Maria Cino Officially Enters The Race For RNC Chair

Cino to jump into RNC race
Former Bush Administration official Maria Cino will announce her candidacy for chairwoman of the Republican National Committee on Saturday, Politico has learned. Cino, a former deputy RNC chairwoman, is a favorite among the Republican establishment – former Vice President Dick Cheney scheduled a Fundraiser for her. She is considered by some insiders to be the Candidate best positioned to rehabilitate the committee’s operations after a tumultuous two years under current chairman Mi...

Steele could announce his future on Monday
Washington (CNN) - Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele has organized a private Conference Call with fellow committee members for Monday night in which he could announce whether he plans to seek a second term. Steele sent a brief and cryptic email to committee members on Saturday evening, asking them to "join me for a private conference call" and requesting that they RSVP for the call by replying to his personal Email Address. The email message was forwarded to CNN by multiple R...

Priebus Announces First Round Of Support
Wisconsin Republican Party chairman Reince Priebus is raiding Michael Steele's kitchen cabinet as he builds a roster of backers supporting his bid to become chairman of the Republican National Committee. In an email to members of the RNC sent late Friday, Priebus rolled out a list of 10 early supporters, including some who once numbered among Steele's close cadre of advisors. Priebus himself was Steele's biggest backer during the 2009 campaign, appointed by the chairman to serve as the RNC's gen...

Michael Steele to Announce Reelection Plans on Monday
RNC Chairman told reporters he intends to announce his Reelection plans on Monday. Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele intends to announce his Reelection plans on Monday evening, and key supporters expect him to Drop Out of the hotly contested race, top Republicans tell Politico. A new chairman will be elected next month during the committee’s winter meeting. Steele, a former Maryland Lieutenant Governor, has built no known Reelection team or structure, making the prospec...

Steele to reveal decision Monday
Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele plans to announce his Reelection plans on Monday evening, and key supporters expect him to Drop Out of the hotly contested race, top Republicans tell Politico. A new chairman will be elected next month, during the committee’s winter meeting. Continue Reading Text Size - + reset POLITICO 44 Steele, a former Maryland Lieutenant Governor, has built no known Reelection team or structure, making a campaign unlikely in the face of compet...

Rivals lining up to run against Republican National Committee chief
Reporting from Washington — As the GOP focuses on unseating President Obama in 2012, Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele's chances of keeping his job are slipping away, according to present and former party officials. The chairman's main task in the coming year is to provide a strong financial footing for the campaign. But Steele's difficulties with raising and spending money are among the reasons some committee members want new leadership when his term expires next mo...

White House Hopefuls Watch And Wait
(NewsCore) - The old lament that US Presidential Campaigns just keep growing longer was being turned on its head this time around, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday. At this point in 2006, five Republicans had made early filings to run for the White House in 2008. As of yet, none have declared for the 2012 contest. And by all appearances, none plan to jump in until at least February. Some may wait until late spring or even summer. Campaign Strategists cited various factors -- some strategi...

2012 star twinkles in Dems gloom
COLUMBUS — It’s the season to be jolly, but Democrats belting out hearty ho-ho-hos are hard to find. Voters filled their stockings with big lumps of coal on Nov. 2 in Ohio and across the country. In Washington, Democrats probably couldn’t agree on how to trim a Christmas tree. Liberals are ticked at President Barack Obama for cutting a deal with Republicans to extend the Bush Tax Cuts — even for the very rich — in exchange for GOP support on extending long-term unem...

Education Secretary Arne Duncan Rethinks His Goals
WASHINGTON — For two years, backed by a friendly Congress and flush with federal stimulus money, President Obama’s administration enjoyed a relatively obstacle-free path for its education agenda, the focus of which is the $4 billion Race to the Top grant program. The latest on President Obama, the new Congress and other news from Washington and around the nation. Join the discussion. But with Republican Deficit hawks taking control of the House next month, Education Secretary Arne D...

Michael Steele Could Announce Bid For Second RNC Term Tomorrow
According to multiple reports this morning, embattled Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele could finally make it publicly known whether or not he intends to seek a Second Term. In an email sent to RNC voting members send last night, Steele announced a "private Conference Call" for the GOP leaders nationwide who will determine who leads the RNC for the next two years. Steele has yet to announce whether he'll seek a second term as the field of Republicans interested in replacing hi...

Steele to hold private conference call
RNC Chairman Michael Steele will hold a private Conference Call Monday night with members of the national committee at which time he may reveal whether he intends to seek another term atop the party. Steele, who since the election has been mum about his plans, sent a cryptic email Saturday evening to committee members from a non-RNC account offering no details except for the dial-in code. Three Steele critics who got the email said they took the fanfare-free message as an indication that he ...

Will Michael Steele not seek re-election?
There is a good deal of evidence suggesting it - Michael Steele is not canvassing for support, has no team in place to help him get re-elected RNC chair, and will have a Conference Call on Monday that many think will have his announcement that he won’t seek re-election - but at best it’s a suggestion, not a fact.  Given the fiscal difficulties that the RNC is facing right now, it might be prudent for Steele to step aside and let somebody else take the reins.  We’re going to...

Steele Trying To Decide
RNC chair Michael Steele will supposedly make an official decision to run again for the position or not public tomorrow. In an email sent to RNC voting members send last night, Steele announced a "private conference call" for the GOP leaders nationwide who will determine who leads the RNC for the next two years. Steele has yet to announce whether he'll seek a Second Term as the field of Republicans interested in replacing him fills up. Politico reports "key supporters" of Steele expect he'll dec...

FFs Tim Mak Leads the Pack
On Friday at 8:23 PM, Politico reported that Maria Cino would announce her entry into the race for Republican National Committee chair. A Politico scoop? Hardly. Our Tim Mak beat Politico by 2 hours: Tim’s scoop was just one in a series of breakout reports on the RNC race. Tim was the first to post the Gentry Collins Resignation letter.  He was the first to report that Ed Gillespie, the Republican establishment’s chairman of the board, would hold a Fundraiser for Cino.  Tim was t...

Steele appoints ally to top RNC job
Michael Steele appointed a key ally to the position of Republican National Committee General Counsel. Steele announced Friday he's asked Idaho Republican Party Chairman Norman Semanko to serve in the prestigious job. "His exceptional qualifications will ensure the committee's sound legal footing and make sure that the resources are in place to continue to build on this year's historic Elections," Steele, the RNC chairman, said in a statement. Semanko, whose appointment to the volunteer positio...

Steele Keeps People Guessing On RNC Debt
(NewsCore) - The Republican National Committee (RNC) sent a letter to the Federal Election Committee Thursday, responding to its "Request for Additional Information" regarding an amended filing by the RNC in October, revealing $4 million of previously undisclosed Debt. "The additional debts listed ... were discovered during a self-initiated internal review process, which was undertaken in connection with the arrival of a new Chief of Staff and Finance Director," wrote Boyd Rutherford of the RNC....

Steele Announcement May Be Imminent
Politico obtains e-mail suggesting RNC chair will tell members whether he'll run for re-election Monday. Get The Page delivered to your inbox. newsletter today!...

Et Tu Watch
Michael Steele will announce tomorrow whether he plans to run for Reelection to head the RNC. ...

Michael Steele to reveal decision Monday
Source: Politico Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele plans to announce his Reelection plans on Monday evening, and key supporters expect him to Drop Out of the hotly contested race, top Republicans tell POLITICO. == == At 7:50 p.m. on Saturday, Steele send committee members a cryptic e-mail with the subject line, “Conference Call”: “Dear Members, Please join me for a private conference call, Monday December 13th at 7:30pm (EST) For your personal conference code please RSPV t

Burning Styleite Question: 'Why Isnt Sarah Palin Selling More Clothes?'
Justin Fenner at Styleite needs to buy a clue or two about how women who like Sarah Palin think and act, and about Palin herself. In a post late Friday afternoon, he asked, "Why Isn’t Sarah Palin Selling More Clothes?" (bolds are mine): Regardless of what you think about Sarah Palin’s politics, it’s a little difficult to get around the fact that the woman is, at this point, an institution unto herself. She’s written a New York Times Bestseller, her reality show ...

Burning Styleite Question: 'Why Isnt Sarah Palin Selling More Clothes?'
Justin Fenner at Styleite needs to buy a clue or two about how women who like Sarah Palin think and act, and about Palin herself. In a post late Friday afternoon, he asked, "Why Isn’t Sarah Palin Selling More Clothes?" (bolds are mine): Regardless of what you think about Sarah Palin’s politics, it’s a little difficult to get around the fact that the woman is, at this point, an institution unto herself. She’s written a New York Times Bestseller, her reality show ...

Santorum: A 2012 long shot tests the water
GOFFSTOWN, N.H. - It was pushing 10 p.m., and Rick Santorum was sitting at the corner table in a near-empty Dunkin' Donuts. The garishly lit scene might have been lifted straight from the movie "Primary Colors." This Story Santorum: A 2012 long shot tests the water Eye on 2012: The potential Candidates "I'm feeling like doors are opening," the Republican former senator from Pennsylvania mused over his decaf. "Things are happening that maybe give me the impression that...

Axelrod Predicts Tax Cut Deal Will Pass
(NewsCore) - White House Senior Advisor David Axelrod said Sunday that he expects President Barack Obama’s Tax Cut Compromise with Republicans to pass in its current form. “I believe that there will be a coming together around it,” said Axelrod, speaking on ABC’s “This Week” about the deal to extend the Bush tax cuts. “I don’t anticipate that it’s going to change greatly.” The deal goes to a test vote in the Senate on Monday. Democrats ...

White House expects Congress to pass tax deal
By Vicki Allen WASHINGTON | Sun Dec 12, 2010 10:07am EST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House adviser David Axelrod said on Sunday he expected the House of Representatives will pass President Barack Obama's tax deal without significant changes. The Senate was expected this week to approve the deal Obama cut with Republicans but many Democrats in the House have complained that the president made too many concessions. "We believe that when it comes back to the House that we will get a vote and it...

Global warming collapses stadium
From KARE in Minneapolis: “The inflatable roof of the Metrodome collapsed Sunday after a snowstorm that dumped 17 inches on Minneapolis. No one was hurt, but the roof failure sent the NFL scrambling to find a new venue for the Vikings’ game against the New York Giants.” Well, see, there is Global Warming. Huge storms are causing roofs to collapse. From the tons of snow on them. Stop and think about this. Architects designed the Metrodome in the 1970s when NASA and the scienti...