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GOP's future: Goin' South?

 

Published 12/8/2008 by Domenico Montanaro at First Read

What message will the RNC send if it elects a southerner as chairman of the party? “‘There is a perception that we are a regional party and that we are a party from the South because that's the region we're consistently winning today,’ said Michigan Republican Party Chair Saul Anuzis, the first declared candidate for the GOP's top political job. ‘I do think we need to have our version of the 50-state program that [Democratic National Committee Chair Howard] Dean had.’” “Of the five other official...( read more ) (link)

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