Steele is my pick for whoever the face and philosophical director of the RNC will be. That appears to be the GENERAL CHAIRMAN as opposed to chairman.We need qualified conservative diversity on our frontlines at this moment in time.

The General Chairman usually provides overall direction and philosophical moorings, and acts as the public face of the party doing media and speeches, etc., and also is available probably for big-money phone calls and events — but the Chairman, with an Executive Director under him, is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the RNC

I still think Newt or Saltsman could effective do the Executive day to day operations from behid the scene. both have a track record of leading successful ‘revolutions’

We all know Newt’s but Saltsman is no johnny come lately.

If the GOP can get over their Huck phobia, they may discover that Saltsman could be the ‘Dean’strategy wise, who will be able to deliver the best bang for the buck from behind the scenes. He also scored a huge endorsement from Bill Frist who is twisting arms and calling in favors to garner support for him.

Rensen on November 11, 2008 at 1:19 PM

If Huckabees liberal “Reagan conservativism is dead” “the only thing that gets me a seat at the table us I’m a Evangelical” campaigning on any level gets play in four years, I will leave the Party and let it die a slow death.

Conservatives needs to get over their Huckabee derangement syndrome.. NO ONE has worked harder to make this party relevant to the Joe’s and Titos of the base. He led the way on the economy in the primaries, and by the end of the campaign everyobdy on both sides were talking about ‘kitchen table economics.’

Even our newly promoted crongressional leaders are borrowing from his playbook. Did nobody hear Pence and Cantor on FNS? ” I’m a conservative, but I’m not angry about it!’ Huckabee 101.. they have the sense to use what works.

I don’t know how anyone gets away with saying Huck is advocating a move away from Reagan conservatism. Huck is such a proponent of thre legged conservatism that at some points in the primaries, people were asking if he WAS the next Reagan, much to the consternation of his opponents.

http://www.aim.org/aim-column/is-huckabee-the-next-reagan/

The conventional wisdom is that the former Arkansas governor is starting to get traction because of his views on social issues. While that is undoubtedly a factor, it is also the case that Huckabee for several weeks has been hitting hard on the issue of restoring American sovereignty and resisting the advance of United Nations-led global government. Meantime, Rudy Giuliani, Fred Thompson, John McCain, and Mitt Romney have been tiptoeing around the issue, refusing to address or confront the problem that is on the minds of millions of Americans―the decline of America as a sovereign nation and the growing power of international institutions and foreign judges over our lives and destiny as a nation.

The Family Research Council’s recent “values voters” event in Washington, D.C. received extensive coverage. But Huckabee’s strong denunciation of the U.N.’s Law of the Sea Treaty, which is now up for Senate ratification, was generally ignored in the press coverage. He not only attacked the treaty and its provision for an international tribunal to judge America’s conduct on the high seas, but he urged the impeachment of any federal judge who recognized international law above the U.S. Constitution.

“Any federal judge who uses some international law as a precedent to make a court decision ought to be impeached,” he said to strong applause.

If the GOP continues to cannibalize its best assets instead of finding ways to incorporate them into a new winning strategy, it deserves its years in the wilderness.

Rensen on November 11, 2008 at 1:37 PM