Memo to Chairman Steele: Organizing RNC 2.0
thenextright.com 2/1/2009 — Congratulations Chairman Steele! Your election is not only a decisive victory for a new brand of leadership, but presents a significant opportunity to rethink the modern political organization. The people you hire at the staff level will be setting ...

Michael Steele becomes first black RNC chairman - Yahoo! News
news.yahoo.com 1/31/2009 — WASHINGTON The Republican Party chose the first black national chairman in its history Friday, just shy of three months after the nation elected a Democrat as the first African-American president. The choice marked no less than "the dawn of a new ...

Michael Steele Formerly Announces For RNC Chairman
marcambinder.theatlantic.com 11/14/2008 — Former Maryland Lieutenant Gov. Michael Steele is formally in the race to be chair of the RNC. He will get lots of public attention. But he, at the outset, more popular among Republicans generally than among the Republicans on the Republican National ...

Role of RNC Chairman
thenextright.com 1/5/2009 — Are we clear on the role of the RNC Chairman or does it need to be better defined?  As a co-founder of Rebuild the Party , I’m staying neutral in the RNC Chairman race (at least for now); yet, I’m heavily invested in the process ...

Should Republicans Be Worried about Michael Steele?
realclearpolitics.com 3/6/2009 — At this point, I'd say yes. I think Steele has an inflated idea of what his role as RNC Chairman is - and this misconception might interfere with his true task. What's the purpose of the RNC? Is it to...

What will Michael Steele do with the presidential primary calendar?
thenextright.com 2/10/2009 — The power of the chairman to impact the future of the party is, to a degree, limited. Michael Steele will be able to attract a range of people that other candidates may not have been able to. But there is one area in which  the Chairman's race ...

Steele: The GOP Does Not Have A Message Problem
huffingtonpost.com 2/1/2009 — RNC Chairman Michael Steele took to the Sunday talk show circuit for the first time since he was elected to the post. And while he pledged to help restore the Republican Party to a more powerful perch, he outlined a game plan that seemed reminiscent ...

RNC Race Update
corner.nationalreview.com 12/29/2008 — It was just annonced that Ohio Gov. Ken Blackwell's bid for RNC Chairman will be headed up by John Yob. Yob is the former Executive Director of the College Republican National Committee, and since John's father is Chuck Yob, the controversial longtime ...

How Steele Could Go
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com 3/11/2009 — If I was a gambling man, I would bet that Michael Steele is going to make it. I realize that he's not popular, that a lot of people in the Republican Party would like to see him go and as Josh Marshall pointed out he doesn't have a single, solid ...

Matt Lewis: RNC Chair Candidates Respond to Morton Blackwell's Questionnaire
townhall.com 12/23/2008 — I have obtained a copy of the long-awaited and highly-anticipated responses to RNC Committeeman Morton C. Blackwell's questionnaire. All six declared RNC Chair candidates responsed. The answers are...

Obama continues remaking landscape — POLITICO.com: Politics 2/2/2009
The election of Michael Steele as the RNC's first black chairman can be traced to Obama.

POLITICAL HOT TOPICS: Monday, February 2, 2009 — CNN Political Ticker 2/2/2009
CNN: Daschle says he is 'deeply embarrassed' over tax issues President Barack Obama's choice to oversee health care reform in his administration expressed regret Monday to Senate leaders over tax issues that are dogging his nomination. CNN: McConnell: ...

McCain says he'd vote against current stimulus bill — CNN Political Ticker 2/2/2009
Watch McCain discuss the stimulus bill on American Morning Monday. WASHINGTON (CNN) — Sen. John McCain says he'd vote against the bill backed by President Obama to pump up the economy. The former GOP presidential nominee said Monday on ...

GOP governor: We need an economic stimulus now — CNN Political Ticker 2/2/2009
President Obama met with Gov. Douglas Monday to talk about the American recovery and reinvestment plan. (CNN) – President Barack Obama and a Republican governor pushed for stimulus legislation at the White House this morning, as the ...

Sen. Judd Gregg seeks GOP successor to join Obama's Cabinet (AP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 2/3/2009
AP - President Barack Obama moved closer to nominating his secretary of commerce on Monday as his top choice, GOP Sen. Judd Gregg, revealed an apparent deal that would keep his seat out of Democratic hands.