“...Thing is, Haley was only one piece (and an incredibly important one at that) of the equation in winning back the House in 1994. From my perspective, the GOP is severely lacking in the other pieces - especially a strong and visionary leadership in the Congress like the GOP had with Gingrich and the rest of the team.
Bringing Haley back into the RNC without the other pieces in place as well would be very similar to how Joe Gibbs was brought back to coach the Redskins. People would place too much hope on him being able to solve all the problems and lead the GOP to victory. Expectations would be way too high, and likely to be dashed...”
You make an excellent point. Frankly, I want Haley to stay where he is. He’s been an outstanding Governor for Mississippi after that dofus Ronnie Musgrove and the FEMA disaster the followed Katrina.
We need to focus on the leadership roles in the house and Senate. The house GOP especially tried to out-democrat the democrats. Why vote for a fake democrat when you can vote a real one?
I like Steele. I have been very impressed with his interviews during the election, but confess I know little more about him. Is he tough enough? He’s gonna need a set of solid steel members to fight the RINOs and the dems.
Some folks here are screaming to clean out all the old and bring in totally new young blood. That would be a mistake in many cases. There are a lot of old power brokers who avoid the lime light. Their memory, sense of history and knowledge of where the bodies are buried is a valuable asset. Plus they have access new blood does not.