Political operative Nathan Sproul has made millions of dollars doing one thing: Building a bigger Republican Party.

Ahwatukee Foothills resident Marjorie Miner has spent her whole life as a devout and knowledgeable registered Republican, and now the Maricopa County Republican Committee is recognizing her for it.

Jose de la Isla, guest commentary

ST. PAUL, Minn. - Republicans assailed Barack Obama as the most liberal, least experienced White House nominee in history Tuesday night and enthusiastically extolled their own man John McCain as "ready to lead this nation." Delegates at the GOP National Convention rallied behind running mate Sarah Palin in the face of fresh controversy.

More than 1,100 GOP activists will gather today at the Arizona Republican Convention at the Phoenix Marriott Mesa in Mesa to pick delegates for the party’s national convention.

Jose de la Isla: Unless the Republican Party chooses to become a permanent minority party, it would be smart to heed the path set by President Richard Nixon in 1969 to expand the electoral base.

Let Willard’s loss — and the primary debacles of Bachmann, Cain, Perry, Trump, Gingrich, Santorum, et al. — be a death knell to the far-too-large wing of the party that is anti-women’s rights, anti-homosexual, anti-minorities, anti-science, anti-evolution, anti-math, anti-education, anti-environment, anti-renewable energy, anti-non-Christians and climate change-denying. A wing that includes those who loudly and vehemently boast about balancing the books by killing PBS, NPR and Planned Parenthood (a combined microscopic fraction of the federal budget) and whose job proudly fails to include worrying about 47 percent of the American population (a group that is mostly the elderly, low-income and/or unemployed).

Jose de la Isla: Many in the GOP are feeling bullied by fellow Republicans because of their moderate views.

A cadre of Republicans still sore that Sheriff Joe Arpaio did a television commercial for Democrat Janet Napolitano in the 2002 gubernatorial election hope to make him pay a heavy political price when he faces re-election next year.

Bonnie Erbe, guest commentary

It promises to be a good year for some people on a holiday shopping list — especially if that list belongs to a Republican.

September 7, 2004

WASHINGTON - Senate Republicans circulated a sweeping plan to drive down the cost of mortgages by expanding the federal government's role in the industry, officials said Monday night as debate opened on an economic stimulus bill at the top of President Barack Obama's agenda.

It's not that Republicans aren't hypocrites - it's more the label just isn't an effective dig. First, hypocrite is a fancy foreign Greek word like amnesty, ethics or Europe - how is that going to appeal to Republicans? Second, espousing virtues you don't personally have to live up to is basically the point of being a Republican.

Republican senators lashed out Tuesday at the Department of Economic Security, saying the agency is purposely cutting high-profile programs for political purposes.

Currently, the Arizona Republican Party is working with CNN to determine the number of tickets that will be available for the public. More information on the debate and ticket opportunities, as available, can be found here, at the ARP website.

The Arizona Republican Party says Hispanics are playing an increasingly integral role in the state's politics, so the party is launching a new Web site focused on their issues and concerns.

PHOENIX - Vice President Dick Cheney criticized Democrats during a speech at an Arizona Republican Party fundraiser here Tuesday, saying the party "turned its back" on Sen. Joe Lieberman and would abandon Iraq if it had its way.

September 1, 2004

June 13, 2004

Pinal County officials will face unusually steep competition in countywide elections this fall, say Republicans who are backing four new candidates for the Board of Supervisors and county assessor spots.