Michael Steele to Head the RNC

9 Comments

1. 

   Zandar1 on January 30, 2009 at 5:41 pm

   He’s a better choice than Ken Blackwell.

   Much like decapitation is a better choice than flensing.

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     dada on January 30, 2009 at 5:59 pm

     if they’d have really tried, they might have gotten alan keyes…..that seems to be where they’re headed.

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   mikefromtexas on January 30, 2009 at 6:01 pm

   Steve Gilliard would have a field day with this. Oreo cookies for everyone.

3. 

   robertdsc on January 30, 2009 at 6:25 pm

   I was kind of “hoping” Katon Dawson would have won. Having to spin membership at a whites-only country club would have been the capper to the GOP’s meltdown.

4. 

   Real History Lisa on January 30, 2009 at 7:31 pm

   You’d think they’d at least have gone after a Mexican American so they don’t look so, well, opportunistic!! 😉

5. 

   Cee on January 30, 2009 at 8:12 pm

   Better than Ken Blackwell.

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   btchakir on January 30, 2009 at 8:37 pm

   
   It took all afternoon and into the evening, and six votes, but the new Chair of the Republican National Committee is Michael Steele (who lost his Senate bid to Ben Cardin in 2006, primarily because he refused to put “Republican” on any of his materials, but pushed his campaign to “Steele Democrats.”) He was featured in an ABC report in 2006:

   The GOP Senate candidate who anonymously described his Republican affiliation as an “impediment” to his electoral prospects while speaking with the Washington Post’s Dana Milbank and others at a Monday luncheon is none other than Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael Steele, ABC News learned Tuesday.

   “‘I’ve got an ‘R’ here, a scarlet letter,'” said Steele of his party affiliation. “‘If this race is about Republicans and Democrats, I lose.'”

   
   It took most of the day, but the Republicans have now got a black Chairman… this seems to be their competitive edge against Obama’s Democrats. What fun the 2010 campaigns will be.

   This is from Talking points Memo:

   Steele Wins RNC Chairmanship
   By Eric Kleefeld – January 30, 2009, 4:08PM

   Meet the new chairman of the Republican National Committee: Former Maryland Lt. Governor Michael Steele, who defeated South Carolina party chairman Katon Dawson by a 91-77 margin on the sixth ballot.

   “As a little boy growing up in this town — this is awesome,” Steele said bluntly in accepting his victory.

   Steele came six votes shy of the magic number 85 on the fifth ballot, and was able to get over the top after Michigan chairman Saul Anuzis dropped out to make it a clear two-man race. Steele is now the first African-American chairman of the RNC.

   The Republicans might have realized just how awful it would have been for the GOP’s image if Steele hadn’t won. The alternative was Dawson, who until just recently belonged to an all-white country club and has said he got involved in politics as a teenage opponent of busing programs in the 1960s — not exactly the best face to oppose Barack Obama’s agenda.

   Under The LobsterScope

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     Cee on January 31, 2009 at 10:06 am

     LOL! I love that the redneck has to face his friends after being beaten by a black man.

7. 

   Mylegacy on February 1, 2009 at 1:43 am

   The Republicans need more than a shiny new bald black guy as the head of the RNC.

   Their BIGGEST problems are that:

   1. No one under 30 believes anything they say.
   2. No AA will abandon Obama and later – “Obama’s Party.”
   3. NO Hispanic wants the “Republican White Vision” for a Spanish Free America.
   4. Few women want to lose the right to “choose.”

   The above are just over 50% of the population and growing. The remainder are just under the 50% and are dying off.

   If Obama ever “teaches” the working and middle class “why” they should vote in their own interests instead of the interests of the Top 10% – then the ball game is – as they say – 100% over.