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GOP state Sen. Charles W. Carrico Sr. has introduced a bill to award one electoral vote to the winner of each of the state’s 11 congressional districts, and the state’s two at-large votes to the presidential candidate who wins the majority of the districts. His reasoning, he says, is that “I don’t feel the Electoral College right now is a fair system.” (Associated Press)
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RNC Chairman Reince Priebus asked a group of five respected Republican Party leaders to examine how the party can better talk with voters, raise money from donors and learn from Democrats’ tactics. (Associated Press)
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GOP Rep. Trey Gowdy of South Carolina, citing terrorism, sponsored legislation to give former U.S. presidents and their wives lifetime Secret Service protection. (Associated Press)
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House Speaker John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican, accompanied by Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (left), Washington Republican, and other members of House GOP leadership, gestures as he speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Rep. Paul Ryan, Wisconsin Republican, exits the room at the Capitol where he and other House GOP leaders met Wednesday to discuss the looming “fiscal cliff.” Amid changes of committee chairmanships, Mr. Ryan retains the Budget Committee gavel. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Associated Press Iowa GOP Gov. Terry Branstad wrote an editorial in The Hill arguing that killing subsidies for wind power would leave it as “the only energy source without federal tax support.”
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Indiana Senate President David Long, seen here with fellow GOP Sen. Brandt Hershman, wants to protect Indiana casinos from those in neighboring states. (Associated Press)
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Illustration Old GOP by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times
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Illustration GOP Piñata by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times
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President Obama on Wednesday held his first news conference since winning re-election, warning that the U.S. could experience another recession if his tax proposal doesn’t receive GOP support. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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GOP Sens. John McCain of Arizona and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina (right), have advised 15 of the country’s largest defense contractors to follow the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act. (Associated Press)
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“With these demographics, it’s a very difficult sell for any GOP candidate.” - Former Maryland Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. — the state’s only Republican governor since Spiro Agnew held the office in 1969. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
