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Lansing, Mich. Michigan Republicans picked a niece of Mitt Romney on Saturday to lead the state party for the next two years.
Ronna Romney McDaniel got 55 percent of the vote on the first ballot before delegates at the Michigan Republican convention made the selection unanimous. Bobby Schostak didn't seek another two-year term after four years as chairman.
Republicans control the state Capitol but haven't delivered Michigan to a GOP presidential candidate since 1988. President Barack Obama defeated Romney, a Michigan native, and picked up the state's electoral votes in 2012.
"We might not agree on everything, but we can agree that seven years of liberal Obama policies have a destructive effect on our nation and we need to get a Republican in the White House through Michigan in 2016," McDaniel, 41, of Northville, told the convention.
The Detroit Free Press reports:
McDaniel, a married mother of two, worked on her uncle's presidential campaign in Michigan and served on the GOP state committee. She has served as a precinct delegate, worked as a manager for the staffing firm Ajilon, as a business manager for the video company Mills James Productions, and as a production manager for SRCP Media.
She is the daughter of Ronna Romney, a former U.S. Senate candidate who attended the convention, and Scott Romney, an attorney who is Mitt Romney's brother.
The over-riding theme of my campaign is unity," McDaniel told reporters. "We have a lot of different factions in our party. We need to get them to coalesce if we're going to be successful.
The other candidates for party chair were Norm Hughes, who worked for former President Ronald Reagan, and Kim Shmina, a nurse.
Mike Farage of Grand Rapids said he voted for McDaniel partly because she wants to make the party more appealing to minorities "the elephant in the room" for Republicans.
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Republican candidate Scott Angelle has launched campaign for the 2015 governors race with the first set of TV ads in four Louisiana cities.
Angelles campaign said it will spend $200,000 to run campaign ads in Lafayette, Lake Charles, Houma and Alexandria in an effort to reach voters who might not know much about him.
One of Angelles ads highlights his affiliation with the Louisianas Public Service Commission. The spot describes his support for fewer government regulations, improved job skills training and middle class tax relief, according to the Associated Press.
Another ad describes his work history in the oil and gas industry. The commercial includes his family and two of his favorite pastimes, hunting and fishing. The ad has two different versions, one that ends with Angelle speaking Cajun French.
Other candidates in the race for governor are Republican Lt. Gov. Jay Dardene, Democratic state Rep. John Bel Edwards and Republican Sen. David Vitter.
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Republican: Nuke The Middle East Because Of ISIS
Arkansas state Senator Jason Rapert took to Facebook to suggest that the best way to quickly turn things around in territory captured by Islamic State extremists would be a strategically...
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For a handful of U.S. Republican governors gathering this weekend in Washington, D.C., for the winter meeting of the National Governors Association, emerging as a solid presidential contender is a top priority. They are using the bipartisan policy meeting to break from the crowded field of supposed White House hopefuls and establish credentials on a topic that state executives are widely seen to lack: national security.
With campaign donors and political strategists roaming the halls and rooms at the meeting venue, Govs. Scott Walker of Wisconsin, Chris Christie of New Jersey, Bobby Jindal of Louisiana and Mike Pence of Ohio are expected to participate in a handful of panels on domestic issues, including economic growth, development, education and labor. But as a number of terror-related crises rage in the Middle East, Ukraine and North Africa, the governors can use private conversations in the hallways anda Sunday roundtable on homeland security to sell their positions on national security.
Establishing national security credentials ahead of the next presidential-campaign cycle is more important this year and also more complicated, said John Weingart, director of the Center on the American Governor in the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University in New Jersey. Theres more to learn, he said. Its not about just getting briefed about the Middle East, or Iraq, or Latin America; there are so many parts of the world where there are visible conflicts and questions about what the United States role should be.
No matter who comes out on top and goes on to win the partys nomination, they will potentially face down Democratic hopeful Hillary Clinton, who, during her four years as the U.S. Secretary of State, logged more than 950,000 air miles and visited 112 countries as the nations foreign policy official. Republican hopefuls will likely seek to minimize her experience by linking her to President Barack Obamas unpopular foreign policy record.A CNN/ORC poll released Tuesdayfound that 57 percent of Americans disapproved of Obamas handling of the fight against ISIS and 54 disapproved as his handling of terrorism overall.
Michael OHanlon, co-director with the Center for 21st Century Security and intelligence at the conservative Brookings Institution, a Washington-based policy think-tank,said Clinton shouldnt rest on her laurels to edge out the Republican challenger. She has to have good ideas, not just a good resume, he said.
With Obama tanking in the polls, Republican White House hopefuls are eager to stand out by touting themselves as strong on national security. Walker recentlytold CNBCs Squawk Box television program that the threat assessments he receives as governor worry him. "Whether it's special ops or other engagements out there, we've got to be prepared to do what it takes to keep America safe," Walker said.
Christie took a similar tack, but he aimed his remarks at the president. You see the president taking bows, saying he has terrorism on the run, yet ISIS is beheading people and burning foreign soldiers alive," said Christie, the chair of the Republican Governors Association, at an event in the early-voting primary state of Iowa earlier this month.
Jindal also hasn't shied away from any opportunity to slam Obama. "The president refuses to own up to the challenges we face. He is letting this threat fester and its metastasizing by the day, Jindal said earlier this month.
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, who has been seen courting support for a presidential run, gave a speech Wednesday to the Chicago Council on Global Affairs in which he expressed his views on Americas role in the world, according to an NBC News report. He said the U.S. needs a plan to address the threats by ISIS, al Qaeda, Boko Haram and the Taliban. "Everywhere you look, you see the world slipping out of control," Bush said.
All but one of the last five presidents have been state governors. But some Washington insiders have challenged the notion that the best nominee is someone with gubernatorial experience.