RNC is calling for STeele to Step Down
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RNC member calls on Steele to quit
By Reid Wilson
Posted: 03/05/09 09:44 AM [ET]
Michael Steele should resign as Republican National Committee (RNC) chairman, according to a committee member from North Carolina.
In an e-mail to fellow RNC members obtained by The Hill, Dr. Ada Fisher, North Carolina's national committeewoman, said Steele is "eroding confidence" in the GOP and that members of his transition team should encourage him to step aside. Fisher added Steele's personal e-mail address to the e-mail.
"I don't want to hear anymore [sic] language trying to be cool about the bling in the stimulus package or appealing to D.L. Hughley and blacks in a way that isn't going to win us any votes and makes us frankly appear to many blacks as quite foolish," Fisher wrote.
Fisher, who is one of three black members of the national committee, backed South Carolina GOP Chairman Katon Dawson, whom Steele edged out in the final round of voting to win the chairmanship in late January. She has voiced repeated opposition to Steele, sending dozens of e-mails to committee members even after Steele won election slamming him for any number of chips that have fallen awry.
Fisher’s call for Steele’s resignation comes amid growing frustration in the GOP that the new chairman’s repeated gaffes are hurting the party.
It remains unclear just how much trouble Steele may be in with his own membership. While several RNC members have told The Hill that Steele remains popular with their bases, Washington-based strategists are grumbling, an attitude that is slowly filtering down to the states.
Steele appeared over the weekend on Hughley's CNN show, where he fought back against the assertion that radio host Rush Limbaugh was the "de facto leader" of the Republican Party. Steele said he himself was the de facto leader and called Limbaugh an entertainer whose program's content was "incendiary" and "ugly."
On Monday, Limbaugh shot back, saying on his show that Steele was not the leader of the party and that many conservatives would "hang up" when Steele's RNC came calling for contributions.
"Limbaugh has already promised that 'His Conservatives' won't be giving to the RNC. I would suggest to you that that is a real bet," Fisher wrote. "If we can't raise money and continue to allow the alienation of the few varifiable [sic] red states remaining, we are foolish."
Steele later said he had reached out to Limbaugh to clarify his remarks, insisting he meant no offense. But the incident elicited crowing from Democrats, who for weeks have pursued a strategy seemingly designed to elevate Limbaugh to the front of the GOP line. Democrats would enjoy contrasting themselves with Limbaugh's assertion that he wants to see President Obama's economic policies fail.
Calling the Limbaugh-Steele clash a "Republican Horror Show," Fisher expressed what some other GOP strategists have until now only said privately: "I have never seen such ineptness in our GOP leadership," Fisher wrote. "And I though we handled the 2008 elections very poorly."
Fisher could not be reached for comment Thursday morning, while the RNC did not immediately have comment on her letter.
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RNC member calls on Steele to quit
By Reid Wilson
Posted: 03/05/09 09:44 AM [ET]
Michael Steele should resign as Republican National Committee (RNC) chairman, according to a committee member from North Carolina.
In an e-mail to fellow RNC members obtained by The Hill, Dr. Ada Fisher, North Carolina's national committeewoman, said Steele is "eroding confidence" in the GOP and that members of his transition team should encourage him to step aside. Fisher added Steele's personal e-mail address to the e-mail.
"I don't want to hear anymore [sic] language trying to be cool about the bling in the stimulus package or appealing to D.L. Hughley and blacks in a way that isn't going to win us any votes and makes us frankly appear to many blacks as quite foolish," Fisher wrote.
Fisher, who is one of three black members of the national committee, backed South Carolina GOP Chairman Katon Dawson, whom Steele edged out in the final round of voting to win the chairmanship in late January. She has voiced repeated opposition to Steele, sending dozens of e-mails to committee members even after Steele won election slamming him for any number of chips that have fallen awry.
Fisher’s call for Steele’s resignation comes amid growing frustration in the GOP that the new chairman’s repeated gaffes are hurting the party.
It remains unclear just how much trouble Steele may be in with his own membership. While several RNC members have told The Hill that Steele remains popular with their bases, Washington-based strategists are grumbling, an attitude that is slowly filtering down to the states.
Steele appeared over the weekend on Hughley's CNN show, where he fought back against the assertion that radio host Rush Limbaugh was the "de facto leader" of the Republican Party. Steele said he himself was the de facto leader and called Limbaugh an entertainer whose program's content was "incendiary" and "ugly."
On Monday, Limbaugh shot back, saying on his show that Steele was not the leader of the party and that many conservatives would "hang up" when Steele's RNC came calling for contributions.
"Limbaugh has already promised that 'His Conservatives' won't be giving to the RNC. I would suggest to you that that is a real bet," Fisher wrote. "If we can't raise money and continue to allow the alienation of the few varifiable [sic] red states remaining, we are foolish."
Steele later said he had reached out to Limbaugh to clarify his remarks, insisting he meant no offense. But the incident elicited crowing from Democrats, who for weeks have pursued a strategy seemingly designed to elevate Limbaugh to the front of the GOP line. Democrats would enjoy contrasting themselves with Limbaugh's assertion that he wants to see President Obama's economic policies fail.
Calling the Limbaugh-Steele clash a "Republican Horror Show," Fisher expressed what some other GOP strategists have until now only said privately: "I have never seen such ineptness in our GOP leadership," Fisher wrote. "And I though we handled the 2008 elections very poorly."
Fisher could not be reached for comment Thursday morning, while the RNC did not immediately have comment on her letter.
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Permalink Reply by Jim Rock on -
Sue, why???? you would hate a true conserv because they are like me you left wing loon--when you hear those bikes go by you hope the car dont break down dont ya? true conservs are out there as bad as an obama goat stick sucker is
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Permalink Reply by Gordon McCleary on -
Retire this thread, please....
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Permalink Reply by Jim Rock on
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I second that--do you see Robert? please , we dont need this Rahm controlled subject in here
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Permalink Reply by Michael Brennan on -
Since Mr. Steele is going to be around for 4 years as RNC Chair, we will ALL work with him to win in 2010 and again in 2012. If you do not want to work with him, do not whine or complain about what the democrats are doing because you are empowering them to do it. So either join in with him or be quiet.
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Permalink Reply by Thunder Pig on -
Dr. Ada Fisher is allowing herself to be used as a tool of the Alinskyite politics of the Progressives and is herself engaged in helping them to develop a wedge in our party.
Don't fall for it people. Just watch this video of her in a local meeting in Asheville.
We need to wake up and start working together, instead of continuing this circular firing squad. Fisher is every bit as guilty as the people she whines about, if not more.
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Permalink Reply by Suzanne on -
Congressional earmarks ensures transparency so that we at least know where the money is going.
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Permalink Reply by Jim Rock on
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this isnt a circular fire squad as much as Rahm has instructed the media to do---they found a real effective person in the begging to use as a wedge in the party because he had a million or so mindless very loud supporters, now they running the gauntlet using everyone one they can but the average american isnt falling for it, theres the Sarah attacks and made her stronger, they got idiots to call McCain Mc Sham to drive a wedge but americans would not fall for it
Rush back fired but they found a new way to drive the wedge, the combo of Steele and using the mindless very loud people that would hate Steele as the wedge because these mindless wanted Ron Paul to be Chairman
thats where we are now, the Paul whinners are screaming hate for Steele taking pressure of of Obama and his crimes, effective for some but thats petering out----the mindless loud Paul people are still attacking and the American Conservs harley hear them and are back on obama
the obama people are so scared about whats going on about an Army building against them they are trying to disarm us from technology----my accounts have been frozen for investigation as well as other americans for Freedom --thats something to fight about, losing our First amendment
Sue and the other mindless loud people can keep thier noise up , the americans went right pass them
this thread needs removed
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Permalink Reply by Suzanne on
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there is nothing wrong with this thread. I seriously doubt RP is interested in being the RNC chair. It's much more important to have him in congress.
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Permalink Reply by Terrence Abrams on -
Congress's health will improve dramatically when the operate-in-the-dark RP retires and quits embarrassing our state.
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Permalink Reply by Michael Brennan on
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Earmarks have NEVER been transparant, that is why conservatives oppose them because they are called pork and waste more money than they help. Anyone adding earmarks to a budget is actually going against conservative fiscal policy no matter what failed argument they try and use.
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