October 2009

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That is the question we asked thousands of our followers on Twitter and fans on Facebook last week and the responses are still coming in!  You can see the many faces of your fellow GOPers and their great responses by checking out Republican Faces.  While you’re at it, why don’t you add your own picture and Republican reasoning to the collage by submitting your information on this form.

October 2009

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In April of 2009, I accepted Chairman Steele’s offer to join the staff of the Republican National Committee.  I came in with an understanding that we, the RNC, operate on the “kindness of strangers.”  Those strangers that I speak of are ordinary citizens sending their hard earned dollars to the RNC to serve as their voice in the political process.  The average contribution to the RNC is $42.00.  Despite the stereotype that we are the party of the rich, the vast majority of our donations are from small donations; as opposed to the Democratic National Committee that gets its donations from big labor and the Hollywood elites.  Accordingly, I watch carefully every dollar spent by my colleagues as we work to carryout the mission of the Committee.

My colleagues will tell you how I encourage them to shut down their computers, cut off their lights, and turn off the air conditioning units before they leave the office at night.  I had to explain to a young intern who cracked about my ... more

October 2009

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Will Senate Finance Committee Democrats vote today to burden Americans with higher health insurance premiums, taxes and deficits?

This morning’s RNC Research Briefing shows while President Obama has often pledged that his government-run health care experiment “will slow the growth of health care costs for our families, our businesses, and our government,” the Senate Finance Committee Democrats’ bill does the exact opposite. A new report shows Sen. Max Baucus’s (D-MT) bill would raise health insurance premiums for American families by $4,000 over the next decade because of the $506 billion in health care taxes and fees, as well as the $404 billion in cuts to Medicare and Medicaid shifting costs “to private sector businesses and consumers.”

And don’t believe all the rhetoric that this version of a government-run health care experiment is “deficit-neutral.” Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) hid hundreds of billions of additional costs that would eventually create deficits shouldered on the backs ... more