Taegan Goddard:
Republican retreat kicks off with a rocky start: Republicans are regrouping at an image makeover retreat in Williamsburg, Va. this week. But it's not looking so good. Reporters quickly noted that a session for lawmakers called "Discussion on Successful Communication with Minorities and Women" will actually take place in the "Burwell Plantation" room… "named after the Burwell Family, a wealthy family that owned many slaves in 18th century Southern Virginia." The irony of learning how to woo minorities in a room named after slaveholders was not lost on Rep. Greg Walden (R-Ore.): "I don't pick the rooms we meet in."
