I don't know. I'd really have to see who the second head is on this beast. It's going to be a 2-headed position. Mel is going to be the "Meet the Press" RNC chair and somebody else will be wearing the green eyeshade.
The fact is that the RNC chair's job is twofold: raise money and recruit candidates. Mel could raise money. The fact is, you will read a lot of borderbot complaints about him. He has two issues on which he differs from conservative orthodoxy. He's for the guest worker plan and he opposes drilling off of Florida. The second is serving his constituents. As to the first, I don't know why people think that they'll find somebody who agrees on everything, but they do. Certainly the NAU crowd will just see this as a bigger part of the conspiracy.
I think Mel will be able to raise money and recruit good, responsible candidates. I don't know how he will appear on MTP, though.
So we are still playing the "get votes" game instead of advancing conservatism?
I'm about to completely give up on Bush.