Barbour remains involved with Priebus campaign

RNC Race Focusing On Finances
The voting members of the Republican National Committee are spending the final week before electing a chairman on Friday debating each Candidate's Fundraising prowess, a recognition that the next national party chairman will have to spend most of his or her time dialing for dollars and rebuilding a cash-poor committee. And the conversation is turning nasty. Each Candidate's supporters are delving into rivals' Fundraising performance in hopes of dredging up material that would raise doubts in vot...

First RNC ballot crucial for Priebus
Wisconsin GOP Chairman Reince Priebus needs a strong showing in the first round of balloting at the Republican National Committee chairmanship vote or he could lose support, according to one observer. "If Reince does well, he may surge on momentum and take it fast," GOP consultant Mike Murphy wrote in an analysis of the race.  "Many of the RNC members have only made a first ballot commitment. If they think Priebus is going to surge, many will join the bandwagon to be on the winning side. "If...

Steele in striking distance of second RNC term
Wisconsin GOP Chairman Reince Priebus remains the front-runner for the Republican National Committee chairmanship, which some observers predicted could spell trouble for his bid. Priebus leads the field with 36 RNC members publicly backing him, according to a count by National Review Online. Current RNC Chairman Michael Steele is a close second with 27 members backing him. Priebus' front-runner status could prove a liability, according to Mike Duncan. The former RNC chairman, who was Steele'...

Inside the Race for RNC Chairman
Mike Murphy: "RNC Elections are very hard to predict. They run under special rules of gravity based nearly as much on personal relationships as ideology. My handicapping -- a partially informed guess at best -- is as follows. Reince Priebus, the very able Wisconsin state chair is the clear front-runner. Michael Steele the Incumbent is way behind and nearly certain to lose. Most of the voters are still not telling outsiders their choice. But the actual committee members are talking to each other...

Ann Wagner makes strong bid to head GOP
Ann Wagner pictured at a GOP forum in Washington last week. She is campaigning for the job of chair of the Republican National Committee. Related: St. Louisan joins race for national GOP chair Family — Three Children with husband, Ray, executive at Enterprise Holdings Inc. Experience — Former chair, Missouri Republican Party; U.S. ambassador to Luxembourg, 2005-09. Worked previously at Hallmark Cards in Kansas City and Ralston Purina in St. Louis. Did you know? — At recent d...

Ann Wagner Surges in RNC Chair Race Steele & Priebus Slide
Ambassador, Proven Republican Leader, Visionary, and “West Point Mom” — Ann Wagner is running for RNC Chair. Ann Wagner stands with the Troops - and keeps a Glock pistol at home in her gun cabinet. Ann Wagner had a successful week campaigning for RNC Chair. She did well at the debate and picked up some major Endorsements including the the endorsement of former RNC Chair, Governor Marc Racicot. Ann released this statement on Satuday. With only one week before the RNC Chai...

Questions for Reince Priebus
Get alerts when there is a new article that might interest you. Heading into the RNC meeting and election this week, the Hotline reports that Wisconsin GOP chairman Reince Priebus remains the frontrunner in the race for RNC chairman. The winner needs 85 of the 168 RNC votes, and Priebus has 38 publicly declared supporters, while former Michigan GOP chairman and current Michigan committeeman Saul Anuzis has 14; former Missouri chairman and RNC co-chairman Ann Wagner has 14; and former Bush admini...

Michael Steele RNC Re-Election Likely?
The sitting RNC chairman is losing to a field of no-name Candidates. Is he actually the favorite?...

Jeb Bush on the Need for Hispanic Outreach
Get alerts when there is a new article that might interest you. Despite this success among Candidates, Conservatives continue to get unacceptably low support among Hispanic voters nationally. According to the Pew Hispanic Center, only 38 percent of Hispanics voted Republican in the 2010 congressional Elections. In fact, center-right candidates have failed to win more than 40 percent of the Hispanic vote nationally since 2004. While the reason for such low numbers is debatable, the way to turn th...

Updating Hotline's RNC Chairman's Race Whip Count
Members of the Republican National Committee are already starting to arrive in Washington ahead of Friday's vote. As each Candidate for chairman scrambles for last-minute Endorsements, they're finding fewer uncommitted targets. Candidates have until Thursday at 10 a.m. to file papers informing the RNC's General Counsel's office which states will be nominating them. Each Candidate has to win backing from two members from each of three states in order to be formally nominated for chairman. So far,...

The Loughner Mug Shot
I won’t insert it into this post, because it is fairly disturbing. But you can see it here. I now agree that schizophrenic is a strong possibility. I won't insert it into this post, because it is fairly disturbing. But you can see it here. . . . Go A committee member recently forwarded to RNC Watch an e-mail with Michael Steele’s full list of public Endorsements. We’ve updated . . . Go Ed Begley Jr. As long as Ford keeps making money on SUVs so that it can afford Begley&#...

RNC Chair Support Update
As anticipated, the Endorsements have begun rolling in during the days leading up to the RNC vote on Friday — with 17 additional Endorsements coming yesterday and this morning already. The major winner today so far is Michael Steele who has amazingly released ten additional endorsements. Give the guy credit, he’s not giving up in the face of almost sure loss. Here’s the most recent tally, with the movement since Friday in parentheses: 1. Priebus - 38 (+4) 2. Steele R...

Last Call
The article about the poor women in the video depressed me, so I'm ending the night on a lighter note. PEARL, Mississippi (Reuters) - Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour freed two sisters on Friday from a state Prison where they were serving life sentences for an $11 armed Robbery on condition that one donate a kidney to the other. Sure, it was a gimmick for publicity (Barbour may be considering a run in 2012). But the two sisters, who had no prior criminal records and were the focus of man...

Leonard Zeskind: Could Voter Identification Lead to Disenfranchisement in Mississippi?
Yes, Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour apologized (barely) for his Racist rendition of the segregationist-era Citizens Councils in his Yazoo City hometown. And at year's end, the governor did finally pardon and release Jamie and Gladys Scott, two African American sisters sentenced in 1994 to Life Imprisonment for their (minimal) role in an $11 Robbery. More, the record has been set straight about the Citizens' Councils' efforts to suppress the NAACP's Voter Registration efforts in Yazoo City ...

Steele in striking distance of second RNC term
Rhymes With Right on He’s on a Roll — Rep. Clyburn: Congress Deserves Special Treatment by TSA...

Robin Carnahan, Gabrielle Giffords attended conference on civility
JEFFERSON CITY • The day Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was shot in the head, some of her former classmates got on a Conference Call that night to figure out what to do. Giffords, who is in critical condition in an Arizona Hospital after a gunman killed six people outside a Grocery Store, was part of the inaugural class of Rodel fellows, a Bipartisan program of the Aspen Institute. The Aspen Institute is a Colorado-based Think Tank that brings together young leaders from both sides of th...

Special elections still on for today
Foul weather or not, Mississippi polling locations will be open for business today to fill vacancies in three offices. Gov. Haley Barbour decided mid-day Monday to move forward with the Special Election despite ice and snow that covered much of the state Sunday into Monday. Barbour said he reached the decision after talking with Mississippi Emergency Management Agency officials and the Secretary of State's office. The Governor is the only one with the authority to cancel an election. "With inc...

Mississippi's special elections still on for Tuesday
Search our databases Foul weather or not, Mississippi polling locations will be open for business Tuesday to fill vacancies in three offices. Gov. Haley Barbour decided mid-day Monday to move forward with the Special Election despite ice and snow that covered much of the state Sunday into Monday. Barbour said he reached the decision after talking with Mississippi Emergency Management Agency officials and the Secretary of State’s office. The Governor is the only one with the authority to canc...

Are RNC Committeemen Even Listening?
I wonder if Republican Committeemen are even listening to the Republican Grassroots. Or do they just think they know best? That’s what they thought two years ago. They thought the RNC needed a black man as the face of the Republican Party to take on Barack Obama. They thought the consultants knew best. Now look at where we are. Maybe, just maybe, if the Republican Committeemen listened to the grassroots for just a minute they’d be able to finally stop the revolt among the grassroot...

Rubio Puts the Lid on VP Speculation
CNN reports: Washington (CNN) - There are many reasons to place Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, at the top of any 2012 vice presidential shortlist. He’s young, telegenic, a talented Fundraiser, and appealing to the Conservative Base. And perhaps most importantly, he’s a Hispanic hailing from the nation’s largest Battleground state. But Rubio, who has yet to take a vote as a U.S. Senator, was eager to shoot down the speculation in a Radio Interview Monday. “Are you at...

Hudson headlines Emanuel fundraiser
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On Violent Metaphors
Paul Krugman in today's NY Times: The point is that there’s room in a Democracy for people who ridicule and denounce those who disagree with them; there isn’t any place for eliminationist Rhetoric, for suggestions that those on the other side of a debate must be removed from that debate by whatever means necessary. And it’s the saturation of our political discourse — and especially our airwaves — with eliminationist rhetoric that lies behind the rising tide of violence. Where

Disarm the Mundanes!
New York Republican Congressman Peter King, Chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee and long-time Fundraiser for the so-called Irish Republican Army, reportedly plans to introduce Legislation making it a federal crime for Mundanes to carry Firearms within 1000 feet of a federal official. That proscription wouldn’t apply to the armed goons employed to protect such sanctified personages, of course. ...

Rubio swats away VP chatter
Washington (CNN) - There are many reasons to place Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, at the top of any 2012 vice presidential shortlist. He's young, telegenic, a talented Fundraiser, and appealing to the Conservative Base. And perhaps most importantly, he's a Hispanic hailing from the nation's largest Battleground state. But Rubio, who has yet to take a vote as a U.S. Senator, was eager to shoot down the speculation in a Radio Interview Monday. "Are you at least open to the possibility?" asked Panama...

Lining Up Against Levy
A reader forwarded an e-mail sent today by Rep. Tim Bishop seeking contributions to Babylon Town Supervisor Steve Bellone, who has been not-so-quietly raising campaign cash for a likely challenge to his former fellow Democrat, Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy. “I support Steve Bellone as a leader who can unite Suffolk County residents,” Bishop wrote. “He has a strong, proven record in Babylon as someone who can hold down taxes and spending while maintaining core services. ...