Ken Blackwell isn't black? Who knew?
Posted on 08/04/2010 1:48:32 AM PDT by iowamark
The Republican National Committee is trying to set up meetings between Chairman Michael Steele and foreign ambassadors to the United States, according to an email obtained by POLITICO – an effort that has puzzled diplomats as well as fellow Republicans.
An RNC intern sent a message late last month to at least one ambassador on behalf of Neil Alpert, a senior finance aide, with little explanation...
“In his role as RNC Chairman, he meets with leaders in Washington and throughout the country,” said Heye.
But one European embassy official told POLITICO his embassy had received the generic-sounding message in a general inquiry in-box and indicated that he didn’t know what to make of the note.
The staffs of high-level American political figures typically go directly to an embassy’s political officer officer to set up meetings with an ambassador.
Steele’s outreach to foreign representatives heading into the final stretch of the mid-term election cycle is exasperating senior Republicans, already fed up with the controversial chairman’s knack for bad publicity.
“They can’t give any money and they can’t vote,” said former RNC Chairman Jim Nicholson of the ambassadors. “I don’t know why you’d take time to do it.”
It is illegal for foreign nationals to contribute to American candidates or political parties...
But for Steele’s critics, the idea that he would be looking for face-time with foreign ambassadors instead of trying to raise money for the party underscores the view that he’s in the job to promote himself instead of the GOP. What’s particularly galling to Republicans is that Steele’s diplomatic overtures come at a time when the party desperately needs to boost its mediocre fundraising to be competitive in the many House, Senate and gubernatorial contests this fall where Democrats seem vulnerable...
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Considering the turmoil in the Democrat Party, Politico would like nothing better than to stir the pot of discontent with Steele.
Does Steele ever do the job which he is supposed to do?
Considering the turmoil in the Democrat Party, Politico would like nothing better than to stir the pot of discontent with Steele.
Journo-list member Politico.
Steele was the only one I ever heard mentioned. He was the only black contender for the RNC chairman job. To get this job you have to be politicking, schmoozing and networking for years. Steele had a cadre of supporters....mostly RINOS is my guess
Ken Blackwell isn't black? Who knew?
That's true enough. He was a long time leader of Christie Todd's Whitman's political organization, which is devoted to electing pro-abortion, pro-gay, pro-illegal immigration leftists. He was there right up until the day he started running for RNC Chairman.
Seems hardly anyone considers the news source any more.
Politico......Spit.
I’ll wager Politico never even asked Steele for an explanation, rather just finding critics to further stir the pot. Underneath, this sounds like a phony controversy to me.
well this just tells me RNC is still same as always.
More like "Affirmative Action: A Case Study"
Yea, your right about that.
RNC is saying “Oh yea, we got one too.”
Ken Blackwell would have been a solid choice. I guess Michael Steel had more support one way or another
Yeah, I guess he did. Because the leadership of the Republican Party is corrupt.
Before I would give RNC a nickel, would demand proof Steele didn’t vote for nobama, like 99% of all other bruthas did.
Politico agenda, anti-everything that is good for the USA.
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