It was Ed Gillespie who did such a great job in '04, not Mehlman.
You are right.
He did a bang up job with Allen too, didn't he?? (sarc.)
Ken Mehlman did a great job for Bush-Cheney in 2004 and was rewarded with the GOP Chairmanship. Those are the facts.
There were many factors that contributed to the 2006 debacle. Ken Mehlman's performance had little or nothing to do with what happened. The RNC was not short of money. The Republican base turned out. We lost a few close elections because the independents went the other way and the Libertarians took some votes off the other end.
Ken Mehlman deserves better treatment than he is getting here.
It crossed my mind that it may have been another guy while I was thinking about it, but I wasn't sure. Thanks for the correction. My second thought was right. Hell, those talking head party chairman types all seem to be the same lol.