Republicans need to have a “shareholder revolt,” Ken Blackwell told a standing-room-only crowd Monday at the National Press Club, where the former Ohio secretary of state was one of six candidates engaged in a debate for the Republican National Commi…

Mr. Steele said, “My words on Katrina have been very clear.”

“I’ve freely addressed this issue from the beginning,” he said. “It was an incredible failure of the government to recognize and execute its responsibility on all levels. I’ve said it in print, on the radio, in public settings.”

This is hardly the attack approach.

We will always have morons in the party – just like Dems. So, the theory is, when we have a scandal, we cry and let the Dems win? Makes no sense to me.

We must attack and stay on the attack.

- The Cat

My pick (without seeing any of this exchange yet) is Blackwell.

Failure to communicate.

The head of the RNC should be the best communicator to fix these problems.

That is the most scary thing about Dems in control of the house ever. They will create bills without any debate. If you want debate vote Republican in 2010 is what the slogan should be this year from who ever wins the RNC chairmanship.

They should have been prepared to say they are going to combine their work with locals in YouTube, Facebook, blogs, etc.

These guys are totally lost. Their message will not matter if Dems’ message reaches millions more ears.

Whoever backed the “Magic Negro” song should be out on his kiester with Trent Lott. Rhetoric like that not only turns off blacks (duh!) but also moderate white voters who don’t like to be considered racist.

There are plenty of legitimate labels to pin on Obama: rookie, incompetent, empty suit, socialist, radical, rabble-rouser, slumlord, friend of terrorists, bank hustler, corrupt, policy failure, naive on foreign policy, puppet of Daley machine, etc., based on what Obama DID or PROPOSES. It’s not Obama’s fault if he’s half black, and criticizing that only feeds the backlash–let’s criticize only what he DOES.

one of the many user-generated questions submitted by the Paulnuts who are now monopolizing the site.

Well, that’s one way to rebuild the GOP coalition and woo the enthusiastic, internet-savvy, conservative youth vote, I guess.

Steele versus Blackwell versus Duncan versus Dawson versus Anuzis versus Saltsman.

Anyone but Duncan, or Saltsman, or Anuzis, or Steele, or Dawson. In other words, I’m pulling for Blackwell.