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Ralph Z. Hallow

Ralph Z. Hallow

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Ralph Z. Hallow was the chief political correspondent of commentary, served on the Chicago Tribune, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Washington Times editorial boards, was Ford Foundation Fellow in Urban Journalism at Northwestern University, resident at Columbia University Editorial-Page Editors Seminar and has filed from Berlin, Bonn, London, Paris, Geneva, Vienna, Amman, Beirut, Cairo, Damascus, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Belgrade, Bucharest, Panama and Guatemala.

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GOP activists form group to oppose Reid

Two top Republican activists have formed a nationally based independent expenditure group dedicated to taking down Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, in the 2010 elections.

August 4, 2009

Republicans reconsider primary schedule

Before wrapping up the four-day annual summer meeting of the RNC, members debated changing the 2012 GOP presidential primary schedule - something for the first time they can do on their own.

August 2, 2009

RNC puts off vote on ethics proposal

The Republican National Committee handed party Chairman Michael S. Steele a setback on Friday, voting at the party's summer meeting here to put off until January a vote on the formation of an ethics committee that Mr. Steele wanted to create.

August 1, 2009

RNC delays vote on ethics committee

The RNC handed its national chairman, Michael S. Steele, a defeat on Friday, voting to put off until January a vote on the formation of an ethics committee that he wanted to create.

July 31, 2009

Steele pick to head RNC rules panel

Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty accused President Obama of being a "pacifist in the war on spending," while Republican National Committee Chairman Michael S. Steele also scored a major personal victory Thursday at the RNC annual summer meeting.

July 31, 2009

EXCLUSIVE: Rules fight seen as window to GOP’s future

The latest shots in the war over the Republican Party's ideological future will come Thursday morning in a battle over who will head the Republic National Committee's Rules Committee, according to RNC members.

July 29, 2009

RNC lures top recruit to money post

Veteran Republican fundraiser and former Ambassador Peter Terpeluk Jr. will be named the national finance chairman of the Republican National Committee, The Washington Times has learned, in a coup for embattled party Chairman Michael S. Steele.

July 28, 2009

EXCLUSIVE: Steele nabs top recruit for RNC money post

Veteran Republican fund-raiser and former ambassador Peter Terpeluk Jr. will be named the national finance chairman of the Republican National Committee, The Washington Times has learned, in a coup for embattled party Chairman Michael S. Steele.

July 27, 2009

Friends, foes have eyes set on Sarah Palin

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, possibly the hottest property ailing Republicans can claim at this moment, on Sunday steps down from office in search of - well, that's the question.

July 26, 2009

EXCLUSIVE: Palin to stump for conservative Democrats

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said she plans to jump immediately back into the national political fray — stumping for conservative issues and even Democrats — after she prematurely vacates her elected post at month's end.

July 12, 2009

Gingrich back with a vengeance

"Comeback kids" are nothing new in American political history — think Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton — but few rehabilitation stories are as compelling as that of former House Speaker Newt Gingrich.

July 5, 2009

Focus now on whether Sanford broke laws

Now that South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford has explained his five-day disappearance by admitting he was with his mistress in Argentina, the focus Thursday is on whether the two-term Republican breached state law by leaving without establishing a chain of command or spent taxpayer money to pay for the extramarital affair.

June 25, 2009

N.J. GOP sees Corzine as vulnerable

Voter dyspepsia over taxes, favorable polls and a sagging state economy are giving New Jersey's outnumbered Republicans real hope that they can oust Democratic incumbent Gov. Jon Corzine this fall.

June 16, 2009

Gingrich decries ‘racism,’ Sotomayor

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich on Wednesday called Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor a "racist" for remarks she made in 2001, joining an emerging conservative line of attack and enflaming both sides of the battle as interest groups fundraise over her nomination.

May 28, 2009

GOP condemns ‘socialist’ Obama, Democrats

The Republican National Committee passed a resolution at a special session Wednesday condemning President Obama and the Democratic majority in Congress for leading the United States toward socialism, a victory for the party's beleaguered chairman who sought the toned-down language in the measure.

May 21, 2009

Steele: Attack Obama’s policies

Republican National Chairman Committee Michael S. Steele told cheering state party officials on Tuesday that it's time to attack the liberal policies of President Obama and Democrats and to follow the example of past party leaders such as President Reagan, whose conservatism offered answers to the issues of the day.

May 20, 2009

EXCLUSIVE: RNC’s Steele associates’ pay spurs questions

When Michael S. Steele took over as chairman of the Republican National Committee earlier this year, he brought along longtime personal assistant Belinda Cook and gave her a salary nearly three times what her predecessor made.

May 19, 2009

Steele reignites ‘socialist’ conflict with RNC

Republican National Committee Chairman Michael S. Steele reverted Sunday to opposing moves by some RNC members to label Democrats as "socialists," despite having himself used that term within the past few weeks.

May 18, 2009

Moral-values groups hail tax ruling

In a move cheered by conservatives, the Internal Revenue Service has ruled that ministers and pastors do not risk losing their tax-exempt status for engaging in political acts on behalf of issues such as traditional-values advocacy.

May 13, 2009