Posted on 11/09/2006 11:31:27 PM PST by icwhatudo
Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman, whose party just lost both chambers of Congress, will leave his position in January, and the post as party chief has been offered to Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael S. Steele. "It is true," Mr. Mehlman told The Washington Times when asked about reports last night that he would resign. "It's something I decided over the summer. No one told me I needed to. In fact, folks wanted me to stay."
Mr. Mehlman said he "told the White House over the summer it was my decision" to leave the RNC post, "win, lose or draw."
Also last night, Republican officials told The Times that Mr. Steele, who lost his bid for the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, has been sought out to succeed Mr. Mehlman as national party chairman. Those Republican officials said Mr. Steele had not made a decision whether to take the post, as of last night.
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Yes and from what I can see it gets more heated all the time.
If they had brought the NYTimes and WAPO to answer for leaking national secrets perhaps the MSM would have backed off on the constant negative reporting on the GOP, but even if they didn't perhaps they would have at least thought twice before publishing info that damaged our country in the WOT and maybe some people who stayed home or voted against them would have seen a backbone and voted GOP.
You know, dude! The folks!
There were just these folks, man. I heard somebody say stay. But I didn't know'um.
Yeah, I guess the folks could be Democrats. But I don't know, they were just folks, man.
You know folks is folks.
This may sound racist, and I don't mean it that way, but after Katrina I'm beginning to think poor blacks are getting the government they ask for. They keep pointing fingers at us saying we're holding them down, etc.. WE are not holding them down, they are holding themselves down with their stupid, blind, support for the DNC and insistence on staying on the public dole. I have no patience for people who refuse to step up and help themselves.
I thought Rove was from Colorado?
Steele is a moderate so I wouldn't use it as a strong indicator but I'm looking more to see if new people are gonna be replacing Bush people.
I see no one from the last 6 years who will be able to rebuild and win in 2008 and that includes the oh so much vaunted Rudy. We need to start building up the new leadership to take over.
'We are now officially in the midst of the 2008 elections and George Bush isn't going to be on the ticket.'
This bears repeating. Everyone needs to get it that it's time to start the next marathon and we won't be using the same runners as last time.
Replacing RNC chairman, Congressional leadership & finding fresh candidates for POTUS is all on the list of things to do so that Republicans can make their comeback in 2008 instead of 2012/2016.
Can we really afford to play around for 6 to 10 years?
I agree. People on this board want to run Steele on the ticket in '08 just because he's black. If I wanted to treat people differently because of their skin tone, I'd be a Democrat. We will NEVER get the black vote, no matter how many blacks we put in prominent positions. The MSM will ensure that they are slandered as "Uncle Toms."
"I see no one from the last 6 years who will be able to rebuild and win in 2008 and that includes the oh so much vaunted Rudy. We need to start building up the new leadership to take over."
I don't see much of a starting lineup on the GOP side.
Something to remember is that GOP doesn't not necessarily equal conservative and vice versa. I think conservatives need to start playing politics a bit more and quit tying their star so closely to the GOP.
Our gunnies have been playing the politics for awhile, and I have to say gun rights are about the only place where conservatism has been winning of late. Did you notice how quickly the newly elected Democrats would introduce themselves, and then step all over themselves to insist that they weren't going to pass any gun control measures? There's a reason for that.
When political parties compete for conservative votes, we win.
The GOP better learn a lesson fast. Run a Rudi and say Howdy Madam President Clinton. ANY moderate the GOP puts up for POTUS then Hillary will run to the right of them and win. Ford lost to Carter. Bush lost to Clinton. Dole who became a moderate lost to Clinton. Bush the moderate would have lost to anyone but Gore who also ran right of Bush. Kerry stayed left which was the reason he lost. Hillary isn't that stupid though and she can talk right. The Ford/Bush era choke hold on the GOP needs to be ended. The two parties are now too close together in platform and it is politically and Constitutionally unhealthy for the nation.
I don't want to vote for any candidates who are not that far apart on issues with the mainstream DEMs and neither does most Republicans and a considerable number of DEMs who also vote conservative.
Agreed! Agreed!
Reading this board makes me think they all forgot the '92/'96 Perot vote. Any moderate Repub is gonna lose. Why vote for a liberal R when you can vote for the real thing? They keep thinking it's gonna work. They pick up the 10% middle and lose 20% of the right. -_-
Heck Perot was in the thick of it till he threw his hissy fit. There are other Perots waiting in the wings for a Rudy run.
Can't argue with that.
Here in PA Santorum/Casey is a prime example. While I didn't hear it myself people quote Santorum as saying that Casey was more pro-life than him.
Dems might have taken Congress but they did it on a conservative agenda.
"Dems might have taken Congress but they did it on a conservative agenda."
Yup.
There's a lot of teeth gnashing going on right now in conservative circles, but when you stand back and look at what happened, there are some real opportunities here. I think a lot of Democrats, including myself, are about as surprised to have won this election as the Republicans are to have lost it. There will be a lot of analysis within the Democratic party as to why we won and how we can do it again.
I think Democrats are going to work harder to attract conservatives. That is a very good thing for both conservatives and conservatism. It's not so good a thing for the Republican party.
I think we should be the first of the two major parties to appoint a woman as chairman, does anyone have any thoughts as to who she could be? What about Kay Bailey Hutchinson?
The fact that Steele is not rock-hard conservative, just moderate to center-right, upsets some Freepers.
But, this the RNC post. They are concerned with how to win. They don't develop the platform.
I say go Steele. I am sure he will have staff, and he himself will also realize the importance of supporting traditional Republican values.
How conservative is Steels considering he is from MD?
I think he would be a good pick either way, but just curious....I have heard some say he isn't very conservative.
Considering he's from MD, he's extremely conservative. He's center-right overall.
If 100% is Jesse Helms or Tom Coburn, and 0% is Ted Kennedy or Barbra Boxer, he's a 75% or 80%.
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