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		<title>GOP consultants form Latino-focused polling firm</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 19:49:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here’s another sign that California Republicans are stepping up their efforts to attract Latino voters: Two well-known consultants are teaming up to create a Latino-focused polling firm. Latino Edge Research’s principals are billing their new venture as “the only all Latino Republican survey research firm,” which “provides the insight and understanding of Latino voters so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lots of upcoming GOP fundraisers in Bay Area</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 23:51:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A slew of Republican fundraising events are scheduled all over the Bay Area in coming weeks. Tomorrow, Tuesday, April 30, former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will headline a fundraiser for Long Beach mayoral candidate Damon Dunn, the NFL-player-turned-businessman who was the 2010 Republican nominee for secretary of state. Tickets to the 6 p.m. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RNC votes unanimously against same-sex marriage</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/04/12/rnc-votes-unanimously-against-same-sex-marriage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 19:59:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rebranding only goes so far. From Time magazine: The Republican National Committee voted unanimously Friday to reaffirm the party’s commitment to upholding the definition of marriage as between one man and one woman, upending party efforts to grow support among younger voters. A resolution introduced Wednesday by Michigan committeeman Dave Agema, who came under fire [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pertaining to the GOP and strippers</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 19:50:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is an open letter that Democratic National Committee member and longtime California Democratic Party advisor Bob Mulholland sent yesterday to national and state Republican officials: Bob Mulholland Chico, Ca DNC Member April 8, 2013 To: Reince Priebus RNC Chair Fax (202) 863-8773 (RNC) Jim Brulte Ca Republican Party Chair Fax (916) 266-4580 (Ca Strategies) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GOP hires two to boost Asian-American outreach</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/04/09/gop-hires-two-to-boost-asian-american-outreach/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 19:34:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Republican National Committee is stepping up its outreach to Asian-American and Pacific Islander voters, as it becomes increasingly apparent that they’re a crucial swing vote in battleground states and districts across the nation. They’re trying to catch up with Democrats, and polls show the GOP needs to move fast as AAPI voters have been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Voter #s: Dems a smidge up, GOP a smidge down</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/03/25/voter-s-dems-a-smidge-up-gop-a-smidge-down/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/03/25/voter-s-dems-a-smidge-up-gop-a-smidge-down/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 22:48:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Democrats made a tiny gain in recent months while Republicans continued a long, slow slide in new voter registration numbers released Monday by California Secretary of State Debra Bowen. Monday’s figures show the state’s Democratic registration at 43.93 percent as of Feb. 10, up a fraction from the 43.66 percent stake the party held just [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California Latino GOP group steps up its game</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/02/21/california-latino-gop-group-steps-up-its-game/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/02/21/california-latino-gop-group-steps-up-its-game/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 17:08:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former Bush White House aide Ruben Barrales – also a former San Mateo County supervisor, and a child of Mexican immigrants – will be the first president and CEO of GROW Elect, a group founded in 2011 to recruit, endorse, train and fund Latino Republican candidates in California. The organization says Barrales’ hiring is part [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Karl Rove to keynote state GOP&#8217;s convention</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/01/24/karl-rove-to-keynote-state-gops-convention/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2013 00:46:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Karl Rove, former deputy chief of staff and senior advisor to President George W. Bush, will keynote the Saturday-night banquet at the California Republican Party’s 2013 Spring Convention March 1-3 at the Hyatt Regency in Sacramento. Rove – among the most respected or reviled political strategists of modern times, depending on your point of view [...]]]></description>
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		<title>3 things for the GOP to consider in California</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/11/07/3-things-for-the-gop-to-consider-in-california/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/11/07/3-things-for-the-gop-to-consider-in-california/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2012 17:40:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[1.) Learn to choose better battles. Every cycle, the National Republican Congressional Committee tells us that Rep. Jerry McNerney, D-Stockton, is among the nation’s most vulnerable House Democrats; every cycle, he proves otherwise. In 2008, with a 1-point voter registration disadvantage, he won by 10 percentage points; in 2010, with a .32-point voter-registration disadvantage, he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State GOP chairman discusses Romney&#8217;s loss</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/11/06/state-gop-chairman-discusses-romneys-loss/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2012 07:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here’s California Republican Party Chairman Tom Del Beccaro’s statement on what happened tonight: &#8220;While tonight wasn&#8217;t the result we had hoped and worked for, it is clear that many Americans are dissatisfied with the president. &#8220;Republicans are losing the prosperity/capitalism argument. The inability of Republicans to make the case, at every level, for tax reform [...]]]></description>
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