GOP needs power player, expert says

Oct. 13, 2009
It's been nearly a year since Democrat Barack Obama beat Republican John McCain for the presidency and the Grand Old Party has made a handful of attempts to give itself a makeover. All have stagnated. Now, the fractured party finds itself trying to regroup as the 2010 election cycle nears....
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