Haley Barbour Concurs And Phones Are Ringing In RNC Land

Her campaign started the day she quit and has continued everyday since.

LOL... yea.. ok. Are you working in her campaign by any chance?

I don't really care what her reasons were... "quitting" hurt her. Americans don't like quitters.

I'm not saying she CAN'T overcome it... but, I guarantee you, that action made MOST people LESS likely to vote for her.

The effete elites of the GOP are just country club policians who only see party as a means not principles

Yep--they are the type that got Bush nominated in 2000

Problem is they aren't going to change and unlike the dems who would do nothing to alienate their black base the CCbers in the GOP could care less about party unity

This was clearly shown in VA in 94 where the Warner types made sure Ollie North wasn't elected even though they gave the election to the democrat by running 3rd party

Unfortunately unless enough independents and democrat voters wake up we will see the democrats make a comeback and win in a 3 party race

I worked on a judicial campaign here in NC, and it was obvious that the Republican ground game was nowhere near as energetic or organized as the Democrats’.

Now, that’s nothing new here - despite this being a fairly red state, the Democrats have always had a better-funded and more sophisticated operation than Republicans, which goes along with their big advantage in registered voters. The Raleigh area also has three major universities, so they have no shortage of foot soldiers.

Of course, despite all that, Republicans took control of both houses of the state legislature for the first time since 1892 and our Republican Senator was re-elected despite being a big target of the DNC, so I certainly don’t want to complain too much.

On the other hand, incumbent Congressmen had a great day here. Incumbents were on the ballot in all 13 congressional districts, and 12 were re-elected. The only race where the incumbent appears to have lost - NC-2 where Bob Etheridge appears to have lost to Renee Ellmers by a thin margin - is probably going to a recount. Even assuming Ellmers will ultimately win, the Democrats will still hold a 7-6 majority of the delegation, so this wasn’t a big victory. Primarily, that shows just how effective gerrymandering is in NC, and just how important the Republican takeover of the state legislature is going to be.

I think the thing to take away from this election is that it was Obama’s unpopularity, not effective campaigning by the RNC, that won the day. If the RNC thinks it did everything right and wants to rest on its laurels, it needs to think again. 2012 is going to be a lot tougher no matter what happens, and GOTV efforts are going to be crucial.

Al I know this might come as a shock to you. But Free Republic existed long before anybody outside friends and family knew who Sarah Palin was. The thread is mostly about Michael Steele and how he needs to go from the RNC. I saw an opportunity to tie this in with The Haley Barbour Ping List which I run so I did that as well.

Sarah Palin’s name was not mentioned until post #17. This thread was not about Sarah Palin. Free Republic is not the official or unofficial website of Sarah Palin. You need to get over yourself.

loved Haley when he was the face of the rep. party years back. Spoke straight and took on democrats when the only cable show was CNN. He recently said you’ll know if I am running for president if I go on a diet and lose lots of weight....he still has his sense of humor...my neice lives in Mississippi and said he is a popular governor....no ping list please...

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