All posts tagged "Presentation"

Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), the chair of the House Budget Committee, isn't just trying to win support for a year's worth of discretionary spending cuts. According to Mike Allen of Politico, Ryan is meeting with Republican members of Congress in House Republican Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) in groups of 10-15 to build the case for entitlement reform -- i.e., cuts to Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security.

[rebelmouse-image 24745929 original_size="1024x768" expand=1]Eyebrows were raised recently over reports that BP and the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration have begun on-site outreach to local Louisiana schools in order to “dispel myths” about dispersants, subsurface oil and seafood safety in the wake of the catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Ignore the part in the new RNC ad where it looks like Manhattan Island is racing away from the Statue of Liberty. We'll get to that, later.

The Republican National Committee is trying to manipulate their donors by playing on "fear" of President Barack Obama and the top Republican in the Senate doesn't like it.

Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele went on Fox News to carry out damage control Thursday after revelations that an RNC campaign strategy presentation portrayed President Obama as the Joker from Batman and appeared to hold Republican donors in contempt.

Update at bottom: RNC fundraiser hoping to raise $60,000 will take place at Blackwater compound