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Ralph Z. Hallow

Ralph Z. Hallow

Ralph Z. Hallow was the chief political correspondent of commentary, served on the Chicago Tribune, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Washington Times editorial boards, was Ford Foundation Fellow in Urban Journalism at Northwestern University, resident at Columbia University Editorial-Page Editors Seminar and has filed from Berlin, Bonn, London, Paris, Geneva, Vienna, Amman, Beirut, Cairo, Damascus, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Belgrade, Bucharest, Panama and Guatemala.

 

Articles by Ralph Z. Hallow

Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul told a gathering of officials from Ohio that the GOP needs to be more welcoming to people who disagree with core GOP tenets. "We're going to have to be a little hands off on some of these issues … and get people into the party," he said. (Associated Press)

Top GOP voices calling for change

"Change," long the mantra of Barack Obama and the Democrats, is now clearly the watchword for Republicans such as Bobby Jindal, Rand Paul and Paul Ryan. Published January 28, 2013

House Speaker John Boehner (center), Ohio Republican, speaks Jan. 23, 2013, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington to discuss the debt limit. (Associated Press)

RNC backs the hard line in debt fight

Even as House Republicans in Washington were voting to postpone a showdown with President Obama on raising the federal debt limit, members of the Republican National Committee meeting here Wednesday displayed a determination to point the party in a new policy direction and urged GOP lawmakers to take a much tougher line. Published January 23, 2013

** FILE ** Reince Priebus, chairman of the Republican National Committee, gavels open the abbreviated first session of the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Monday, Aug. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Sen. Rand Paul, Newt Gingrich deny plot to oust Priebus

Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, two of the Republican Party's big guns, are sticking by Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus and rejecting rumors that they have joined a group trying to block Mr. Priebus from another two-year term as head of the party. Published January 22, 2013

Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican, pauses during a press briefing at a hotel in Jerusalem on Jan. 7, 2013, during his first visit to Israel. (Associated Press)

Sen. Rand Paul in the Mideast: ‘… I am not anti-Israel’

On the seventh day of his Holy Land tour, Sen. Rand Paul continued to walk a fine line between expressing support for Israel while avoiding the impression that his support for the Jewish state is uncritical and self-serving. Published January 11, 2013

Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican, pauses during a press briefing at a hotel in Jerusalem on Jan. 7, 2013, during his first visit to Israel. (Associated Press)

Paul’s Mideast trip stirs talk of 2016 run

Sen. Rand Paul doesn't explicitly deny that his eight-day visit to the Holy Land represents the launch of a 2016 Republican presidential nomination run, describing the trip as "more an effort to become part of an international stage." Published January 10, 2013

Rep. Paul Ryan, Wisconsin Republican, may have lost his bid for vice president, but his influence will still be felt on Capitol Hill as chairman of the House Budget Committee. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

A Top 10 list for the new Congress

Washington Times chief political correspondent Ralph Z. Hallow looks at 10 political issues and trends to watch in 2013. Published January 7, 2013

**FILE** RNC Chairman Reince Priebus (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

GOP panel urged to root out consultant cronyism

The Republican National Committee's new special panel to study where the party went wrong in this year's election is already taking heat from leaders who say the RNC's first priority should be addressing its own ineptitude and cronyism and reining in the rampant profiteering of consultants. Published December 12, 2012

Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus (The Washington Times)

GOP activists target Priebus

A postelection civil war is brewing among Republicans, with some conservative activists angry over the party's poor performance this cycle gunning for party Chairman Reince Priebus and planning demonstrations at the Republican National Committee's annual winter meeting in Charlotte, N.C. Published November 29, 2012

“I absolutely reject what [Mitt Romney] said. We as a Republican Party have to campaign for every single vote. If we want people to like us, we have to like them first. And you don’t start to like people by saying their votes were bought.” - Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal in reference to Mr. Romney’s latest statements implying that he lost the Asian, Hispanic and black vote by even bigger margins than expected because President Obama had supplied those voting blocs with “gifts.” (Associated Press)

Critics say Romney digging deeper hole for party

Mitt Romney's excommunication from the GOP continued over the weekend, with top Republicans growing increasingly angry with the defeated presidential candidate for the damage he's done — and continues to do — to the party's image. Published November 18, 2012

**FILE** RNC Chairman Reince Priebus (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

Priebus will announce bid to seek re-election as RNC leader

Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus, under fire from some quarters for the failure of the party's voter-turnout effort on Nov. 6, will inform the RNC's other 167 members on Friday that he will seek re-election in January, two sources close to the chairman said Thursday. Published November 15, 2012

Indiana Gov.-Elect Mike Pence, left, and Republican Governors Association Chairman Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell participate in a panel discussion during the 2012 RGA Annual Conference at Encore hotel-casino Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Ronda Churchill)

Republican governors seek bigger say in party messaging

The nation's Republican governors, frustrated by the mangled message and lack of coordination displayed in the 2012 campaign, will take a much more active role in shaping the party's message going forward, new Republican Governors Association chief Bobby Jindal said in an interview Thursday. Published November 15, 2012

Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus (Associated Press)

Priebus retains Republican support despite losses

Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus retains a strong base of support from top GOP officials despite the party's losses in the Nov. 6 election and the breakdown of the Romney campaign's vaunted voter-turnout operation in key swing states on Election Day. Published November 14, 2012

**FILE** Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, at the second presidential debate in Hempstead, N.Y. (Associated Press)

Evangelicals struggle to stay relevant in Republican politics

A call by the head of one of America's top evangelical organizations for Christian conservatives to moderate their opposition to such issues as same-sex marriage, abortion and immigration reform in light of last week's electoral setbacks has ignited flames of protests that threaten all-out civil war. Published November 13, 2012

Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Reeling conservatives face ‘recalibration’ at their core

Republicans found themselves facing agonizing day-after questions Wednesday that they admit are nearly impossible to answer while trying to hold together their diverse electoral coalition and ensure their survival as America's conservative party. Published November 7, 2012