC had $25.4 million... http://www.nrsc.org/ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2078586/posts#comment Tue, 9 Sep 2008 23:40:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2030627/posts Mr. Ensign dismissed reports that contributions to the Republicans by disgruntled small donors are down this year. He maintained the party's contributor base is intact. The Republican Party long has boasted that it is the party of small donors while the Democratic Party has had to rely far more on wealthy contributors to finance election campaigns. He said the Republican Party never suffered a loss in small donors, only a shrinkage in the net amount of money raised - a decline that he said was not the result of small donors being disgusted with excessive Republican spending in Congress but... The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2030627/posts#comment Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:03:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1994822/posts Dear Republican Supporter, We did it. Less than an hour after Scott Bensing emailed you Friday, we smashed through our March fundraising goal -- setting a new online fundraising record for the NRSC. Thank you! I am pleased to report that the strong response helps fully fund our April grassroots plan for contacting voters and identifying new supporters. I believe March's strong response mirrors the momentum our Party and candidates are seeing nationally. We are depending on your support to help counter the efforts of radical groups such as MoveOn.org and Democracy For America. Each of these groups is targeting... National Republican Senatorial Committee (E-Mail) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1994822/posts#comment Tue, 1 Apr 2008 01:57:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1902048/posts The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) reported raising $2.6 million in August for its efforts to coordinate the party’s 2008 national campaign for Senate seats. In doing so, the DSCC continued to outperform its partisan counterpart, the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), according to monthly reports filed late last week with the Federal Election Commission. There was some consolation for the GOP side, as the gap between the two committees was smaller than it has been in most of the months since the Democrats claimed control of the Senate in January. The Republicans’ Senate campaign unit raised $2.4 million in... CQ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1902048/posts#comment Tue, 25 Sep 2007 21:43:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1761142/posts Entering the post-primary presidential campaign of 2004, political strategists, commentators and journalists believed that if any single state would represent the difference between victory and defeat in the general election, Ohio would be that state. As it happened, that universally accepted conventional wisdom proved to be absolutely correct. Thus, today, more than two years later, strategists from both parties are still scratching their heads over John Kerry's failure to legally transfer to Ohio, which he lost 51-49, a large chunk of the $12.4 million that remained in his pre-convention campaign account at the end of 2004.     In the same vein... The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1761142/posts#comment Tue, 2 Jan 2007 04:50:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1730935/posts Republicans hope that will be one of MANY surprises on election night. They need them. With lots of struggling candidates, the National Republican Senatorial Committee is throwing a $900,000, buzzer-beating lifeline to the Wolverine State and Mike Bouchard, a sheriff who has been running an intense campaign against incumbent Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D), though with little national attention because of her lead in polls and fundraising. "Mike CAN win with the right resources and that's why we are coming in," says NRSC Communications Director Brian Nick. "He's running on the fact that the economy is the worst in the country... The Allen Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1730935/posts#comment Thu, 2 Nov 2006 19:03:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1727030/posts this ad from the NRSC is simply devastating. NRSC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1727030/posts#comment Fri, 27 Oct 2006 16:26:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1720650/posts Contrary to published reports that the Republican National Committee has decided to "write off" the Ohio Senate race, the RNC is about to begin a new, statewide TV buy in Ohio on behalf of the candidacy of Sen. Mike DeWine (R-OH). The buy, which costs in excess of $1 million, is scheduled to last for two weeks. Polling continues to show the Ohio contest between DeWine and his Democratic challenger, Rep. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), to be close, though most state and national political observers believe that Brown has the advantage. The Rothenberg Political Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1720650/posts#comment Tue, 17 Oct 2006 03:32:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1698686/posts With a barrage of television advertisements and the mobilization of its get-out-the-vote machine, the national Republican Party has lined up in Rhode Island to beat back a conservative primary challenge to the most liberal Republican in the Senate, Lincoln Chafee. The outcome on Tuesday could help determine whether Democrats have a shot at taking back the Senate. In an extraordinary pre-emptive announcement, the National Republican Senatorial Committee has said it will concede Rhode Island to the Democrats should Stephen Laffey, the mayor of Cranston, defeat Mr. Chafee in the primary. New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1698686/posts#comment Sun, 10 Sep 2006 03:22:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1695885/posts Writing in Sunday's Washington Post, Marc Ambinder observed, “Both parties have well-financed internal agitators who yank tight the chains of ideological discipline -- think of MoveOn.Org on the left and the Club for Growth on the right ... The Republican base is fracturing around fiscal probity, immigration and cultural issues.” He's right. And it seems the Republican Party committees are actually working around-the-clock to expedite the process. It has been much noted that the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) has spent millions of dollars against conservative Steve Laffey in Rhode Island. But now, the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) has... Human Events (Right Angle section) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1695885/posts#comment Tue, 5 Sep 2006 18:51:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1679626/posts Sen. John Thune, who upset some Republicans last month when he suggested that GOP candidates distance themselves from President Bush on Iraq, has decided he won't seek the job of leading the Senate Republican campaign effort in 2008. Thune, who was considered a front-runner for the post, said the job would involve too much travel and time away from his family. Thune spokesman Kyle Downey said Monday that Thune would continue to raise money for GOP candidates on his own time. The freshman senator attracted attention in July when he advised candidates running this year to distinguish themselves from President... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1679626/posts#comment Tue, 8 Aug 2006 02:43:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1676093/posts WASHINGTON (UPI) -- The Democratic and Republic parties have raised $695 million in "hard money" in the last 18 months, the U.S. Federal Election Commission says. The FEC totaled funds raised for national, state and local elections from Jan. 1, 2005, through June 30, 2006, and said Democratic committees were given $289.3 million while Republic committees took in $405.7 million. Republicans boasted some $112.1 million in cash on hand and the Democrats have $89.9 million in cash to draw on. Both parties have debts of about $2 million, the FEC said. The commission said individuals gave Democrats about 77 percent... UPI Staff http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1676093/posts#comment Wed, 2 Aug 2006 01:15:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1665279/posts national Republican political committee that supports Sen. Lincoln D. Chafee yesterday filed a Federal Election Commission complaint against the senator's Republican primary opponent, Stephen P. Laffey, accusing the two-term Cranston mayor of using taxpayer money to advance his Senate campaign. The National Republican Senatorial Committee, a group of Republican senators chaired by Elizabeth Dole of North Carolina, claims that a letter from Laffey sent to Cranston residents last month with their tax bills was "a promotional campaign mailing at city taxpayer expense," according to a statement from the NRSC. A campaign spokeswoman for Laffey called the complaint "ridiculous and frivolous." The Providence Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1665279/posts#comment Thu, 13 Jul 2006 22:58:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1664389/posts The campaign arm of Senate Republicans has filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission against the Republican candidate that they don't want in Rhode Island. The National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) is backing Sen. Lincoln Chafee, a liberal Rhode Island Republican who is being challenged by conservative Stephen Laffey, the mayor of Cranston. The complaint focuses on a letter that Mr. Laffey sent to city property owners with their tax bills last month. In the letter, Mr. Laffey said he ran for mayor to put the city back on its feet and saved it from bankruptcy by creating a... Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1664389/posts#comment Wed, 12 Jul 2006 16:05:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1654791/posts Sen. Debbie Stabenow's incompetence is catching up with her. It may have slid under the radar for a little while there but now it's officially out in the open -- thanks to a new website launched this past week by the National Republican Senatorial Committee. The interactive site details how Debbie's incompetence has hurt more than helped her Michigan constituents back home. It exposes the senator's inability to deliver solutions to pressing issues -- such as the economy, Michigan's roads, immigration and medical malpractice. Hence the phrase used repeatedly on the website: "Thanks for Nothing, Debbie!" "In the six years... Human Events http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1654791/posts#comment Sat, 24 Jun 2006 05:14:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1652732/posts President Bush suggested last night that Republicans must remain in control of Congress for the country to effectively combat terrorism and keep the economy healthy, speaking at a $27 million fundraiser meant to provide a needed boost to the campaign war chest of congressional Republicans. "The most important responsibility we have in Washington is to defend the people of the United States," he said. "When this country sees a threat, we must deal with it before it fully materializes." Bush addressed about 5,000 of the GOP's strongest supporters at the "President's Dinner," the largest fundraiser of the year for the... The Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1652732/posts#comment Tue, 20 Jun 2006 23:23:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1652691/posts Senate and House Democrats, optimistic about their election-year prospects, have more money in the bank for the midterm contests than their Republican counterparts. Some four months before the voting, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee has $33.5 million cash on hand compared to $18.3 million for the National Republican Senatorial Committee, the groups said Tuesday. The Democrats raised $4.7 million in May; the Republicans collected $4.3 million in the month. "Our fundraising success reflects a deep desire for change and recognition that the best way to get things back on track is by electing more Democrats to the Senate," said Sen.... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1652691/posts#comment Tue, 20 Jun 2006 21:51:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1635574/posts From :  Senator Elizabeth Dole <news@gopsenators.com> Sent :  Friday, May 19, 2006 8:49 PM To :  <Brilliant> Subject :  Important Immigration Update | | | Elizabeth DoleChair, NRSC Hello folks, The Senate has been debating various aspects of immigration this week to strengthen border security and reform our nation's immigration policy. I thought I would take this opportunity to let you know what's really been going on, and where Republicans and Democrats stand on these critical issues. When given the opportunity to vote for true border security--including 370 miles of triple-layered fencing and 500 miles of vehicle barriers along our border with Mexico--15 Democrats voted against the proposal.... GOPSenators.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1635574/posts#comment Sat, 20 May 2006 21:10:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1633018/posts We know the Democrats have had no legislative agenda during this Congress, but their political agenda is becoming clearer by the day. They want the White House in 2008. But they know their policies won't fly with the American people. So they've embarked on a plan to take control of Congress in 2006 and then use Congress to initiate a long series of investigations and possible impeachment to win the White House in 2008. You know that Senator Russ Feingold has introduced legislation to "censure" President Bush. He has called for hearings and has vocalized his support for possible impeachment.... National Republican Senatorial Committee http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1633018/posts#comment Tue, 16 May 2006 13:57:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1570171/posts The National Republican Senatorial Committee has dedicated a section of its website to the reelection of Sen. Lincoln Chafee (D-R.I.), one of the liberal Democrats who voted against Justice Alito's confirmation this week. Oddly, the NRSC seems to be under the misimpression that Sen. Chafee--who in 2004 proclaimed that it was "impossible" for him to vote for President George W. Bush's reelection in light of the President's "divisive," "far-right-wing agenda"--is a Republican. Equally peculiarly, the NRSC site attacks Steve Laffey, the lone Republican running for the U.S. Senate in Rhode Island. The NRSC page attacking Laffey has a comment section,... Reconcilable Differences on National Review Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1570171/posts#comment Thu, 2 Feb 2006 16:30:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1565155/posts A multimillionaire businessman entered the GOP race to challenge Sen. Robert C. Byrd on Wednesday, hoping to deny the 88-year-old incumbent Democrat a record ninth term. John Raese, 55, said he would campaign on a platform touting free enterprise ... a rebirth of capitalism... The National Republican Senatorial Committee heralded the filing by Raese, a former state GOP chairman who has sought office before. Though four other Republicans are running in the party primary, the GOP committee called Raese "the first financially credible opponent Byrd has faced since 1982." Raese's last major foray into election politics came nearly 18 years... Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1565155/posts#comment Thu, 26 Jan 2006 04:31:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1564931/posts Who Is Harry Kidding? In Speech Blasting Republicans For A Culture Of Corruption Harry Reid Demonstrates His Hypocrisy Knows No Bounds Reid Pointed Fingers At President Bush For "Stonewalling" About His Connections To Jack Abramoff Reid Today: “Finally, we must hear the President commit to honest leadership. In his 2000 campaign, George Bush promised to bring ‘dignity’ to the White House, but we’ve since found that he brought Jack Abramoff instead. President Bush needs to quit stonewalling about his White House’s connection to corruption, and finally tell us how he’s going to reform Washington. Honest leadership is not a partisan... National Republican Senatorial Committee http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1564931/posts#comment Wed, 25 Jan 2006 22:18:30 GMT