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| Steele drops re-election bid, Priebus to head GOP | |
| 2011-01-14 | |
 GOP Chairman Michael Steele has dropped his re-election bid amid declining support as the Republican National Committee, facing a $22 million debt and an internal war over the party's identity "I will step aside because I think the party is ready for something different," Steele told the committee after doing poorly in four rounds of balloting. He endorsed challenger Maria Cino and called for the party to be unified as
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| Posted by:Beavis |
| #8 New guy is an insider, part of the upper crust GOP. And thus may be part of the problem. He has a few months before the knives start being sharpened. RNC tends to be way too insider oriented, and that blindness is what cost them even greater success last cycle. But in any case good riddance to Steele, who was a flopper. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2011-01-14 21:40 |
| #7 Reince Priebus Slips and Says Execute Obama instead of Osama three times |
| Posted by: tipper 2011-01-14 20:28 |
| #6 I will give him a year and make a decision then. For now, I will support the party. Lets have a look a year from now and see how things look. |
| Posted by: crosspatch 2011-01-14 20:17 |
| #5 remember "Blue" Wisconsin? He helped make it "Red" Wisconsin and got Russ Feingold |
| Posted by: Frank G 2011-01-14 19:23 |
| #4 at AOSHQ in high celebration: New RNC Chief: 25th Century Mogolian/Hun Conqueror From the Future, Reince Priebus —Ace No, seriously, he has a science-fiction villain name. I like it, but "Reince Priebus" seems like it should have an "Overlord" or "StarKhan" in front of it. |
| Posted by: Frank G 2011-01-14 19:09 |
| #3 For starters, if Priebus wants to keep the RNC a relevant force in politics, they NEED to embrace the grassroots and the tea party while telling the country club elite to sit down and share. The damn RINOs have pissed the regular voter off so badly, they don't work with the RNC and even deliberately work against them and their wishy-washy candidates. The time for a consensus on how things are run from everyone is necessary. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2011-01-14 19:08 |
| #2 Steele got tossed under the Priebus. |
| Posted by: Skunky Glins**** 2011-01-14 18:48 |
| #1 Let the Reince Priebus joke begin! *clap, clap* |
| Posted by: ryuge 2011-01-14 17:52 |