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Matt Lewis: Can a Non RNC Member be Chair?
townhall.com - 11/28/2008
Matt Lewis: Can a Non RNC Member be Chair?
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The rules allow for it, but if this is any indication, there is some resistance to electing a chairman who is not an RNC member.... Or are we going to see a compromise solution -- the "general chairman" model -- where a...
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 11/24/2008
Candidate For RNC Chair Was Member Of Whites Only Country Club
— tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com — Now here's a good way for the GOP to make the case that it hasn't been reduced to a southern regional rump party that's held hostage by intolerant crackpots: Elect as the new chairman of the Republican National Committee a southerner who just ... (more) Candidate For RNC Chair Was Member Of Whites Only ...

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townhall.com - 11/25/2008
Matt Lewis: RNC Chair Race: Lay Of The Land...
— townhall.com — Chris Cillizza has a very good "lay of the land" piece out on the RNC Chair Race. I'd recommend reading it if you are interested in this contest for the future of the GOP. Here's my take on the candidates Cillizza... (more) Matt Lewis: RNC Chair Race: Lay Of The Land...

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Matt Lewis: Michael Steele's
townhall.com - 11/25/2008
Matt Lewis: Michael Steele's
— townhall.com — Word on the street is that Michael Steele's RNC Chairman race is being managed by Blaise Hazelwood. In 2004, Hazelwood received a lot of praise for her success as political director of the RNC. She then moved over to... (more) Matt Lewis: Michael Steele's

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News — FRIDAY ROUNDUP MSNBC's Chris Matthews appears to be gearing up for a 2010 Senate bid, some speculate after sources told one blogger  that Matthews is hiring campaign staff. The reason for Vice President-elect Joe Biden's low profile, meanwhile, is debated by others. Multiple sources have told FiveThirtyEight's Sean Quinn that Matthews is staffing up for a 2010 bid to unseat Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.), the blogger tells readers, noting that Matthews trails Specter in polls on the hypothetical matchup. Matthews's challenge, if he runs, will be to get Pennsylvanians to take him seriously, Hot Air's Allahpundit asserts, while ...

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