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Reince Priebus Taps Ed Gillespie and Nick Ayers to Lead RNC Transition
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyEd Gillespie and Nick Ayers, two veteran GOP operatives, have been tapped to lead the Republican National Committee's transition to new leadership. Reince Priebus, who unseated Michael Steele as head of the RNC last week, announced Wednesday that Gillespie was named transition chairman and Ayers will serve as transition director, The New York Times reported. Gillespie once held the job Priebus won on Friday. He was elected RNC chairman in 2003 and went on to serve as a counselor to President George W. Bush. Gillespie has been an adviser to a number of GOP candidates. Related ...
New RNC Chief Reince Priebus 'Never Forgot the Roots of the Party'
By not in system - AOL NewsWe're going to be hearing a lot about Reince Priebus, the hardworking Midwesterner with the uncommon name, in the next two years as he tries to unify the membership, expand the outreach and organize the muddled finances of the Republican National Committee. ...
New RNC Chief Reince Priebus 'Never Forgot the Roots of the Party'
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyNow that Reince Priebus has been named as the GOP's choice to lead the party into 2012's presidential election season, let's get the big question out of the way first: It's pronounced "ryns PREE-bus." (Click here to hear it said aloud.) We're going to be hearing a lot of the hardworking Midwesterner with the uncommon name in the next two years, as he tries to unify the membership, expand the outreach and organize the muddled finances of the Republican National Committee. Priebus, the former RNC general counsel who won the chairmanship Friday after seven rounds of voting, unseated his former ...
Reince Priebus: 5 Facts on the RNC Chairman Succeeding Michael Steele
By Steven Hoffer - AOL NewsWisconsin's Reince Priebus has defeated incumbent Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele to become the newest leader of the GOP. With dwindling support as the voting rounds progressed, Steele officially dropped out of the race, tossing his support behind Maria Cino, but Priebus continued to gain steam and eventually compiled the requisite 85 votes to become chairman. Surge Desk offers five facts about Reince Priebus, the new RNC chairman. 1. He's no stranger to Republican National Committee politics Priebus served as general counsel to the RNC during Steele's tenure as ...
GOP Picks Priebus to Head Party, Replacing Steele
By not in system - AOL NewsOXON HILL, Md. -- The national Republican Party, coming off huge election victories but facing a $22 million debt and an internal war over identity, ousted chairman Michael Steele Friday and chose Wisconsin party chief Reince Priebus to lead in the run-up to the 2012 presidential race. The embattled Steele dropped his re-election bid halfway through an afternoon of balloting when it became clear he could not win another two-year term after a first marked by verbal missteps and financial woes. "We have to get on track. And together we can defeat Barack Obama in 2012," Priebus, the chairman of ...
Michael Steele: A Timeline of the RNC Chairman's Woes
By Torie Bosch - AOL NewsToday, the Republican National Committee will elect a new chairman. In the running will be current chairman Michael Steele. But Steele's tenure as RNC head has been marked by controversy. Surge Desk lays out the timeline of Steele's leadership woes and gaffes. Jan. 30, 2009: Steele is elected After launching his campaign for RNC chairman in November 2008, Steele won. In his victory speech, Steele said, "It's time for something completely different." Feb. 19, 2009: The "hip-hop" GOP Steele ruffles his conservative base's feathers by saying that he'll bring "hip-hop" to the GOP and that he ...
Michael Steele to Attend RNC Debate
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyMichael Steele says he will debate the five candidates seeking to unseat him as head of the Republican National Committee after all. The Daily Caller, which will co-sponsor the Jan. 3 showdown, confirmed Steele's attendance Tuesday. His rivals committed to the debate weeks ago but it was widely expected that Steele would skip it, opting instead to defend his leadership in private meetings with RNC members. Earlier this month, Steele announced his intention to seek a second term, despite complaints about his fundraising shortcomings, alleged mismanagement of the national committee, and ...
Mike Duncan Won't Run Again for RNC Chair
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyOne term as chairman of the Republican National Committee was apparently enough for Mike Duncan, who announced Friday he would not seek to unseat Michael Steele. Duncan said family responsibilities and his duties as head of the outside political group American Crossroads would make "it impossible for me to devote the time needed to effectively lead the RNC." "The next RNC chairman must be available seven days a week to raise nearly one million dollars each deposit day – to fund party programs necessary to win back the White House, elect a Republican majority in the U.S. Senate, retain ...
Opinion: Show Michael Steele the Door
By not in system - AOL News(Dec. 14) -- The Republican Party has been given a reprieve, a tenuous second chance by a wary and cynical public. Polls still show the Republican brand a net negative, but voters were willing to give the GOP a chance to redeem itself of its past sins of overspending, sending mixed messages on both fiscal and social issues, and generally ignoring the concerns of grassroots America. Voters gave the party this second chance in spite of Michael Steele, not because of him. In fact, he has been a walking, talking example of the party's mixed-message problem. While the party preached a return to ...
Can Michael Steele Keep His RNC Chair?
By not in system - AOL News(Dec. 14) -- Defying the expectations of most Republicans as well as pretty much anyone who's watched him on TV, gaffe-prone Michael Steele announced Monday he's running for re-election as chairman of the Republican National Committee. He declared his intentions in a conference call to the 168 members of the group's governing board. From the Atlantic Wire Before doing so, however, Steele defended his job performance for a full 30 minutes, Politico's Jonathan Martin reports, pointing out that his RNC had raised more cash than its Democratic counterpart did in 2006, when ...
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