GOP to Vote on RNC Leader
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on January 14th, 2011 5:41 am by HL
GOP to Vote on RNC Leader
Republican leaders gather Friday to pick a new party chief amid hopes that fresh leadership might revitalize the Republican National Committee, the Wall Street Journal reports.
“But evidence abounds that the RNC’s varied woes run deeper than the troubled stewardship of its current chairman, Michael Steele. The organization fell short last year in many of the traditional ways it tries to boost GOP candidates, such as deploying its huge database to find Republican voters and unleashing its usual army of volunteers. It spent a minimal amount on television advertisements, and far less than in 2006, the prior midterm election, on aid to state parties and coordinated campaigns with candidates.”
CNN: “It’s anybody’s guess which candidate will emerge as the next chairman of the Republican National Committee after Friday’s election, but RNC watchers largely agree on one thing: the reign of Michael Steele has come to an end.”
C-SPAN notes the RNC meeting begins at 10:30am ET with the election of the new Chairman expected to begin around 12:45pm ET.
House Republicans Retreat in Private This Year
A year ago at their winter retreat, House Republicans invited President Obama and the media to attend “and were quickly schooled on policy and politics on national TV. Obama stole the spotlight at the Republican meeting, and the GOP looked weak,” Politico reports.
This year, Obama “hasn’t been invited, and the Republicans are curbing press access to their retreat, a three-day weekend meeting designed to motivate the party as the new Congress begins.”
