Republican News--4.7.12

Richard Lugar, Orrin Hatch Among GOP Senators Targeted By Tea Party Huffington Post Richard Lugar is one of the Tea Party's top Senate Republican targets for defeat this year. INDIANAPOLIS -- Sen. Richard Lugar sounded wistful in his gratitude when he thanked supporters packed in the skybox of the Indiana Pacers' home court, ... See all stories on this topic »

Growing consensus among GOP party leaders: It's over, Romney will be nominee ... Minneapolis Star Tribune Article by: STEPHEN OHLEMACHER , AP WASHINGTON - It's over, and Mitt Romney is going to be the GOP nominee for president. That's the growing consensus among Republican National Committee members who will automatically attend the party's national ... See all stories on this topic »

GOP superdelegates: It's over, Romney is nominee Fox News It's over, and Mitt Romney is going to be the GOP nominee for president. That's the growing consensus among Republican National Committee members who will automatically attend the party's national convention this summer and can support any candidate ... See all stories on this topic »

Once-Shunned Washington Legislator Is Embraced in Budget Vote New York Times In 2010, 20 years after Ms. Roach was first elected, Republicans removed her from their caucus. "It would be best to physically separate you from the caucus staff and from other Republican senators while we are working on the floor," caucus leaders ... See all stories on this topic »

"The Senate Republican Caucus Has Voted to Remove All Caucus Sanctions Against ... PubliCola As as has been widely reported: Republican Senate Counsel Mike Hoover is seeking a $1.75 million settlement from the state after the GOP allowed formerly-banned and volatile state Sen. Pam Roach (R-31, Auburn) back into the caucus. See all stories on this topic »

Consensus among superdelegates that Romney is nominee grows USA TODAY That's the growing consensus among Republican National Committee members who will automatically attend the party's national convention this summer and can support any candidate they choose. Even some RNC members who support other candidates ... See all stories on this topic » USA TODAY

Iowa statehouse GOP says primaries won't cause problems Quad City Times the Democratic leader said. "That's just politics," replied Rep. Julian Garrett, R-Indianola, a freshman facing a challenger whom he defeated in the GOP primary two years ago. McCarthy "is just trying to stir up some division in the party. See all stories on this topic »