State GOP: Daniels is dandy
Gov. Mitch Daniels of Indiana is the surprise winner of a 2012 straw poll among 300 Republican activists and lawmakers who gathered over the weekend for the party’s second annual Roanoke Conference. Daniels, 61, is a longtime party insider who … Read more
Gov. Mitch Daniels Tops GOP Presidential Straw Poll at Washington’s Roanoke Conference
The field that will eventually compete for the Republican Party’s presidential nomination in 2012 has yet to officially reveal itself, a mystery that polling attempts to solve. Though former governors Sarah Palin, Mike Huckabee, and Mitt Romney lead the pack … Read more
Wilbur and Fellow Republicans Lay Out Battle Plans at Roanoke Conference – New Chairman May Offer a Few Surprises
A just-completed three-day conference in this resort city signals that Republicans are stepping up their organizational efforts for 2012, a year they hope will put the state in the red. To hear them talk, you might think they blew it … Read more
Straw poll: WA GOP activists like Daniels for President
Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels may not be a household name, but the potential 2012 Presidential contender beat out better-known politicians in a straw poll of Washington state GOP activists over the weekend. The poll emerged Sunday from the 300-plus activists … Read more
Elephants Roaming Free in Ocean Shores
Elephants are roaming free in Ocean Shores, Wash. this weekend, as Republicans from around Washington State converge on the hibernating beach town on the dramatic Pacific Coast for the second annual Roanoke Conference. Hundreds of Republicans filled the main room … Read more