...conservatives who had qualms about making him the party's nominee.The bullish take is reflected in interviews with party strategists and activists, including people who supported Romney rivals during the primary season. Mood matters because it...

...director of speechwriting for George W. Bush, says that Newt comes off as "undisciplined, unable to focus." Party strategist John Feehery says Newt is perceived as "undisciplined." Conservative radio host Mark Levin says Newt is "undisciplined...

...said to be eyeing a potential 2012 presidential bid - haven't exactly looked like the political grown-ups many party strategists had promised. And none has had a rockier go of it than the party's best-known governor, Alaska's Sarah Palin...

...appointees in 1984, giving way to propagandizers like Limbaugh and O'Reilly, who coordinate closely with Republican Party strategists. Fox News, run by the former head of the Republican National Committee, serves as essentially a multibillion-dollar...

...direct government spending. It may be too late for the Democrats to salvage this election cycle, but if I were a party strategist and I wanted to head off a collapse, I'd resort to a time-honored tactic. I'd steal my adversary's ideas...

...She connected. She has that X factor," said Vin Weber, a former Republican congressman from Minnesota and top party strategist. "The Republican ground game had been lagging. Her appeal to the base guarantees that we'll have a ground game...