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New RNC Chair?
Fox News

Posted on 11/09/2006 12:27:27 PM PST by Bluegrass Conservative

I was just watching Fox News. Carl Cameron mentioned that Ken Mehlman will most likely step down as RNC Chair this January. Among potential replacements, he mentioned Bill Owen (Governor of Colorado) and Michael Steele (Lt. Governor and 2006 Senate nominee from Maryland).

At first glance, I really like the idea of Steele leading the party. He has both elected and party experience. Your thoughts?


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: mehlman; rnc
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To: the_Watchman

I'll second that! ;^)


41 posted on 11/09/2006 12:42:46 PM PST by top 2 toe red (To the enemy in Iraq..."Don't bet on American politics forcing my hand!" President Bush)
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To: Bluegrass Conservative
I wonder how well he really did. Maryland had one Republican administration in the governors office, for one term(when they had to run against an inept Dem ticket), and then lost pretty heartily. At this point, I don't think the state could get any more Blue.

Steele is from PG county, a huge Dem stronghold. Steele and Ehrlich poured lots of time and money into it. They took 22 and 19% of that vote. He didn't make inroads there.
42 posted on 11/09/2006 12:42:59 PM PST by Vision ("As a man thinks...so is he." Proverbs 23:7)
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To: Madeleine Ward

Some moderate views but not a true moderate. I like Steele. His views are close to mine and I think he would be a great leader of the party. Check out where he stands:

http://www.issues2000.org/Senate/Michael_Steele.htm


43 posted on 11/09/2006 12:43:03 PM PST by rtsimon
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To: Bluegrass Conservative

Most seniority in the majority... it is currently Ted Stevens.


44 posted on 11/09/2006 12:43:53 PM PST by nhoward14
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To: msnimje
I heard him say on H&C not so long ago (last month?) that he was not running for president because he felt that he could serve better the party better by running a DC think tank.

Well, that's what he said, anyway : )

45 posted on 11/09/2006 12:44:20 PM PST by eastsider
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To: msnimje

Really? Well, he's being pretty quiet about it. Frankly, no way he'd win. too much baggage, like Kennedy, but without the death attributed to bim.


46 posted on 11/09/2006 12:45:59 PM PST by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
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To: nhoward14

So that means it will be Byrd in December then, right?


47 posted on 11/09/2006 12:46:00 PM PST by Bluegrass Conservative
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To: LibLieSlayer

What was Ann's reaction about the elections. I did not hear what she had to say.


48 posted on 11/09/2006 12:46:12 PM PST by angcat ("IF YOU DON'T STAND BEHIND OUR TROOPS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO STAND IN FRONT OF THEM")
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To: nhoward14

"Most seniority in the majority... it is currently Ted Stevens"

You mean that "Bridge To Nowhere Guy"
What a loser, like Trent Lott.


49 posted on 11/09/2006 12:46:50 PM PST by tennmountainman
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To: Bluegrass Conservative

If they pick Owen they learned nothing.


50 posted on 11/09/2006 12:46:56 PM PST by Soul Seeker (Kobach: Amnesty is going from an illegal to a legal position, without imposing the original penalty.)
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To: Vision

An intense and losing campaign often changes someone for the worse -- but not so in Steele's case. The man has courage and character, which are rare commodities that merit advancement. If good enough for the US Senate, he is surely good enough to run the RNC.


51 posted on 11/09/2006 12:47:33 PM PST by Rockingham
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To: Soul Seeker

Man of "Steele"!! YES!


52 posted on 11/09/2006 12:47:44 PM PST by LYSandra
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To: Bluegrass Conservative

The new Congress isn't sworn in until January 3, 2007.


53 posted on 11/09/2006 12:48:31 PM PST by nhoward14
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To: DarthVader

"I called up my congressman and demanded that Mehlman is removed."

Granted, new blood is a good idea. But what did Mehlman have to do with the do-nothing Senate and House scandals? He didn't lose the election. Our elected representatives did.


54 posted on 11/09/2006 12:49:50 PM PST by freedom4me ("Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom."--Ben Franklin)
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To: nhoward14
The new Congress isn't sworn in until January 3, 2007.

Doh! Had a brain fart there. I knew that. In Kentucky, our state officials are sworn in in December. Just a mix-up.

55 posted on 11/09/2006 12:50:19 PM PST by Bluegrass Conservative
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To: Bluegrass Conservative

Can't think of a better man than Steele.


56 posted on 11/09/2006 12:50:19 PM PST by Southern Partisan ("Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more. You should never wish to do less." ----R. E. Lee)
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To: tennmountainman

Old Ted was a bomber pilot in WW II. He could still fly one of those B-29s if he had to.


57 posted on 11/09/2006 12:51:10 PM PST by RightWhale (RTRA DLQS GSCW)
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To: freedom4me

For the reason you said. New blood is needed.


58 posted on 11/09/2006 12:51:43 PM PST by DarthVader (Conservatives aren't always right , but Liberals are almost always wrong.)
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To: Bluegrass Conservative
Bill Owen (Governor of Colorado)

Lord, save us. He destroyed the Republican party in Colorado during his tenure as governor. We held the house, the senate and the governorship six years ago. Both Senators were Republican. Today, as he leaves office with high popularity ratings, we have nothing but one US Senator who is retiring and will be replaced by a Democrat. He made several TERRIBLE tactical decisions that destroyed the party.

This guy was inept as a party leader; but good a being personally popular--he's good looking, a great speaker, and a great debater.

59 posted on 11/09/2006 12:53:29 PM PST by ModelBreaker
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To: Howlin
They have sucessfully characterized US as the problem.

By a few thousand votes in a few states.

This country is and was a 50/50 nation where the a shift of 2% causes tremendous change. The 2% shift worked for us before, this time it worked against us.

Now don't take the above to mean we don't need to do soul searching and get back to first principles, we do. It just means the road back need not take a long time.

60 posted on 11/09/2006 12:53:31 PM PST by NeoCaveman (Congratulations to Michelle Bachman, Steve Chabot, Mark Wahlberg, Adrian Smith and other CFGers)
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