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Schultz The DNC Gaffe Machine

Debbie Wasserman Schultz has rocky DNC start She’s accused Republicans of wanting to reinstate segregation and of waging a “war on women.” She has asserted, somewhat nonsensically, that the GOP wants to make illegal immigration — by definition against the law — “a crime.” She’s also been mocked for driving a foreign car after pounding [...]

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Steele drops out of race; Priebus is the new Republican Party chairman

Reince Priebus is the new chairman of the Republican National Committee. Priebus won with 97 votes in the seventh round of voting. Priebus, the chairman of the Wisconsin Republican Party, was the leader from the first ballot, and was the only candidate to not lose any supporters as voting progressed Friday afternoon. Incumbent Michael Steele, [...]

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Six Top GOP Donors Call for New Leadership at RNC

By: Ben Smith POLITICO Six top Republican contributors – five of them past RNC finance chairmen – sent a letter today to members of the committee detailing the party’s financial problems and urging them to pick a new chair to replace Michael Steele. “In this past election cycle, record fundraising has been achieved by the [...]

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RNC Chairman Steele to Announce He Won’t Run for Second Term

  Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele is expected to announce he will drop out of the highly contested race to keep his post, sources told FoxNews.com on Sunday. Fox News has confirmed Steele sent an e-mail to committee members Saturday night with the subject line, “conference call.” In the note, he asked members to [...]

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Republican Party Chairman Michael Steele Silent About Re-Election Run

GOP Insiders See Clues That Steele Won’t Try for New Term Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele has not appeared on television — or anywhere in public — since early November. That’s an eternity for the man who has been the most vocal and visible leader of the RNC in recent memory. Steele’s silence is [...]

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RNC Race Filled with Uncertainty Ahead of Forum

By:  CNN Producer Peter Hamby Washington (CNN) – There may be a handful of empty seats on stage Wednesday as Republican National Committee members team up with a leading Tea Party organization to grill the candidates vying to replace Michael Steele atop the party – a reminder that the chairman’s race remains wide open with [...]

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DeMint: Steele Botched Ground Game, Needs to be Replaced

By: Kenneth Vogel POLITICO The lack of a well-organized voter mobilization effort by the Republican National Committee could have cost the GOP “a few Senate seats,” Sen. Jim DeMint suggested Sunday. Partly as a result, the South Carolina Republican suggested he wouldn’t support a second term for controversial RNC Chairman Michael Steele, saying on “Fox [...]

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Steele’s Support to Remain RNC Chief Fades Fast

NEWSMAX.COM Support for Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele is shrinking quickly among committee members as he contemplates running for a second term. Even some of his closest supporters are urging him to step down, the National Journal reports. Between 40 and 50 of the 168 RNC members back Steele, while another 40 to 50 [...]

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Sarah Palin, Michael Steele Linking Up For Pair Of RNC Rallies

Nick Wing THE HUFFINGTON POST Sarah Palin and Michael Steele, two of the GOP’s more against the grain figures, will be coming together in October to help raise money for the RNC. The former Alaska Governor and current RNC Chairman are set to make two stops, one in Anaheim, California, on October 16 and another [...]

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Republican strategist: Michael Steele has ‘obviously been a disaster’

THE WASHINGTON POST By: Felicia Sonmez A top Republican Party strategist had some harsh words for beleaguered Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele on Sunday. Ed Rollins, who served as national campaign director for Ronald Reagan‘s 1984 bid and as a former chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, said that Steele has “obviously been [...]

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