November 13, 2006
Michael Steele The Darling
Hot Air's got a poll up asking who the RNC chairman should be.
Click here to view the results.
With such strong support for Michael Steele, why would the Republican party choose a sitting Senator as chairman? Or am I giving too much credit to the fringe elements of the Neocon blogosphere? Regardless, wouldn't it be smarter to choose a chairman who could work towards rebuilding a GOP majority unencumbered by other work?
My view?
A political party always does the right thing, but only after exhausting all other options.
- Michelle Malkin sighs.
- Blogs of War summarizes the negative reaction.
- Stuck On Stupid thinks the RNC is.
- The Asylum Pundits
- Ha! Michelle Malkin again with The People's Choice
- Iowa Voice
- Stop The ACLU
- Avast! Captain Ed
Posted by Richard at November 13, 2006 6:27 PM
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I blog on politics and government in Prince George's County, MD, Michael Steele's home county. I am and have been for over 40 years a registered Republican in that county.
I like Michael Steele.
But his record suggests that he would be a lousy RNC chairman.
Before Steele became Lt.Gov., he was state party chairman, and before that he was county party chairman.
On his watch in those two positions, the combined county (executive and council) and state leglative positions in the county went from about 20% Republican to 0% Republican.
On his watch, the Republican Party failed to even field candidates for most of those positions. With one exception in 2002 (she lost), the few individuals who filed to run for office as Republicans received no support from the county and state parties. Most Republican candidates weren't even listed on the Republican sample ballots.
In my opinion, with the one exception of Gov. Ehrlich, Mr. Steele was abysmal failure when judged on his record in getting Republicans elected to office.
I don't understand why you, or anyone else, would expect him to succeed on a national level when he failed on the state and local level.
Posted by: Diane C. Russell at November 13, 2006 7:29 PM