A native Arizonan, Daniel Scarpinato started his career as a reporter for the Arizona Daily Star, covering the campaigns of notables including John McCain, Janet Napolitano and Gabrielle Giffords. He later served as editor of the politically influential Yellow Sheet Report. After making the leap to politics, Daniel worked on a number of congressional and local races. Before joining the NRCC in 2011 as Western Regional Press Secretary, Daniel was Director of Communications for the Republican Majority in the Arizona House of Representatives.
This morning we bring you an internal memo that Chairman Walden sent to the House Republican Conference last night, laying out the NRCC’s 2014 strategy. Republicans are on offense, expanding the playing field – while Democrats are struggling on their own turf. In the memo, Chairman Walden reveals a peak at some never-before-seen polling on ...
Newsmax TV featured the NRCC’s new billboard campaign in a recent segment. The successful campaign targeted four Democrats for their continued support of ObamaCare: Ann Kirkpatrick (AZ-01), Ron Barber (AZ-02), John Barrow (GA-12), and Colin Peterson (MN-07). Watch the video here:
I hope George Strait gets a chance to read Ann Kirkpatrick’s guest column today in the Arizona Daily Star, where she very humbly pats herself on the back for being “bipartisan.” “I won’t hesitate to oppose my own party or the president when it’s right for my district.” Sure, Ann. A look at some of ...
Things just keep getting worse for President Obama and his Democrat friends in the House. As MSNBC reported this morning, the NRCC is running paid Facebook and StumbleUpon ads beginning today, calling on House Democrats to give back the hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign cash they’ve taken from the scandal-ridden IRS. That’s right ...
As USA Today reported this morning, the NRCC has launched digital ads in 20 congressional districts targeting House Democrats for their continued opposition to Republican efforts to allow private sector workers the same comp time flexibility government workers enjoy: “The banner ads will be featured on over 100 websites popular among women and geo-targeted to ...
In a memo today to his fellow Democrats, DCCC Chairman Steve Israel says, “DCCC recruitment is ahead of schedule, outpacing our banner success of the 2012 cycle. We are successfully recruiting problem-solving Democrats who fit their districts and can win next year.” This, after Israel bragged how he was showing Democrat recruits the film “300” ...
We already knew that Arizona Democrat Ann Kirkpatrick doesn’t like to show up to vote. But apparently when she does, she doesn’t even understand what she’s voting on. In a recent interview with Arizona Public Media, reporter Christopher Conover asked the Arizona Democrat: “Is there any realistic hope that we’ll get a budget deal that ...
It wasn’t long ago that President Obama and his team made it clear that he was focused on winning the House for Democrats in 2014 (see here). In fact, our friends over at the DCCC have been singing it from the rooftops. Steve Israel said this just a couple of weeks ago: “In 2012, President ...
Arizona Democrat Ann Kirkpatrick really wanted to be back in Congress – but just a few weeks back in DC, she’s already letting Arizonans down again. As the Arizona Republic reported this week, since being sworn back into office, Kirkpatrick has already missed 16 votes in the House – more than half of her total ...
It’s a new year, but the same old Jim Matheson. Matheson is up to his same old tricks – trying to hide his support from national Democrats. Despite symbolically voting against making Nancy Pelosi Speaker today, Matheson and Pelosi were close as could be during his last campaign. The former Speaker pumped $14,000 into Matheson’s ...
