Posted on 12/12/2010 7:25:54 PM PST by dennisw
Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele is expected to announce he will drop out of the highly contested race to keep his post, sources told FoxNews.com on Sunday.
Fox News has confirmed Steele sent an e-mail to committee members Saturday night with the subject line, conference call.
In the note, he asked members to join him "for a private conference call" Monday evening.
Republicans picked up 63 seats in the House, narrowed the gap in the Senate and picked up 19 state legislative bodies in the November midterm election, but pressure has been mounting all year for Steele to step down from the position.
Critics have described the chairman as gaffe-prone and said he hasn't raised enough money. The criticism has resulted in an array of challenges for Steele's job from Wisconsin Republican Party Chairman Reince Priebus, former RNC Co-Chairwoman Ann Wagner, longtime Republican official Maria Cino, former Michigan Republican Party Chairman Saul Anuzis and former RNC Political Director Gentry Collins.
The fierce competition will end next month with the selection of a chairman for the 2012 election cycle.
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Sarah doesn’t want the post. She has made that clear.
Naw - Charlie Crist.
As opposed to the more "extreme" opinions from Right Wing Talk Radio, preaching to the gun-toting hicks in fly-over country.
I was in the same boat. I was one of the few in the threads when he was voted in the first time that argued against him, not because I was racist obviously but because it was another affirmative action process on the GOP’s part. Steele has virtually done nothing significant except being infamous for the “oreo” incident. This affirmative action nonsense has to stop.
I have never even heard of Cino or Priebus until this week...
Palin! Perfect role for her!
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No more losers! I've seen and heard enough from them.
Doh!
Gotta love that name. I wonder what the heck his parents were thinking.
I’m not going to cheer too loudly until we see his replacement.
The whole RNC apparat needs to be broomed out, and I have serious doubts that they will put in anyone willing and able to do that.
I suspect that Steele was, as many thought before he took the job, fairly conservative, but when he took the job he did what he was told to do, unfortunately.
We’ve somehow got to break that pattern. The recent committee appointments in the House are not very promising that the leaders are ready to do so.
The conservative movement wants Palin in the White House, don’t be trite by saying that the conservative presidential frontrunner should instead drop out of elective politics and become a party chairman.
Post 32 is for you.
Hmmm....where have I seen that before.
Are any of the candidates real conservatives? The GOP cannot afford another Steele
Sarah?
lol. Sorry. I should have credited you with the original post.
this guy was bad news from the start...not confident the GOP will install a conservative though
I totally agree with Jim DeMint.
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