Posted on 11/10/2008 2:46:59 PM PST by BAW
A battle to take the reins of the Republican National Committee is taking off between former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and former Maryland Lieutenant Gov. Michael Steele.
Republicans close to each man say they are intent on ousting Mike Duncan when his tenure ends in January and to insert themselves to articulate a counter-agenda to President-elect Barack Obama´s administration.
A bevy of backers for each man, neither of whom is an RNC member, have been burning up the phone lines and firing off e-mails as they try to sway the 168 RNC members in the wake of the second consecutive drubbing of Republicans at the polls.
"The Republican National Committee has to ask itself if it wants someone who has successfully led a revolution," Randy Evans, Gingrich confidante and personal attorney based in Atlanta, told The Washington Times on Monday.
Neither man seems inclined to give way to the other.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
Gingrich had his shot. It is time for new blood. Steele is a wonderful choice
NANCY PELOSI: Hi, I’m Nancy Pelosi, lifelong Democrat and speaker of the house.
NEWT GINGRICH: Hi, I’m Newt Gingrich, lifelong Republican and I used to be speaker.
PELOSI: We don’t always see eye to eye, do we, Newt?
GINGRICH: No,, but we do agree our country must take action to address climate change.
PELOSI: We need cleaner forms of energy and we need them fast.
GINGRICH: If enough of us demand action from our leaders, we can spark the innovation we need.
i agree, we need ot get back to core conservative values such as limited to zero government intervention and ..
wait for it..
fiscal responsibility. If it costs to much, maybe we should stop screwing around with it. I think being the global cop is getting mighty expensive.
Like them both but Newt can simplify and fine tune a message that even the ignorant on the left understands.
Yeah, now that you mention it, I remember that. Nope. No Steele then. And Newt fell apart after Clinton schooled him in the budget deal of 1995.
mega dittos - how about Rush? No, we need him on the Radio!
Oh Lord—can’t they share the chair?
Talk about dividing the baby.
Either way, we win!!
Steele might be better actually taking the chair but keeping in close touch with Gingrich.
You answered my question....
I have been waiting for Steele to become firmly planted on the National Stage ever since his speech at the convention several years ago.
Instead of a racist, he'd be an Uncle Tom. That gets the left even more hyped up.
Either one works for me. ;)
This is at least a 1000x better than the choices we had in the Republican primaries.
Thanks for the ping!
Then he would end purging himself!
I'm not questioning his intellect, which is sizeable. I'm questioning his mean streak and ability to bare-knuckle fight, which I think is lacking.
I agree. Michael is too valuable and needs to be run for office. He'd make a great senator.
Mean streak may not be the right phrase but Newt exhibited a spirited and thorough defense of conservatism under fire at that Q&A.
I’m just saying, Newt was never the same after that beating Bubba gave him.
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