Posted on 04/08/2010 6:30:48 AM PDT by publius321
"... I have found Steele on a few occasions to be McCain-esque in the sense that he sometimes seems confused about where he should stand on issues.
As I have been writing since January 2009, I feel that Sarah Palin would be perfectly suited for that position. If she runs for President, there is going to be a schism among conservatives, especially when considering her campaigning for John McCain over J.D. Hayworth. I understand the trite excuse about her "owing" McCain something... That is just more of the nonsensical thinking that got us into this debacle. If anything, Palin should have stayed out of that Senate race in deference to McCain. To endorse McCain and campaign against the conservative in the race is inexcusable, especially considering his lifelong betrayal of conservative principles (until he learned some conservative rhetoric last campaign).
We will have factions for Palin, for Huckabee, for Romney, for Pawlenty, Bobby Jindal and perhaps Fred Thompson (not likely). They will split the conservative vote so that we will give the nomination to the candidate we all loathe, the liberal candidate, which we WILL secure by our inability to coalesce. That is the ONLY way John McCain could have won this nomination. The same thing happened with Dole in 1996.”)..."
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Nope, it would be a bad match. She’d have to neuter her speaking.
I think if she’s got a chance for the Presidency, which clearly she has, she needs to be running from just as soon as the next RNC term starts. Instead, she needs a strong ally in the position.
Give her the job, right now.
Does the Chairman decide who gets the money? I’d don’t know the answer to that.
Could be interesting if she backed an allied retiring governor, who could then be at the ready as a running mate if that worked out.
If Steele TRULY gave a damn about the country; he would resign in favor of a COMPETENT chairman...
Agree. Ari Fleisher or Fred Thompson.
I don't know either. As I checked a bit, it seems that maybe the RNSC(Cornyn) and RNCC are the folks who do the candidate searches. Cornyn supported Crist in FL, and the RNCC supported Scozzfava, so maybe Steele is off the hook for supporting moderates. Maybe the RNCs only function is to get money and put on a convention every 4 years.
I read one comment on Republicans looking for self-funders, which suggests that TPTB know that moderate Republicans don't attract money, and they don't intend to put up conservative candidates. When you have self-funding candidates, you don't need Steele to raise much money, as you don't care if contributions fall.
But maybe I'm being too cynical again.
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