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Home Front: Politix
Republican Party's Martinez: won't be "attack dog"
2006-11-15
Sen. Mel Martinez, who will become the new general chairman of the Republican Party after it lost control of Congress, said on Tuesday he would not be an "attack dog" in the 2008 White House race.
That's too bad. Howard Dean will be.
President Bush gave Martinez his blessing at a meeting in the Oval Office, calling the Cuban-born senator an American success story. "He's going to be an excellent spokesman for the Republican Party," Bush said. "He'll be a person who'll be able to carry our message as we go into an important year in 2008." Martinez will keep his U.S. Senate seat representing Florida and be the voice of the Republican Party going into the presidential election campaign season.
Posted by:Fred

#5  Like Limbuagh said, I'm not carrying the water for them anymore.

This appointment, and Lott on top of it was a huge error, as were the hurried leadership elections in the House.

Stupid cronyism and old-boy politics. Its what got us into this corner, and yet the idiots at the top still persists. That includes the President in this case.
Posted by: OldSpook   2006-11-15 22:48  

#4  Between Martinez's support for amnesty for illegals, and Lott's support of pork, it's clear the GOP has learned absolutely nothing. I guess they can write-off '08 as well.
Posted by: DMFD   2006-11-15 18:17  

#3  Bush just installed the Republican Terry McAuliffe.

We all remember how well he did, right...
Posted by: JSU   2006-11-15 03:07  

#2  Harriet Myers all over again. Frinken pantywaist for an RNC chair - who has already announced that the press will be able to walk all over the Repubs in 08. Thanks for NOTHING George!

Steele is the man for this job - and it should be a FULL TIME position, not part time for a Senator.

Call your Repub state party chair and tell them vote NO or they will never see you for a volunteer nor for fund raising.

President Bush, with all due respect sir, you are being an IDOIT with this. Its seen as more political insider backscratching, at the expense of the future of the Party.

Keep this sh*t up and I will go fully to the Libertarians.
Posted by: OldSpook   2006-11-15 01:29  

#1  Well, someone has to take point!
Posted by: badanov   2006-11-15 00:12  

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