Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele says the GOP should focus on issues like jobs and education and not on scare tactics. Steele made the remarks to reporters before he gave a speech Saturday at a Shelby County, Tenn., Republican Party fundraiser. Steele says he has ...

US Republicans drew fire this week after the disclosure of an internal fundraising memo that portrays President Barack Obama as the Batman films' crazed killer "The Joker." The Republican National Committee document, first revealed by the online politics publication Politico, also describes fanning fears that Obama is a socialist as a good way to get donors to open their wallets ...

Barack Obama is "The Joker." Nancy Pelosi is portrayed as Cruella De Vil, and Harry Reid as Scooby Doo — all part of a Republican Party pitch to top fundraisers. Tucked into the 72-page Power Point presentation to GOP fundraisers in Boca Raton, Fla., last month, was ...

A Republican committee exploring possible sites for the 2012 Republican National Convention will visit Phoenix, Salt Lake City and Tampa, Fla. this spring. Republicans announced Friday that the Republican National Committee's Site Selection Committee will visit the three cities in late March or early April. That announcement ...