Racicot to leave post at RNC to move to Bush 2004 campaign (Ed Gillespie to replace him)

AP ^ | 5-5-03 | RON FOURNIER

[GraniteStateConservative]

Republican National Committee chairman Marc Racicot is expected to become chairman of President Bush's re-election campaign and the leading candidate to replace him as party leader is Washington lobbyist Ed Gillespie.

Racicot, the former Montana governor who was one of Bush's more forceful advocates during the 2000 Florida recount, could assume the campaign post as early as July when the Republican National Committee meets for its midyear meeting, said several Republican sources who spoke on condition of anonymity.

[Contra]

I thought J.C. Watts was suppose to be in on this.

[savedbygrace]

But we need him. Can't Mississippi wait?

[PhiKapMom]

If Senator Nickles retires from the US Senate, J.C. will probably run for Oklahoma Senate!

[PhiKapMom]

You don't want Newt -- too devisive and too much of a lightening rod not to mention he cannot keep his mouth shut when he should!

[EternalVigilance]

Hmmmm...Racicot is still to be in a position of great authority...which from my perspective is a victory for the forces who would have us sounding and governing like Democrats. A recipe for a dispirited base to some extent--one that just as easily could be highly motivated.

Ed Gillespie is an apparatchik...a pretty capable one, but we'll see...

[republicanwizard]

Only Tom Ridge at the helm of the PA GOP could have saved us from Ed Rendell, but America needed him.

[PhiKapMom]

The following is the original title of this AP article. It is not a done deal yet. I wondered when I saw the headline because that is not the headline I got in my email. I went and checked the link and the following is the title of the article:

Party leader Racicot expected to move to Bush's re-election campaign

[PhiKapMom]

Why did you change the title of the article when this is NOT a done deal? No decision has been made!

Original Title at the Link you posted:

Party leader Racicot expected to move to Bush's re-election campaign

[AlbionGirl]

Anything that allows for more Marc Racicot visuals is fine by me. Smooth, smart, vigorous and fit; he's a major league turn on.

[RAT Patrol]

This might make me very happy. Hmmm...

[Prov3456]

Yes, she is; and yes, the Republican party here (MO) is doing OK.

However, we have a Democratic governor who is up for re-election in '04, and both houses of the state legislature have "slight" Republican majorities. We need Ann to help us retain the legislature and regain the Governor's mansion.

[ConservativeMan55]

I like Casper Wineburger for this position.

[montag813]

GOOD RIDDANCE RATICOT, YOU SOB.

What a waste of a tenure. Tell us again Marc how coddling to gays was more important than defeating Max Baucus and adding to the slim GOP Senate majority, which polls show he would have done by 15 percentage pts. Go ahead Raticot, we're curious.

[WOSG]

he HAS NO CHIN ...

This'll make it tough winning the Chinese-American vote. :-)

[fieldmarshaldj]

"I like Casper Wineburger for this position."

He's a wee bit old, don't ya think ?

[Reagan Man]

Marc Racicot was a smart choice, coming at the right time. Ed Gillespie is another solid pick, who understands the in`s and out`s of politics and public diplomacy. As PresBush and the GOP enter into the reelection campaign and onto the general election phase, Gillespie's experience will be put to good use.

[ConservativeMan55]

An oldie but a goodie. :)

[fieldmarshaldj]

As I recall, Weinberger was a fairly RINOish former Assemblyman from CA (and not just anywhere, but about the last Republican ever elected from San Francisco) before ascending to the cabinet. If I could pick anyone, it would be the late great Lee Atwater.

[BenR2]

Hmmmm...Racicot is still to be in a position of great authority...which from my perspective is a victory for the forces who would have us sounding and governing like Democrats. A recipe for a dispirited base to some extent--one that just as easily could be highly motivated.

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Very astute of you.

GWB is NO conservative.

[america-rules]

"I dunno.... I've seen him hold his own pretty well. Maybe Celinda(?) Lake just made it appear that way. "

You got the wrong ED :)