The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP. Founded in Jackson, Michigan, in 1854 by anti-slavery expansion activists and modernizers, the Republican Party quickly surpassed the Whig Party as the principal opposition to the Democratic Party. It first came to power in 1860 with the election of Abraham Lincoln to the presidency and presided over the American Civil War and Reconstruction. Today, the party supports a conservative and/or center-right platform, with further foundations in supply-side fiscal policies and social conservatism. Read more at Wikipedia


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The Fish Rots from the Head

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SEN. SHELDON WHITEHOUSE (D-RI): So, you may have a question for me: Why do you care? Why do you, Sheldon Whitehouse, Democrat of Rhode Island, care if we Republicans run off the climate cliff like a bunch of proverbial lemmings and disgrace ourselves? I'll tell you why. We're stuck in this together. We are stuck in this together. When cyclones tear up Oklahoma and hurricanes swamp Alabama and wildfires scorch Texas, you come to us, the rest of the country, for billions of dollars to recover. And the damage that your polluters and deniers are doing doesn't just hit Oklahoma and Alabama and Texas. It hits Rhode Island with floods and storms. It hits Oregon with acidified seas, it hits Montana with dying forests. So, like it or not, we're in this together. You drag America with you to your fate. So, I want this future: I want a Republican Party that has returned to its senses and is strong and a worthy adversary in a strong America that has done right by its people and the world. That's what I want. I don't want this future. I don't want a Republican Party disgraced, that let its extremists run off the cliff, and an America suffering from grave economic and environmental and diplomatic damage because we failed, because we didn't wake up and do our duty to our people, and because we didn't lead the world. I do not want that future. But that's where we're headed. So I will keep reaching out and calling out, ever hopeful that you will wake up before it is too late.

Allen West: Will "Look Into Getting Back Into The Political Framework In 2016"

TAMMY BRUCE, RADIO HOST: Do you find for your Guardian Fund, that it's necessary because the Republican Party kind of pushes out the people you're describing, the military heroes, the minorities who are running, do you think that they're finding, that they're getting better on those issues at all? Like your loss by 200 votes, Mia Love's loss, and she is again running again. I take it that you're supporting her as well, obviously. WEST: Absolutely BRUCE: You mentioned that -- you referred briefly to the election being stolen. We now know that so many people have been arrested or indicted on voter fraud in this last election. Many of us do believe you won that election, Allen. Does that bother you at all, would you ever re-run again? What are your thoughts on that? FMR. REP. ALLEN WEST (R-FL): Well, we'll get back into the political scene, but there are so many things I can do right now that can really help us going forward to the midterm elections. It's not about me; it's about the team, it's about our country and that's what I'm focused on primarily. So after the midterm election cycle we'll look into getting back into the political framework in 2016. There's no doubt about it. BRUCE: So you're saying right now here to the Tammy audience that you are still open to moving back in the political arena directly? ALLEN WEST: Oh absolutely, there's no doubt about that. I mean, I'm not packing up and taking my toys and going away. But it's once again something that you have to pray about and make sure God blesses it and you have to talk to the family, but right now they will be very supportive of doing something in that out-year cycle of 2016. (The Tammy Bruce Show, May 24, 2013)

Carville Praises Cruz: "Most Talented And Fearless Republican Politician I've Seen In The Last 30 Years"

GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS: Senator Cruz had a lot of red meat for the crowd. They were laughing, they were really enjoying it. And this came amid some stories this week that he actually is taking a real look at the presidential race in 2016. FMR. SEN. JIM DEMINT: I think he's keeping his focus on the Senate. The fact that he shows up in South Carolina was really just a favor to me and the Republican Party. But he is a great speaker. STEPHANOPOULOS: That or the primary it makes no difference. DEMINT: No people love Ted Cruz because he's taken on his own party, his own leadership, he's taken on the other party. He's trying to rock the boat to get us to stop moving towards this cliff we're heading for as a country. I've been in about 25 cities in the last few months. All you have to do is mention Ted Cruz and people get on their feet. JAMES CARVILLE: I think he is the most talented and fearless Republican politician I've seen in the last 30 years. I further think that he's going to run for president and he is going to create something. I'm not sitting here saying he's going to win, and I think Senator DeMint is right. I've listened to excerpts of his speech in South Carolina, he touches every button. And this guy has no fear. He just keeps plowing ahead. And he is going to be something to watch. And a lot of Republicans feel this way George. And you hear this a lot. If we only got someone who is articulate and was for what we were for, we'd win elections. We get this John McCain's and these Mitt Romney's and these squishy guys that can't do anything. Well there's one thing this guy's not, he ain't squishy. Not in the least. (This Week, May 5, 2013)

Coulter on SC Dem's "Racist" Comment: "Classic Democrat Behavior"

Ann Coulter weighs in on South Carolina Democratic Chairman Dick Harpootlian saying Republican SC Gov. Nikki Haley should "go back to wherever the hell she came from." Haley comes from Indian Sikh ancestry. ANN COULTER: A Republican would never say this. This is covered in my book, Mugged. All the racism, the Jim Crow laws, the slavery, this all came from the Democrats. Fortunately, Republicans now outnumber Democrats in the South. But you still get the vestiges of it with guys like this. SEAN HANNITY: Unbelievable. Imagine if a Republican said it, it would be all over the place. COULTER: No Republican would say it. This is classic Democrat behavior. HANNITY: Wait. There are people in the Republican party that say stupid things. COULTER: Stupid things, but racism is endemic to the Democratic party. Just causually, recently, Biden talking about Obama being clean and articulate. And Clinton saying, a few years ago, 'Oh, he would be getting my suitcase.' And Harry Reid, 'it's wonderful he doesn't speak in a negro dialect unless he wants to.' No Republican on earth would ever say those things. But Democrats think, 'Oh yes, we have you all on welfare and then destroy the black family in America, so we don't owe you anything else. Just keep voting for us and don't expect us to do anything for you, black Americans.'

Maher: Ridiculous To Think Second Amendment Protects Us From Government Tyranny

BILL MAHER, HOST OF "REAL TIME" ON HBO: Let me get to some people who are not young: the Republican Party. Because they are mostly old. And how stupid they can be. Because I mentioned this in the monologue and I want to get your reaction. With 44% of Republicans in this poll said we might have to have an armed insurrection? In the next two years? Because their liberties, I guess they are talking about Mayor Bloomberg taking away their soda... ### MAHER: Can we just get to, first of all, how ridiculous it is for people to think that the Second Amendment protects them from tyranny? Didn't Waco solve that? We just had the anniversary of Waco a couple of weeks ago. Remember Waco? Didn't they have like 1.9 million rounds of ammunition, they had 50 caliber machine guns , they had grenades, what did the government have? Everything else. The winner and still champion, United States Government. Thinking the Second Amendment can protect you from tyranny, it's like thinking the first amendment protects you from Thor. It's ridiculous. It's nonsensical. And they never called out on it. Not guns when the government has nuclear weapons and the F-22 and the Marine Corps and the drones. (HBO's Real Time, May 3, 2013)

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              U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch addresses the Utah Republican Party's annual organizing convention Saturday, May 18, 2013, in Sandy, Utah. Hatch says staffers at the Internal Revenue Service, which recently apologized for unfairly targeting tea party groups,

U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch addresses the Utah Republican Party's annual organizing convention Saturday, May 18, 2013, in Sandy, Utah. Hatch says staffers at the Internal Revenue Service, which recently apologized for unfairly targeting tea party groups, "are either deliberately incompetent or they are evil." Hatch mentioned the IRS scandal while addressing thousands of fellow Republicans in Sandy on Saturday for the state party's annual organizing convention. Hatch says the IRS scandal is more concerning than almost anything else he's seen in the 36 years he's been in the U.S. Senate. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

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              U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch addresses the Utah Republican Party's annual organizing convention Saturday, May 18, 2013, in Sandy, Utah. Hatch says staffers at the Internal Revenue Service, which recently apologized for unfairly targeting tea party groups,

U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch addresses the Utah Republican Party's annual organizing convention Saturday, May 18, 2013, in Sandy, Utah. Hatch says staffers at the Internal Revenue Service, which recently apologized for unfairly targeting tea party groups, "are either deliberately incompetent or they are evil." Hatch mentioned the IRS scandal while addressing thousands of fellow Republicans in Sandy on Saturday for the state party's annual organizing convention. Hatch says the IRS scandal is more concerning than almost anything else he's seen in the 36 years he's been in the U.S. Senate. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Published by Boston.com on 2013-05-20 12:47:00

U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch addresses the Utah Republican Party's annual organizing convention in Sandy, Utah.  - Published on 2013-05-20 07:00:00 by Anderson Independent-Mail

U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch addresses the Utah Republican Party's annual organizing convention in Sandy, Utah.

Published by Anderson Independent-Mail on 2013-05-20 07:00:00

 

U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch addresses the Utah Republican Party's annual organizing convention Saturday, May 18, 2013, in Sandy, Utah. Hatch says staffers at the Internal Revenue Service, which recently apologized for unfairly targeting tea party groups,

U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch addresses the Utah Republican Party's annual organizing convention Saturday, May 18, 2013, in Sandy, Utah. Hatch says staffers at the Internal Revenue Service, which recently apologized for unfairly targeting tea party groups, "are either deliberately incompetent or they are evil." Hatch mentioned the IRS scandal while addressing thousands of fellow Republicans in Sandy on Saturday for the state party's annual organizing convention. Hatch says the IRS scandal is more concerning than almost anything else he's seen in the 36 years he's been in the U.S. Senate.

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              U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch addresses the Utah Republican Party's annual organizing convention Saturday, May 18, 2013, in Sandy, Utah. Hatch says staffers at the Internal Revenue Service, which recently apologized for unfairly targeting tea party groups,

U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch addresses the Utah Republican Party's annual organizing convention Saturday, May 18, 2013, in Sandy, Utah. Hatch says staffers at the Internal Revenue Service, which recently apologized for unfairly targeting tea party groups, "are either deliberately incompetent or they are evil." Hatch mentioned the IRS scandal while addressing thousands of fellow Republicans in Sandy on Saturday for the state party's annual organizing convention. Hatch says the IRS scandal is more concerning than almost anything else he's seen in the 36 years he's been in the U.S. Senate. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

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Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford crosses the street after voting at a polling place in Charleston, S.C., Tuesday, May 7, 2013. Sanford, a Republican, and Colbert Busch, a Democrat and sister of political satirist Stephen Colbert, are to face off for the 1st Congressional District seat, that was vacated when Tim Scott was appointed to the U.S. Senate. Green Party candidate Eugene Platt also is on the ballot. (AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt)

 - Published on 2013-05-07 20:59:00 by ABC11-WTVD Raleigh News

Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford crosses the street after voting at a polling place in Charleston, S.C., Tuesday, May 7, 2013. Sanford, a Republican, and Colbert Busch, a Democrat and sister of political satirist Stephen Colbert, are to face off for the 1st Congressional District seat, that was vacated when Tim Scott was appointed to the U.S. Senate. Green Party candidate Eugene Platt also is on the ballot. (AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt)

Published by ABC11-WTVD Raleigh News on 2013-05-07 20:59:00

Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford crosses the street after voting at a polling place in Charleston, S.C., Tuesday, May 7, 2013. Sanford, a Republican, and Colbert Busch, a Democrat and sister of political satirist Stephen Colbert, are to face off for the 1st Congressional District seat, that was vacated when Tim Scott was appointed to the U.S. Senate. Green Party candidate Eugene Platt also is on the ballot. (AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt)

 - Published on 2013-05-07 20:42:00 by Action News 6 ABC

Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford crosses the street after voting at a polling place in Charleston, S.C., Tuesday, May 7, 2013. Sanford, a Republican, and Colbert Busch, a Democrat and sister of political satirist Stephen Colbert, are to face off for the 1st Congressional District seat, that was vacated when Tim Scott was appointed to the U.S. Senate. Green Party candidate Eugene Platt also is on the ballot. (AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt)

Published by Action News 6 ABC on 2013-05-07 20:42:00

Glenn Hubbard, chief economic advisor to Mitt Romney, reacts to a question during a Bloomberg Television interview inside the Bloomberg Link during the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida, U.S., on Tuesday Aug. 28, 2012. Mitt Romney secured enough delegates to officially win the Republican presidential nomination at the party's convention in Tampa.  - Published on 2013-05-06 10:42:00 by New York Magazine

Glenn Hubbard, chief economic advisor to Mitt Romney, reacts to a question during a Bloomberg Television interview inside the Bloomberg Link during the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida, U.S., on Tuesday Aug. 28, 2012. Mitt Romney secured enough delegates to officially win the Republican presidential nomination at the party's convention in Tampa.

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              U.S. Senate candidate Ed Markey shakes hands with a supporter in Boston, Tuesday, April 30, 2013 as he celebrates winning the Democratic primary for the special U.S. Senate election. Markey and Republican former Navy SEAL Gabriel Gomez won their party primaries Tuesday, setting up a race between a 36-year veteran of Washington politics and a political newcomer for the U.S. Senate seat formerly held by John Kerry. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
            
                   - Published on 2013-05-01 00:04:00 by Boston.com

U.S. Senate candidate Ed Markey shakes hands with a supporter in Boston, Tuesday, April 30, 2013 as he celebrates winning the Democratic primary for the special U.S. Senate election. Markey and Republican former Navy SEAL Gabriel Gomez won their party primaries Tuesday, setting up a race between a 36-year veteran of Washington politics and a political newcomer for the U.S. Senate seat formerly held by John Kerry. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

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