Posted on 11/13/2006 12:06:47 PM PST by Tulsa Ramjet
Just breaking.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
A big mistake and will result in more Republican loss.
I thought this could have been Steele's. What a pity.
bad choice
does actually someone think that this centrist is gonna gain the Hispanic vote?
...it won't
'08 disaster is guaranteed with this choice.
Are they sure this is not NRSC -- for Senators?
Reaching for the hispanic votes and aiming for amnesty - the Republican party will become a permanent minority party.
Who is Mel Martinez?
Oh yea, the no drilling anywhere near Florida Martinez. It's obvious now the direction the GOP wants to go and it's not Conservative.
We're going to need a very long list for expressing our displeasure. And probably for a very long time.
Egads. Now I wish I'd voted Democratic.
Well, it might at least help get Hispanic votes and possibly even pull the rabbit out of the hat in Florida in 08.
Wouldn't count on it, though.
I like Senator Martinez, but I don't think he's the person for this job. We don't need another low energy person.
It's more than that, even. He's too far left.
Way to go courting African-Americans into the GOP!
-PJ
Agreed!
Florida Sen. Mel Martinez agrees to head Republican National Committee after the party's current chairman, Ken Mehlman, steps down, Republican sources say.
yeah, I had figured as much...Hispanic surname, from Florida, Republican...there's a 98% chance he's Cuban.
Just starve the RNC for cash.
Mel is such a looser... perhaps this will give him something to do.. he does not do anything in Office.. so he has plenty of time to chair this... what a loss for our Republican leadership... I am SO ready for a new party...
Expect Conservatives to get stabbed in the back a lot in the next few years.
Expect Conservatives to get stabbed in the back a lot in the next few years.
Found the story as well -- I am getting more disgusted instead of less disgusted as the day goes on!
Monday, November 13, 2006
Martinez to become new RNC chief
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Sen. Mel Martinez, a Florida Republican elected in 2004, has accepted an offer by the White House to become the new chairman of the Republican National Committee, three sources tell CNN.
Under the arrangement, Martinez will remain in office and serve as the party's lead spokesman as well as take a major role in fundraising and political outreach, while RNC General Counsel Robert (Mike) Duncan will oversee the committee's day-to-day responsibilities. Duncan is serving his fourth term as a RNC committeeman from Kentucky and was also elected the committee's Treasurer in Jan. 2001.
-- CNN Chief National Correspondent John King
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