Posted on 11/15/2012 11:06:15 PM PST by Steelfish
Priebus Will Announce Bid To Seek Re-Election As RNC Leader
By Ralph Z. Hallow November 15, 2012
LAS VEGAS Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus, under fire from some quarters for the failure of the partys voter-turnout effort on Nov. 6, will inform the RNCs other 167 members on Friday that he will seek re-election in January, two sources close to the chairman said Thursday.
According to the sources, speaking on the condition of anonymity, Mr. Priebus will say Friday during his announcement that 112 fellow RNC members have pledged to support him if he seeks a second two-year term, a number far greater than the needed 85 votes.
As of Thursday evening, The Washington Times had received 51 definite yes and four maybe replies from RNC members asked if they would vote for him.
An RNC spokesman declined to comment. Mr. Priebus is scheduled to begin an extended vacation on Friday.
Mr. Priebus earned accolades from Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal and others here for the Republican Governors Association meeting.
Mr. Jindal, the RGA chairman, was asked in an interview whether the Nov. 6 voter-turnout failures in crucial swing states were the fault of the RNC chairman or of Mitt Romneys campaign and whether he supports Mr. Priebus or someone else for the chairmanship of the partys national governing body.
Im not a voting member of the RNC, but I think Reince has done a great job at the RNC, Mr. Jindal told The Times. I dont think this is one of those things where you point to just one person and say theyre the reason.
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They're both aggressive... goal-oriented... and supremely successful in their chosen field of endeavor.
Bonus: neither one of them is Michael Steele. ;)
Priebus running for reelection to RNC Chair.
FReep mail me if you want on, or off, this Wisconsiin interest ping list.
Run me for President ? But I’d actually want to cut government spending en masse, implement an irrevocable balanced budget amendment, close entire departments, privatize Social Security, end government involvement in healthcare & welfare at the federal level, revoke civil service and its army of leftist bureaucrats (replacing it with the old patronage system — your people come in with you and they leave when your term is up, rinse and repeat). No more gov’t pensions and goodies for these millionaire bloodsuckers. You serve the people, the people don’t serve you. And this all before I even get to the social issues... We’d be lucky to get a fraction of our current Republican officials to agree to any of this, and that’s being kind.
The lack of substance in your post is not going to improve the RNC. Only a discussion of the issues that matter, how to prioritize them, how to select a leader that can do that.
If only Terrance and Phillip could pronounce “out & about” correctly. That just gets on my nerves, eh ?
we need someone with a name everyone can pronounce and doesn’t sound like an elitist.....try a joe smith or james white......
Moe Green.
Gotta go to the state level and change the whole RNC. A few hundred votes at the state convention is all it takes to change an RNC committeeman.
Uber RINO Saul Anuzis was replaced by conservative Dave Agema as a committeeman from Michigan in the spring and it only took a few hundred votes to do it.
Elect whom every you like. I don't care.
Signed,
A Conservative.
Sarah Palin!
“Reince Priebus”?
Sortof hard to make Milkey Steele look good cause Mikey was horrible but still better than Priebus.
I have to admit: you make a compelling argument. ;)
We need a Lee Atwater type not this moron who I’ve never heard of.
If you reward failure, you get more of it.
Well, who deserves it more?
I don't think he's a good "face" for the Republican Party, but he sounds like an effective business manager for that RNC role.
a good job for Palin
Steele was a RINO, but he got the job done in 2 years. Priebus had the same two years and dropped the ball. Unlike Steele, Priebus had no executive experience prior to becoming RNC chief. If Romney were really into public service instead of self-aggrandizement, he’d step into this thankless role and work to revive the fortunes of the GOP.
Double Down: Sarah Palin!!!
That big financial mess resulted in the biggest GOP House majority in 100 years. Steele's financial management stank, but it's hard to fault his results.
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