By Joe Conason 5/05/09 4:23pm

Republicans Wonder How to Sell a Toxic Brand

Hoping to re-brand their declining party, a group of prominent Republicans recently launched a national “listening tour,” presumably as an exercise in market research. They would like to know why voters—and especially younger voters—increasingly reject the G.O.P. They want to “ask the American people what their hopes and dreams are” while engaging in a “wide-open Read More

By Jason Horowitz 10/17/08 5:36pm

At Florida McCain Rally, Cheerleaders and Nativism

MIAMI—John McCain is about to appear at a rally in a packed gym here at Florida International University, where a giant American flag is hanging over the stage like a canopy between two big blue banners, one reading “Florida” the other “Victory.” Pro-McCain signs are written in Spanish and English, and a large Cuban contingent Read More

By Jason Horowitz 11/13/07 7:56pm

Jeb Bush, Michael Bloomberg Speak at Snooty, Exclusive Club


At an education-themed event today hosted by the Manhattan Institute featuring Jeb Bush and Michael Bloomberg, something happened.

There’s probably more to say. But despite the fact that the event was on the mayor’s public schedule, and that the Manhattan Institute called around to invite reporters to watch, the press wasn’t actually welcome. Read More

By Staff 2/23/07 11:25am

Giuliani Hires Jeb Bush Campaign Manager

Even as he continues to chase after President George W. Bush fund-raisers, Rudy Giuliani has just signed up Governor Jeb Bush’s former Florida campaign manager.

Karen Unger will be the campaign’s senior advisor for Florida, organizing field operations and grassroots recruiting.

Text of the release is after the jump.

–Jason Horowitz

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By Staff 1/09/07 7:47pm

Events for Wednesday, January 10, 2006

At 8:30 a.m., the new United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon, will speak at an Association for a Better New York Breakfast at the Grand Hyatt .

At 8:45 a.m., Mike Bloomberg will meet with Jeb Bush and School officials on Chamber Street.

At 10 a.m., the Assembly’s Environmental Committee holds a hearing Read More

By Greg Sargent 5/01/06 12:00am

The Rudy Team Has ’04 Dream: Bush-Giuliani

Bruce Teitelbaum, Rudy Giuliani’s most trusted political adviser, sidled up to a veteran New York operative recently and made a bold pronouncement.

“Bruce said, very openly, that if Rudy Giuliani wants it, he’ll be the Republican Party’s Vice Presidential nominee in 2004,” the operative told The Observer. “And he said that he thinks Giuliani is Read More