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VIDEO: Oregon GOP Primary Escalates from “Bickering” to “Street Fight” and “War”

While Oregon’s Republican primary for governor has long been a contentious and ugly race to the right, candidate Sam Carpenter recently amped up the conflict even more. While speaking with the Benton County Republican Women, Carpenter told his fellow candidates “I’m not bickering with you guys anymore,” and labeled the GOP primary contest “a street fight,” and “war.” “Whichever…

Rauner Blows Deadline on Quincy Plan, Invests in PR Strategy Instead

Rauner Team Misses Deadline on Plan for Veterans, But Took Time to Produce 35-Page Manifesto on ‘Misconceptions’ About Response On Friday, Governor Bruce Rauner’s staff blew a deadline to deliver the legislature a plan on the future of the state-run Quincy Veterans’ Home. When Rauner first announced in January that his team would put together a plan, the fact…

TIMELINE: Governor Kim Reynolds Mishandles Sexual Harassment Allegations Against Her Friend and Ally

New Allegations of Sexual Harassment, Fiscal Mismanagement in Reynolds Administration As Governor Kim Reynolds continues to bungle her response to alleged sexual harassment within her Administration, the DGA has put together a timeline cheat sheet to help interested parties follow just what is going on in Iowa. Governor Reynolds has stonewalled and refused to provide…

Rauner Unity Watch: GOP Infighting Spreads to Chair (Day 37)

Governor Bruce Rauner’s attempts at party unity hit another snag yesterday as the fight over the Illinois GOP got legal. Natasha Korecki of POLITICO Illinois reported that party “infighting” has “spilled into the race for Illinois Republican Party chairman” and “opening a new divide in a state party that just can’t heal itself.” So far, Rauner’s…

In New Ad, Templeton Slams Politicians Who ‘Self-Deal,’ Forgets to Look in the Mirror

Templeton Took Cushy No-Bid Contract From DHEC, the Day After She Resigned South Carolina Republican Catherine Templeton is not the great ethics reformer she wants you to think she is. In her new ad, Templeton attacks Columbia insiders who use the system to “self-deal” and line their pockets: “We will stop allowing legislators to appoint…

Who Graded Himself Better – Rauner or Trump?

Exactly one year after Governor Bruce Rauner modestly gave himself an “A” on “things that we can control,” President Donald Trump went on Fox News yesterday and gave himself an “A+” for his White House performance. Watch Trump and Rauner here: Coincidentally (or not), both Trump and Rauner suffer from rock-bottom approval ratings in Illinois, though Trump again edges…

Poll: Fallin 43 Points Underwater with REPUBLICANS

Fallin’s Failures Threaten Republican Chances in Governor’s Race A Magellan Strategies poll out yesterday in Oklahoma shows that even Republicans are fed up with Gov. Mary Fallin’s disastrous tenure. Just 20% of likely Republican primary voters approve of the job the governor is doing, while 63% disapprove. It’s the latest sign that Fallin will be…

FACT CHECK: RGA Ad In Arizona Would Get An “F”

Pro-Ducey Ad Omits Key Facts And Evidence Today, as Arizona teachers begin the first day of their statewide walkout for more education funding, the Democratic Governors Association (DGA) released a new video fact checking the Republican Governors Association’s (RGA) failed attempt at boosting Doug Ducey’s flailing campaign. The video, titled, “All Theater, No Plan” uses…

Rauner Went to Germany and All He Got Was a New Opponent

Today, Governor Bruce Rauner held a press conference to admit that he was coming home from his almost two-week European economic development trip empty-handed. Instead, Rauner had to answer question after question about the entrance of another Republican in the governor’s race, state Senator Sam McCann. There were high hopes prior to the trip –…

VIDEO: RGA Chair Haslam Worries About “Huge Intensity Gap” and “Difficult Map” Heading into 2018 Elections

Haslam: “This is Different Circumstances Than We Had in the Last Eight Years” RGA Chair and Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam went on Fox News yesterday to sound the alarm for his fellow GOP governors heading into a tough election year. Haslam admitted that the RGA has a “difficult map” defending 26 seats in a year…

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