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6:25 AM, Aug 13, 2012 • By MICHAEL WARREN

A new television ad from Mitt Romney and the Republican National Committee looks at Barack Obama's history of opposing the 1996 reforms to welfare and promises a Romney administration will restore "work back in welfare." The ad begins by asking the viewer, "Do you support work for welfare?" Watch the ad below:

The ad cites a report from the Heritage Foundation that argues a new directive from Obama's Department of Health and Human Services undermines the work requirements instituted in the federal welfare program 16 years ago.

2:29 PM, Apr 16, 2012 • By DANIEL HALPER

The latest Republican National Committee web ad, knocking President Obama for passing the buck:

12:11 PM, Sep 28, 2011 • By MICHAEL WARREN

CNN reports that Florida is likely to move up its Republican presidential primary to January 31:

Florida House Speaker Dean Cannon told CNN on Tuesday that a state commission exploring potential primary dates is likely to choose January 31 to hold the nominating contest.

If that happens, it would almost certainly force the traditional early states of Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada to leapfrog Florida and move their primaries and caucuses into early- to mid-January.

Why the media are obsessed with the party committees.

2:33 PM, Jan 17, 2011 • By JAY COST

American political parties are loose associations that lack any kind of formal structures. The two parties stretch across three broad categories -- the electorate, the party organization in place to facilitate the campaign, and the government. None of these parts of the party is formally connected to any other part, and even within each category there is not a great deal of coherence. Within the government, there is a party in the House and a party in the Senate, totally distinct from each other as well as from the state legislative caucuses.

Does Michael Steele Understand the RNC's Role?

A response to the chairman's questions.

1:45 PM, Jan 4, 2011 • By JAY COST

In John McCormack's interview with Michael Steele, the chairman of the Republican National Committee said: "Tell me what election we lost because I gave $15,000 to Guam."

No problem.

2:01 PM, Dec 29, 2010 • By JAY COST

The Republican National Committee will meet in January to choose a new chairman, and the reporters at Hotline's On Call blog have been keeping a running total of how many votes each candidate has been able to announce publicly. Michael Steele has publicly secured 15 delegates (85 are needed for victory), and I found some of his declared supporters quite interesting: