Morton Blackwell Issues Questionnaire

[Robert Willington]

Morton Blackwell, founder of the great Leadership Institute, has issued a questionnaire to the 6 candidates running for RNC Chair.

RebuildTheParty.com was not mentioned but some of the concepts of RebuildTheParty.com were noticeable. I thought it would be interesting to take a few key words and count how many times each candidate said that particular word.

There are some stark differences but I wouldn't read too much into this analysis. As we all know, talking is much different from doing (and believing). However, I thought you would enjoy this numerical analysis of the Morton Blackwell Questionnaire response which can be found here.


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"REBUILD / REBUILDING"

Anuzis 0

Blackwell 1

Dawson 2

Duncan 0

Saltsman 3

Steele 1

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"INTERNET"

Anuzis 1

Blackwell 4

Dawson 0

Duncan 0

Saltsman 5

Steele 3

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"TECHNOLOGY"

Anuzis 0

Blackwell 8

Dawson 0

Duncan 4

Saltsman 5

Steele 11

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"WEB / WEBSITE(S)"

Anuzis 0

Blackwell 3

Dawson 3

Duncan 1

Saltsman 3

Steele 1

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"BLOG / BLOGGING / BLOGS"

Anuzis 0

Blackwell 1

Dawson 0

Duncan 0

Saltsman 4

Steele 1

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"RECRUIT / RECRUITING"

Anuzis 3

Blackwell 11

Dawson 7

Duncan 9

Saltsman 4

Steele 17

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"EMPOWER / EMPOWERING"

Anuzis 0

Blackwell 0

Dawson 3

Duncan 0

Saltsman 2

Steele 1
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TOTAL:

Anuzis 4

Blackwell 28

Dawson 15

Duncan 14

Saltsman 26

Steele 35

[John Williamson]

I really do think that Michael Steele is the best candidate for candidate recruitment and the implementation of technology. His campaign sites and ads are very personal and I think that resonates with voters. Hopefully as chairman he would be able to help candidates become more creative.

[Jon Howard]

None of the people listed have given a decent plan. None have explained how they will use the internet to campaign. None have explained how they will deal the obama attack teams using the internet to shut down opposition.

[Jon Howard]

Why is the GOP so intent on making sure that no one knows who the identity of the Chairman?

There are a lot of people with National credentials that could do better than any one of these people, except Steele. He at least has some recognition.

[Whitehorse (Robin Ray)]

Interesting info. I know that Saul Anuzis doesn't score highly on words captured, however he is demonstrating adeptness with the new media.

[George B. Williams]

I believe that Blackwell may have concentrated on the obvious new tools used by Obama in the recent election with "blog", "internet", "website", and "technology", but "rebuilding" and "recruiting" are good ones also. However, "Conservative", "Moral", "Economy", "Strong Defense", "Future", "Reduced Taxes", "Capitalism", "Personal Responsibility", "Change Back", and "Pro Life" might better tags for picking our future Republican leaders, as well as "Leadership", "Moral", "Articulate", and "Dynamic" as personal descriptors,

It is a good start, though.

George B. Williams
Madison, Alabama