Should Reince Priebus be brought back as the RNC chair

[Mike Evans]

Mike Steele was thrown out on his tail after wining the biggest take over in the house in history. He also won senate seats. Reince lost, house seats, senate seats, and couldn't beat a battered president. Also, 3 million less pubs voted, what happened to their get out to vote gound game he bragged about it?

[SalisburySage]

I would like to know why 3 million republicans didn't vote. I'd love to have one of them tell me. I suspect its because Romney wasn't a rabid Evangelical wing nut in their eyes.

Especially when he started talking working together with Democrats. So they bit off their noses to spite their faces and brought further socialism onto America. FIne by me my income doesn't change no matter who was elected, nor am I affected by Obama Care. But I do feel bad for Americans who will be very negatively affected by Obama's policies.

[ms maggie]

ABSOLUTELY!! And keep that Rove guy too.

[EmDot]

I would like to know why 3 million republicans didn't vote. I'd love to have one of them tell me.

Maybe the were in the states that instituted voter ID laws and they didn't have IDs. And, whereas the Democrats helped their people get IDs, the Republicans figured their people had them and didn't bother finding out. Who knows.

[Terry K]

I would like to know why 3 million republicans didn't vote. I'd love to have one of them tell me. I suspect its because Romney wasn't a rabid Evangelical wing nut in their eyes.

Especially when he started talking working together with Democrats. So they bit off their noses to spite their faces and brought further socialism onto America. FIne by me my income doesn't change no matter who was elected, nor am I affected by Obama Care. But I do feel bad for Americans who will be very negatively affected by Obama's policies.

Actually the Evangelical vote was up 4% over the 2008 totals, as was the vote count of other Christians, Catholics and Jews.
http://www.dispatch.com/content/stor...al-voters.html

Religious bigotry appears to be more endemic to the Democratic-Liberal-Progressive party that preaches tolerance until elections get close.

I haven't seen much written on the subject but I think the inability of the RNC to embrace Ron Paul supporters likely was a factor. The rules committee did some maneuvering that effectively eliminated some Ron Paul delegates. Voting on a rule change the day of a Convention was inappropriate in my view.Unfortunate that a coalition could not have been formed to unify the factions. A number of voters either stayed home or supported Gary Johnson.

Could Romney have played a better game of hard ball? While he came across very positively and Presidential in debates, he really was reluctant to lower himself to the tactics the Obama campaign resorted to. Romney never pushed Obama's questionable associations with Ayers, Rezko, Rev Wright, Muslim extremists, Communist Van Jones or Obama's support of infanticide

One has to also question some of the pundits who claimed a Romney victory was in the bag-Dick Morris, Peggy Noonan, Michael Barone. As a strategy, wouldn't it have been better for the Romney camp to make a plea of desperation for more voters to turn out like Obama did? Was the Romney camp too confident? What was the source of their internal polling contradicting the other polls.

I'm still having difficulty reconciling how an election could be lost to a candidate as weak, ineffective and with such questionable associations as Obama.

[Calamari]

They should give the job to TerryK, for a laff.

[CajunRaven]

Mike Steele was thrown out on his tail after wining the biggest take over in the house in history. He also won senate seats. Reince lost, house seats, senate seats, and couldn't beat a battered president. Also, 3 million less pubs voted, what happened to their get out to vote gound game he bragged about it?

Everyone in leadership positions in the party need to make a case why they should stay, and I expect very few would be able to do it.

The party has some bright young stars who should take over. The folks who led this campaign with 30 year old strategies need to retire. If they won't, fire them.

[Terry K]

They should give the job to TerryK, for a laff.

Do you ever articulate a cogent thought? If we want laughs and gaffes, we have already got Joe Biden!

[DaggerJohn]

...I haven't seen much written on the subject but I think the inability of the RNC to embrace Ron Paul supporters likely was a factor. The rules committee did some maneuvering that effectively eliminated some Ron Paul delegates. Voting on a rule change the day of a Convention was inappropriate in my view.Unfortunate that a coalition could not have been formed to unify the factions. A number of voters either stayed home or supported Gary Johnson...

I agree that Romney's treatment of Ron Paul and his delegates weakened the Romney campaign and Republican unity. Ron Paul had a lot of ardent supporters who could have been very useful in the campaign if Romney had showed more respect and possibly found a position for Dr Paul.

Just a perception but it seemed to be that Romney was running "alone" without the full support of his party. He must have turned off a lot of people. A perfect example is Chris Christie, who in effect betrayed Romney in the final week before the election.

[songfourone]

Only, and this is very important, only if he is blasted while he does another RNC speech

That was priceless!!

[Creekman]

I would like to know why 3 million republicans didn't vote. I'd love to have one of them tell me. I suspect its because Romney wasn't a rabid Evangelical wing nut in their eyes.

Especially when he started talking working together with Democrats. So they bit off their noses to spite their faces and brought further socialism onto America. FIne by me my income doesn't change no matter who was elected, nor am I affected by Obama Care. But I do feel bad for Americans who will be very negatively affected by Obama's policies.

Says a small government conservative who is retired from the federal government.

[Creekman]

They should give the job to TerryK, for a laff.

I vote for that.

[reg_indy]

GOP needs to take a clue from the Democrats of the early 90's, and purge themselves of the fringe types and old guard (Rove, Kristol, Newt, Religious whackos, etc.) take a giant leap towards the center (moderation of platform and message), and recognize that having friends that are minorities doesn't equal being a 'friend to minorities' (i.e. have their interests in mind).

As the Demographics change, the GOP will lose thier hold on the house of Representatives after a few more election cycles, and will be further marginalized.

[llubon]

One can not transform a battered party by re-electing Reince Priebus, one of many responsible for said battering.


"The 40-year-old RNC chairman ran unopposed in his bid for a second term, which begins less than three months after what most Republicans consider a disastrous election cycle. The GOP in November lost a competitive presidential election and gave up seats in the House and Senate."

“We want to be Republicans for everybody,” Priebus said. “We have to take our message of opportunity where it’s not being heard. We have to build better relationships in minority communities, urban centers and college towns. We need a permanent growing presence.”


http://www.washingtonpost.com/politi...446_story.html

[llubon]

Priebus now wants to follow Obama's lead. Priebus is bad for the GOP as all can see by last the election. Priebus is not a leader.

"Priebus explained that the Republicans need to learn from the beating they took in the 2008 and 2012 elections, utilizing better grassroots campaigns, better digital and social media strategies, and stronger long-term action plans. Basically, Priebus is saying Republicans should copy Barack Obama's presidential campaigns, which utilized these strategies so successfully."


http://www.policymic.com/articles/24...ign-strategies

[Spot72]

Reince and repeat.

[johnpolitics]

He is talking big tent welcoming everyone but actions speak louder than words. Lets see the actions of the GOP on guns, gays and immigration and see how welcoming they are.

[llubon]

I believe Priebus bought in alot of money for the GOP but look at the result, they were still battered. Money is the only reason I could see why they would re-elect a man who orchestrated a disaster.

[Creekman]

Somebody or some group is out of touch. Shhh.....they haven't hit bottom yet!

[Steveg85321]

GOP needs to take a clue from the Democrats of the early 90's, and purge themselves of the fringe types and old guard (Rove, Kristol, Newt, Religious whackos, etc.) take a giant leap towards the center (moderation of platform and message), and recognize that having friends that are minorities doesn't equal being a 'friend to minorities' (i.e. have their interests in mind).

As the Demographics change, the GOP will lose thier hold on the house of Representatives after a few more election cycles, and will be further marginalized.

Logic would indicate that, in order to constructively get things done, the center makes the most sense. Unfortunately, in today's climate of sound-byte politics and inflammatory, negative political discourse (this goes for both parties and both ends of the political spectrum) it is the extremes of each wing that get the press, and any effort to be concilatory in order to form a working consensus is viewed (again, by both sides) as "caving in."

With the leadership of the media, people have become convinced that the solution to all problems is more government control and spending, when history has shown the opposite is true. Big goverrnment can't even get out of its own way, let alone solve problems, be an efficient steward of resources, and protect the rights of the people. But until the system collapses under its own weight, or there is some sort of revolution, that trend will continue. The only future for Republicans and conservatism is to show people that truth, or maybe it will be forced on us by the failure of the current direction.