Could Norm Coleman be the next head of the RNC?
Friday, July 23, 2010 at 2:00 pm
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Though it’s probably true that despite his multiple gaffes, Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele cannot be fired since it would take a two-thirds vote of the committee, not to mention that a relatively swift ouster would likely lead the party into an unwanted discussion of the GOP and race relations. Nevertheless, Republicans are quietly gathering to run for the spot.
One name that comes up is former Sen. Norm Coleman. On Thursday, POLITICO broke the news, citing multiple mostly anonymous GOP sources:
Still, many top-level Republicans already are buzzing about the prospect of Chairman Coleman.
A senior party operative familiar with the situation said more people were reaching out to Coleman than vice versa: “A majority of the conversations are people talking to Norm about it.”
Former Rep. Vin Weber, a fellow Minnesota Republican, said Coleman hadn’t talked to him about the — but added: “I’ve had lots and lots of people talk to me about his being the chairman.”
Coleman has been in the news more recently, for his role as CEO of American Action Network, a center-right self-described “action-tank” that is running ads in competitive 2010 races and for a report released by a Minnesota conservative group that says felons voted in the 2008 election that Coleman lost by 312 votes. (State and local officials said that the illegal voting was far smaller than the report indicates.)
The RNC this week failed to report over $7 million in debt to the FEC, which could trigger huge fines. The RNC treasurer accused Steele for the discrepancy. Even so, much of the RNC positioning likely depends on the outcome of the 2010 elections.
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Comment posted July 23, 2010 @ 7:41 pm
LOL.. HeHeHeHeHeHeHeHeHeHeHe!!! I’m just waiting for Michele Bachmann to say .. “Norm” !! You Duh Man!! You Duh Man!!! LOL…. Brain dead is the NEW Republican “Norm” ….. BTW.. Wasn’t NORM concidered the 4th most Corrupt Senator in Washington????
Comment posted July 23, 2010 @ 9:34 pm
The problem,Marcus, is that the right doesn’t have any standards or principles by which to discern corruption. Corruption to the right is in the eyes of the beholder.
Comment posted July 24, 2010 @ 10:24 am
Michael Steele or the chipmunk I don’t know which is worse.
Comment posted July 24, 2010 @ 11:03 am
Maybe if he gets it and does as much as he did as Senator, it might be a good thing to have and RNC chair less effective than Steele.
Comment posted July 24, 2010 @ 1:08 pm
Dennis>> Corruption is corruption.. Dem’s are easy to throw members of their own party under the bus.. We did it with “Bloggo” , William J Jefferson and (unfortunately)Eliot Spitzer .. Why the Republicans embrace corrupt leaders is beyond my scope of reasoning.. Dem or Republican corruption is corruption.. Toss the Bastards overboard!! Of course NOW , the Roberts court made Corruption legal.. YAY!! Now both parties are bought off buy Corporate America and Foreign Interest Money..
Comment posted July 24, 2010 @ 5:41 pm
Dennis, nice call w/Rangle. I look forward to watching that worm squirm on the hook, I hope he’s eatin’ alive.
Comment posted July 24, 2010 @ 6:10 pm
“American Action Network, a center-right…”
Now that’s laugh! republicans do not let center-right in the front door. They call them RINO and send them to the servant’s entrance.
“The RNC treasurer accused Steele for the discrepancy. Even so, much of the RNC positioning likely depends on the outcome of the 2010 elections.”
Do republican treasurers have no fiscal responsibilities, or is this the finger-pointing no-personal-responsibility characteristic showing up again?
We have seen before that Steele is a spendthrift conservative, but he is hardly alone and this type of story from the republicans is getting old.
Are there any fiscal conservatives who can actually manage money?
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