Jeb Bush guides GOP outreach to Latinos (click here)
...The new Hispanic Action Network is part of a growing number of Republican organizations reaching out to Hispanics in advance of next year's presidential election — and it has powerful support....If Bush wanted to influence the Hispanic electorate to vote for the GOP candidate in 2012, they should have put a Hispanic at the top of the organization.
...Little known outside the Badger State (click title to entry - thank you) and the RNC, Priebus nonetheless marshalled strong and early support based on his record in the '08 elections: last fall, Badger State Republicans picked up the U.S. Senate seat, governorship, two new U.S. House seats, and control of both houses of the state legislature....
...For all the high marks he received as a party-builder, Priebus did face questions as to how conservative he was and whether he was too close to Mississippi Gov. and potential 2012 presidential hopeful Haley Barbour. The latter question rose in large part because the governor's nephew, Mississsippi National Committeeeman Henry Barbour, was a key operative in Priebus's campaign.
"It was a proxy race between [top George W. Bush advisor and Cino backer] Karl Rove and Haley Barbour," one political consultant told HUMAN EVENTS after Priebus's election, "and Barbour won."
Not so fast, several Priebus backers told me. Both the candidate and his backers insisted that being supported by Henry Barbour in no way meant reciprocal support for Haley Barbour in 2012, that (like almost every RNC head going into a presidential year), Priebus was neutral....
...California's RNC member Steele, a conservative activist since he was a teenage volunteer for Barry Goldwater in 1964, went furthest when he predicted that Priebus "will be the most conservative RNC chairman since Dean Burch in 1964 [Burch was a close Goldwater friend who served as party chairman during the '64 campaign]."
Perhaps the best post mortem on the long contest came from Connecticut's State Chairman (and Anuzis backer) Chris Healy, who said that "we wanted a chairman who could work well with the donors,...
"Today the Republican Party took a major step toward renewal with the selection of Michael Steele as chairman of the Republican National Committee. I believe in Steele’s ability to move our party forward and I am extremely proud to have led his successful campaign for chairman.
Michael is committed to our conservative cause, has strong leadership skills and the ability to connect with and energize our grassroots supporters. Our core fundamental principles remain strong and mirror those of the majority of Americans so we must improve our outreach efforts in order to grow as a party.
Michael Steele will be a great new voice and outstanding leader for the Republican Party. As we work diligently to take our message to the people throughout Wisconsin and America, I look forward to continuing my partnership with him and at the RNC.”
-- Reince Priebus
I believe Michael Steele was personally wounded by what occurred in the elections.
Until tomorrow...
I believe Michael Steele was personally wounded by what occurred in the elections.
Until tomorrow...
