[Bigtigermike]

Hmmm?

[griswold3]

no haley barbour, sorry

[GeronL]

The RINO Herding instinct has kicked in.

The RNC is not going to change no matter what figurehead they put up.

[gov_bean_ counter]

Just say no the the land grabbing Boss Hogg.

[kbennkc]

That, along with him not being Michael Steele, makes two reasons to be glad.

[Marty62]

One Problem with the “big Plan”.
VOTERS. Sorry Haley.
Great RNC Chair, but Presidential Candidate....NO

[lazypadawan]

Because it’s oh so smart to put an old white Southern man against Obama. Sheesh, why not just re-recruit Bob Dole and get it overwith.

[MNlurker]

Thoughts?

A complete slander of a guy who worked his ass off here in WI to change a State from blue to red.

[OpusatFR]

I thought they would do this, but hey, Barbour already has been gored in the media.

They must Zero for another term at this rate.

[kabar]

Who the f**k is Riehl and why should we believe whatever crap he is putting out? The GOP establishment wanted Cino, including Boehner and Jeb Bush and Karl Rove. Better Priebus than Cino or Steele.

[DugwayDuke]

I’ll take this talk of Barbour running when I see he has lost 50 pounds.

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

Head's up, gang!

Their continuing problem now is how to separate Palin's legion of supporters from her and to get them to go for Barbour, if this is indeed their plan. I don't see it happening, and they may be taking too much for granted.

[Cicero]

Well, yes. It’s clearly a backroom deal. Barbour said, “I’ll support you for RNC chair if you support me for POTUS.” Barbour may be relatively conservative, but he’s been a political insider all of his life, wheeling and dealing with the best of them.

Let’s just hope it somehow works out for the country’s good. Because this is our last chance.

[Crichton]

Riehl is a Priebus-bashing nobody.

It's shameful that you keep echoing trash like that.

Reminds me of all the blind quotes ripping on Sarah Palin.

[Brices Crossroads]

“Priebus Poised To Fast Track Barbour’s 2012 Presidential Bid (Back room deal?)”

No GOP operative ever made, or any combination of them, could fast track, slow track or half track Haley Barbour’s way to the GOP nomination. Haley Barbour makes Bob Dole look like Ronald Reagan.

This may be Barbour’s grand strategy, but like so many big plans of the Establishment, it won’t get off the ground. It is a pipe dream, nothing more. This Yazoo City turnip has less appeal than the jalopy he fell off of.

[ez]

There’s a serious lack of useful information on this thread.

[deport]

Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP
Reince Priebus talks with members during the Republican
National Committee meeting on Friday in Oxon Hill, Md.
Priebus was selected as RNC chairman after seven rounds
of voting.

Wisconsin's Reince Priebus Wins RNC Chair After Steele Drops Out

Updated at 5:23 pm — Wisconsin's Reince Priebus was elected RNC chair with 97 votes.

His victory came after seven rounds of voting and plenty
of wrangling behind the scenes. Priebus, chair of the Wisconsin
Republican Party, is a staunch conservative who's regarded as
a rising star in the party

end snips

[Fresh Wind]

What? I thought it was Romney’s turn to play candidate. /s

[TigersEye]

Reince and spit. The RNC gets no support from me. No more RINOs.

[Minus_The_Bear]

You'd have to be a complete idiot to believe that story.

Anybody who flipped WI and put in Johnson over Feingold is an upgrade over Steele.

[backwoods-engineer]

If 'Prius' was installed to get Sarah Palin out of the 2012 race, and I can establish even a gossamer of a causal connection, I will never give another Republican candidate another dime ever again.

And Palin goes on my 2012 ballot. Doesn't matter anyway. If she doesn't get in, we will probably have a civil war, and it won't matter who the President of the former United States is. If she does get in by write-ins, it'll be contested, and we'll probably STILL have a civil war. So, I am just going to vote my conscience.