I’m not happy about it, but as he recently announced that he would not seek a second term as chairman of the DNC, I think he really deserves his due. He took over the DNC after the 2004 election. Not only did many of us think that he was too liberal a…

Two leading contenders are out there, looking to be the next chairman of the GOP. One, Newt Gingrich, was the brains of the 1994 GOP takeover of congress. The other, Michael Steele, is one of the “young Turks” of the……

Are we all too stupid to know the difference?

Jeepers…

Just this afternoon Newt set the record straight on Hannity…. Gingrich was asked by the reporter if he was going to run for RNC chair…. Gingrich said “No”…. and the reporter said, “Well, that’s a ‘yes’ to me,” and he ran with it.

Let’s all stop being so stupid in believing this crud.

Most recently, Chip Saltsman was the campaign manager of Governor Mike Huckabee’s Presidential campaign and organized one of the biggest political upsets in modern history.

Before joining Huckabee’s campaign, Saltsman was the chairman of the Tennessee Republican Party and was responsible for causing Al Gore to lose his home state in 2000 and helping Republican candidates win races at all levels across the state.

With the Republican Party beginning to lose its way and conservatives craving honest and effective leadership, Chip Saltsman is the man we’re looking for.

That’s why we need to draft Chip Saltsman for RNC Chairman! Chip has continuously proven himself to be an effective leader capable of making even the most well funded opponents have to fight for their political lives.

With Chip Saltsman, a man who truly believes in conservative principles, as our party’s chairman, conservatives will have a renewed voice in our party and the establishment that’s put us in this mess will finally be held accountable.

Chip Saltsman is the most qualified, most prepared, and most experienced person for this job and we deserve him as our next Republican Party Chairman!

Why can’t the RNC have them both?

Texas Gal on November 11, 2008 at 1:00 AM

Evidently they may. MM picked up this from Mary Katharine Ham:

Bill Sammon’s sources tell him Steele may announce as soon as Thursday, and is courting the endorsement of Newt Gingrich, which if landed, would do much to scare off the incumbent and possible challengers:

The source also contradicted a report in Tuesday’s Washington Times that Steele and Gingrich were competing for the RNC post.

“There is no fight,” the source said. “This tension between Michael Steele and Newt Gingrich is totally fabricated and, in fact, Gingrich and Steele are working together to create a new strategy for the direction of the GOP.”

In a statement issued by the former House speaker, Gingrich said he was not interested in seeking the post of Republican party chairman.

“A number of people have asked me to consider running for Republican National Committee chair. They have been very flattering, and I am very honored by their support,” he said.

MKH goes on to say:

I like the direction this is heading, if correct. Michael Steele is an eminently likable guy who can communicate conservative values and ideas with competence and charm, and has always inspired the base. He comes without the significant political baggage of a Newt chairmanship, but will undoubtedly be bolstered by Newt’s ideas, as Gingrich has signaled that he wants to be very involved in the remaking of a party that could use some new ideas.

We need hip. Gingrich is not it.

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Why can’t the RNC have them both?
Texas Gal on November 11, 2008 at 1:00 AM

do we have to have either? why do I feel foisted upon! help!
gingrich is good on philosophy but a RINO when push comes to shove. Michael Savage is right about Gingrich. Love/hate.
steele, “is the future”, maybe but not if he’s a RINO too. McCain payed Reagan lip service too.
Bachman? Jindal? Jindal can do more than just Governor. Gimme a break. Jindal. Read his bio.

Gingrich supported the freaking bailout boondoggle. I know nothing about Steele, but if you support Gingrich you still need to back to conservative 101 school.

angelat0763 on November 11, 2008 at 11:28 AM

No he did not.

In late 2008, Gingrich voiced his strong opposition to allowing American taxpayers to bail out several failing financial institutions. He described the $700 billion bailout plan as “just wrong” and that “it’s likely to fail, and it’s likely to make the situation worse over time.”Gingrich further iterated that the bailout was “essentially wrong” in other appearances on Fox News on September 23 and 24, 2008. Some commentators have suspected that he undercut John McCain by rallying the conservative elements in the House to vote no on the bailout.

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.