Reince Priebus elected new RNC chairman

LA Times ^ | 1-14-11

[Indy Pendance]

Republicans went to the Heartland today for their next party chair, choosing Wisconsin attorney Reince Priebus to head the Republican National Committee for the next two years into and through the crucial 2012 presidential election cycle. His tenure begins effective immediately....

[Road Warrior ‘04]

From the link:

During law school, Mr. Priebus clerked for the Wisconsin Court of Appeals, the Supreme Court of Wisconsin, the United States District Court, Southern District of Florida and the NAACP Legal Defense Fund in Los Angeles, California.

[Road Warrior ‘04]

Hey, is that Prebus a hybrid?

[S.O.L.]

Why does RedState (Erick Erickson) say all the other TeaPartiers hate this guy and only Wisconsin TeaPartiers like him?

http://www.redstate.com/erick/2011/01/10/are-rnc-committeemen-even-listening/

[Old Retired Army Guy]

How do you pronounce “Reince”?

[omega4179]

its pronounced like priapism.

[Renderofveils]

Oh, I’m sure he’s a real warrior, like so many of the young republicans I meet. Which branch of the military did he serve in, by the way?

Poli science/english major, then law school. Woohoo. He's another career politician.

[Ballygrl]

So he’s publicly repudiated it? if so I’d like to read that link.

[Notary Sojac]

Greg Gutfeld is the hidden gem of American TV. It’s a dam’ shame that he is on at o-dark-thirty while Mascara Shep and O’Blowhard get prime time.

[homegroan]

do they have a nickname for him? do they call him “RP” or Bud or something?
Maybe it’s me, but I am going to have to spell his name out phonetically for a while-

but congrats to him and God Bless...

SZQ

[Red_Devil 232]

Rye - Nce

[SunkenCiv]

:’)

[Shady]

I think this is great, Betcha he’s a Packer Fan too Donchaknow...

[dools0007world]

Steele’s gone and good riddance. Looks like Tea Party aftershocks continue to resonate.

I am guardedly hopeful conservatives will be able to wrest control of the GOP from demrat-controlled RINOs. The challenge will be to change the image the demrats have painted of it.

Conservatives at every level—national and state GOPs, Tea Parties and state and fed gov’ts—must come out swinging. The digusting politization of events like the AZ shootings by the left must be challenged.

It is impossible to be civil where the left is concerned. It made Bush a Schmoo punching bag for 8 years and he said nothing. His “New Tone” gibberish achieved nothing but more abuse.

[dools0007world]

You are a minority of one on this post who thinks this guy is something less than a conservative. I’m not from WI. Exactly why do believe Priebus is “establishment”.

[April Lexington]

Well... Baltic Europeans have long chaffed under the heavy hand of the USSR. I understand this guy is Lithuanian. Let's give him support for now and see what happens. Either the GOP goes conservative or the conservatives go elsewhere... Its up to him. Its up to us...

[rabidralph]

I don't know. Here's a few links, FWIW. First, some Wisconsin libertarians.

This story from the the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. SNIP: "We need to play well in the sandbox with the tea party movement and the conservative movement. . . . Certainly in Wisconsin we did that," Priebus said before a packed audience in the ballroom at the National Press Club. "We're not in competition with the movement. We're part of it." /SNIP

This from Red State

My own experience and that of others involved in statwide campaigns with actual TEA party candidates who were not endorsed by the State GOP at the convention showed that there was little tolerance for the TEA party from the state leadership. County GOP people told our candidates to drop out of the primaries, some counties did not want our candidate's literature at the GOP booth at county fairs. We made our district chair aware of this behavior but nothing was said from the top of the state to cease this behavior.

I've also seen Reince at several party caucuses and a state convention and he reminds me of Buster on Arrested Development. He just seems kind of milquetoasty. He has a handshake like a fish, and most times seems nervous. These are just my personal observations and opinions.

I know it's not a whole lot to go on. And I hope he can return the RNC to conservative principles and raise money for conservative candidates in an ethical manner.

[Eddie01]

Lol
Nicer bus pier
Still working on it...

[rabidralph]

The law firm he works for is in favor of it.

[Rennes Templar]

Michael Steele has a much “better” name than Reince Priebus.

I guess it’s pronounced Rinse Pree-bus?

[rabidralph]

See #176. No one becomes state chair unless they are establishment.

I'm just a nobody who helps out at the local level, marches in parades with the county party, volunteers and organizes GOP events and openly supports conservative candidates. So I hear some things that go up the chain or come down from the state level. None of it involves being friends with the TEA party, even though every one of those state party officials was hanging around the steps of the Capitol on April 15. None of them were in the crowd, holding signs or anything like that.