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1. Republican -- Parties
   A review of the overall field of candidates in the Democratic and Republican parties provides a stark comparison. All eight Democratic candidates have robust public records on the core questions; there is scant information available on any of the questions for all of the Republicans. The information available about the Republican candidates does not bode well for the Black epidemic.
2. Republican -- Republican Party
   "In early 2008, by nearly every measure, the Republican Party is in trouble," says Former Bush Advisor, Michael Gerson. NEW YORK, Jan. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- "President Bush has left the GOP in a precarious state. But the party's candidates can learn much from his failures," Editor-at-Large Evan Thomas writes in the opening essay of the January 28 issue of Newsweek. "It is too late to reinvent the party's core beliefs," Thomas writes. "But the GOP candidates can embark on a more humble mission: to show, in effect, some humility. By examining Bush's hubris, his almost willful disregard for annoying counterarguments, the Republican candidates can demonstrate a greater level of critical open-mindedness and self-awareness -- they can show that they are not deluded by wishful thinking and Manichaean narratives."
3. Ronald Reagan -- Republican Party
   Having recently switched his political affiliation to the Republican party, Ronald Reagan was becoming more politically active as the sixties unfolded. General Electric found this activism distressing and dropped his contract; as a result, GE Theater [W]as cancelled in 1962.
4. Strom Thurmond -- Republican Party
   Conservative on almost all issues, Thurmond was a longtime member of the Armed Services Committee, which he joined in 1959, the Judiciary Committee (from 1967), and the Veterans' Affairs Committee (from 1971). While the Republicans controlled the Senate, he chaired the Judiciary Committee (1981–87), headed the Armed Services Committee (1995–97), and held the honorary position of Senate president pro tempore (1981–87, 1995–2001). On May 25, 1997, he broke the longevity record for Senate service, surpassing Carl Hayden (1877–1972) of Arizona.
5. Moral Majority -- Republican Party
   This report surveys the Democrats' opportunities in 2008 for winning over conservative Christian voters who are disillusioned with the current crop of Republicans: "The Democrats are so fired up, you could call them the new Moral Majority. This time... the emphasis is as much on the majority as on the morality as they try to frame a message in terms of broadly shared values that don't alarm members of minority religions or secular voters. It has become an article of faith among party leaders that it was sheer strategic stupidity to cede the values debate to Republicans for so long; that most people want to reduce abortion but not criminalize it, protect the earth instead of the auto industry, raise up the least among us; and that a lot of voters care as much about the candidates' principles as about their policies." Click here.
6. Convention -- Republican Party
   Only three cities submitted proposals to host the convention: Denver, Minneapolis/St. Paul and New York. On July 12, New Orleans dropped out. The cities were visited by a 10-member Technical Advisory Committee in June 2006. On September 27, the Republicans announced they would have their 2008 convention in St. Paul, removing St. Paul from consideration; leaving Denver and New York as potential hosts. Despite hard lobbying by New York party boosters, then-Republican Mayor Michael Bloomberg dealt the campaign a major blow when he announced the city lacked the financial means to support a convention.
7. Benjamin Harrison -- Republican Party
   Much like his presidential grandfather William Henry Harrison, Benjamin Harrison did not owe his White House nomination of 1888 to lustrous performances in lesser political offices. Rather, he was a safe, clean, and loyal Republican. That, along with his kinship with a former President, seemed to be quite enough to earn him his party's endorsement.
8. Michael Bloomberg -- Republican Party
   Nope, Michael Bloomberg is a political opportunist plain and simple. (As Robbie puts it, “Should” Bloomberg run for president, “his leaving the party will mirror the purpose of his original joining - pure political expediency.” So, there’s not much of a story to his second change of partisan affiliation since George W. Bush became president. Except that he may be trying to succeed that man in that office.
9. The War at Home -- Republican Party
   The struggle against the war at home—against racism, police brutality and the destruction of housing and social services—is intensifying in U.S. cities. A Jan. 19 meeting of the Chicago branch of Workers World Party bore witness to that fact.
10. George Bush -- Republican Party
    Many months before the first presidential primaries were held for the 2000 election, Bush had virtually sewed up the GOP nomination by demonstrating his ability to attract millions in contributions. Business interests and Republican stalwarts closed ranks behind the Bush candidacy, making his nomination appear to be inevitable. To some critics such as Ivins, Bush was characterized as "a wholly owned subsidiary of corporate America." Washington Post writer Lois Romano and George Lardner Jr. said that "all along George W. harbored qualities that his father could only envy: a visceral and energetic charm, sound political instincts, an easy and convincing sense of humor, a common touch." But then a formidable challenger emerged out of a large pack of contenders.

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