E-mail updates
Follow on Twitter
Subscribe to RSSUpdated 4:40 p.m. — CHARLOTTE, N.C. — After being easily re-elected to head the Republican National Committee for another term, Chairman Reince Priebus urged his party to leave behind traditional notions of which states are winnable for the party.
"At the RNC we are dropping ‘red’ and ‘blue’ analysis," he said in remarks shortly after being elected almost unanimously. "We must be a party concerned about every American in every neighborhood."
The chairman called for more outreach to minority communities, a greater focus on digital outreach and jettisoning the party's image as obstructionist.
"We will be a Republican Party that people will want to join," he said of the next presidential election. "A party that inspires again. Not a party that just says 'no'…but a party that says “follow us to a brighter future.”
For Priebus, that future could include an embrace of the plans of some GOP-led state legislatures who hope to reapportion their electoral votes by congressional district rather than the winner-take-all system currently espoused by almost all the states.
"I think it's a state issue but personally I'm pretty intrigued by it," Priebus told reporters after his election.
The idea of changing the electoral vote apportionment — which would reflect the concentrated political sensitivities of carefully drawn congressional districts — has prompted outcry from Democrats who accuse the GOP of changing the rules of a game they proved unable to win in 2008 and 2012.
And not all Republicans are crazy about the idea.
In a statement, a spokesman for Republican VIrginia Gov. Bob McDonnell said he doesn't back the legislation. "He believes Virginia's existing system works just fine as it is. He does not believe there is any need for a change," said McDonnell spokesman Tucker Martin.
Priebus disputed the notion that a reapportionment would run counter to the idea that Republicans should compete in "every neighborhood."
"It's a state issue," he said. "State legislatures decide it, governors decide it, but as far as our presence in those states — you still have to compete"
Leave a Comment:
Michael Steele successfully transcended that role and is working a nice gig on MSNBC. Do you think Priebus will get similar offer when he's no longer RNC chairman?
No way in hell.
Well I guess my emails to my state Republican chairman/woman were ignored. Go figure. So much for voting Republican anytime in the next four years.
GOP's problems = no credibility regarding claim of fiscal conservatism; social conservatism; failed national security policies
GOP's solution = More of the same
Michael Steele is a moderate Republican, Priebus is a totally partisan ideologue to whom "compromise" is a dirty word..
Maybe on Fox News, Ursula.
Priebus is perfect as the face of the GOTea. And he did SUCH a great job for 2012... ;)
Let's see now...Michael Steele led the Republican party to a stunning victory in 2010. He got them back the House, almost got them the Senate and picked up a large number of governerships.
Mr Preibus presided over a similarly stunning defeat in 2012: not a SINGLE Democrat office-holder lost office - i.e. no Democrat ANYWHERE was voted out in 2012, although, of course, a few new faces were defeated by Republican incumbents - a small handful. Republicans lost the Presidency in the worst recession of a generation, deepened their losses in the Senate and lost the majority vote in the House, although they did manage to keep the House because, interestingly enough, Mr Steele's victory in 2010 had allowed state-level Republicans to gerrymander districts. So even the 2012 House victory is shared by Michael Steele.
Yet, Mr Steele got tossed out on his ear, while Mr Preibus gets re-elected Chairman.
And Republicans get offended when we tell them that they look like complete nuts.
Several days ago, prior to this, John Boehner said to the Ripon Society (something I had never heard of)
He's right and wrong - when it takes "motivational speakers", this kind of rhetoric ("annihilation") you have to be convinced that the GOP has a death-wish. We Americans can figure it out - that's why you're in the position you're in.
They (the GOP) are the "hangover" of the 20th century and are waiting to die or drink themselves to death. Stop picking really dumb fights.
At the same website is an interview with John Huntsman ( http://www.riponsociety.org/forum124jh.htm) entitled "Anger is not a substitute for good policy"
From the interview itself...
Clearly, they are incapable of learning by doing the same thing over and over.
Kevin, you partially took my response.
I don't like to use the word 'token' lightly; but given that Steele had significant results in 2010 and didn't maintain the gavel,...it does make one wonder, "What has Priebus done, ever?"
Stale, Pale and Male strikes again!
But, as a raging Liberal - I am okay with how the RNC chooses to be ineffectual! I mean for us liberals it really is ALL about CHOICE!
(lol)
Do you really want a little man named Rinse Penis representing your party! Good luck with that, as I am sure he will do as good a job as last time! Ha Ha Ha Ha...........
Michael Steele had MORE successes & victories with the RNC than Preibus.
C R A Z Y
how the GOP keeps reaching for the wrong message...over & over & over & over &
over......
Michael Steele was likely hired by the RNC as another one of their tokens, but he proved to be too open-minded and fair for their liking.
Priebus is a joke.
With this re-election let's hope they'll have the same results in 2014!!!.
Kevin.....good to see you here, hope you are your family are well
Congrats go to re-elected Prince Bribe-us. A just reward for a failure of epic proportions to be RNC-RWNJ Supreme Wizard Chairman! White-on, whitey!
This is too damn funny ... an article about Reince Priebus and all the dummycraps, all the leftards and all the self-declared "progressives" rushing out breathlessly ... to show how much they DON"T KNOW ! LOL !!!
It truly is funny when members of one political party try to pose as experts on the other party telling them what they should do and who they should elect and what their platform should be !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kaybee.....You are correct, Michael Steele was their token black in a very visible position and was at the time the GOP's answer to the election of Barack Obama. When they realized he called things as he saw them, they wanted no part of him, and elected this ideologue who can't see beyond his nose in his eagerness to push the party line. Stupid doesn't begin to describe them.
Mmmm hmmmm. When the GOP goes down in flames in the '14 midterms, we may not hear much more about Rinsed Penis.
GM... that reminded me of Limbaugh's rant:
LOL
Because it worked so well last time he was elected...lol. And jim, you have the need to resort to nastiness and name-calling, it seems, so you must not have much to say. Perhaps you wished to defend him? Priebus looks and acts like a snake oil salesman, and I said that before I knew who he was. Ick.
Steele has a sense of humor and basically laughed at the silliness of the extremists in the party. He is intelligent and articulate and doesn't come off as nasty, slimy, or condescending. No wonder he wasn't a good fit for RNC chairman. Keep up the good work, Priebus!
Sound like anyone familiar:
"When a portion of wealth is tranferred from the person who owns it – without his consent and without compensation, and whether by force or by fraud – to anyone who does not own it, then I say that property is violated; that an act of plunder is committed!
"How is the legal plunder to be identified? Quite simply. See if the law takes from some persons what belongs to them, and gives it to other persons to whom it does not belong. See if the law benefits one citizen at the expense of another by doing what the citizen himself cannot do without committing a crime…" (THE LAW, p. 21, 26; P.P.N.S., p. 377)"
http://laissez-fairerepublic.com/benson.htm
by The Honorable Ezra Taft Benson
Former Secretary of Agriculture
[The Eisenhower Administration – ed.]
Published in 1968
I can't help remembering Pee Wee Herman every time I since Reince. He looks like him, talks like him and now has the RNC as him own personal "Playhouse."
Yeah, Wheres...like all kinds of big businesses. It goes on all the time.
I'll give Rinse credit for this: he's singlehandedly made Michael Steele look like the smartest guy in the room @ GOP HQ.
ram-762581 and WheresCongress: the really, really bad parts are tied to what amounts to about 1/3 of our economy, specifically agriculture and energy.
Within the US, we typically have to pay anywhere from 20% to 50% above world market prices for sugar. Most other commodities also have government controls all over them. With corn, you get the double wammy of being a food commodity and a fuel energy source.
In most of these cases the makers are individual consumers, trying to make bread, cakes, and a basic family meal on their meager wages. The takers are the engines of big Agribusiness.
The farm bills of the 1930's, meant to stabilize the nations farms in order to insure that there is enough food produced to feed the nation have morphed into a big business feeding our tax money to multi-billion dollar trans-national corporations.
Total elimination of all farm subsidies for any farm generating over $100,000 of net income should be required.
Now that the GOP has re-elected Chairman Reince Priebus they have pretty much sealed their fate. The Republican Party has chosen to go the way of the Whigs and the Dodo Bird. No big loss. They ruined their brand by embracing every lunitic fringe group in their misbegotten lust for power at any price. During the last election the GOP raised their skirts and showed everyone the bloody tainted syphlitic condition of the party. One note, like most wounded beasts, the GOP will be most dangerous while in their death trows. They are now down to threatening to seceed from the Union or to mount an armed rebellion aginst their own Countrymen. Not to worry, they are dying and dying fast. I suspect that a new left leaning party will emerge leaving the current Democrats as the defacto conservative party. The remnants of the GOP will crawl under a rock until they think it is safe to re-emerge. Can't happen fast enough for me. Die GOP Die!!! You have lived long past your relevance and it is time to pass away into ignomineous history
The redistricting and manipulation of constituencies being done and attempted by the Republican Party are the same tactics that the National Party(the party of apartheid) used to get and hold power in Apartheid South Africa. Be very wary of the sheep in wolves clothing.
No Priebus will NOT get a gig with MSNBC, but now that FAUX finally fired Sarah Palin because she refused to be prepared for commentary and rambled in incoherent and embarrassing idiocy...
The real question is why Priebus was re-elected as RNC chairman. My first thought was because there is no one else. Yesterday I learned he was unopposed, and I was correct in my analysis.
This is one big problem with the GOP overall, and the Teapublican primary in 2012 was another great example. The field is so pathetic that Romney won by a process of elimination, with only the added of advantage of dirty tactics and lots of money.
Personally, I love that the RNC will continue to be headed by a twerp.
Louie Bee -- Good observation, and maybe that is where the GOPee Wee Herman "I know you are but what am I?" nonsense comes from!
It must have made them feel good to elect somebody, to something.
Great line Amy!
Nothing like rewarding failure! May as well write the GOP Obit. Obama didn't even have to lift a finger to help.
But its all for not if we sit on our a$$ during midterms because Republicans want an apartheid government and have rewarded Reince for advocating for it through electoral college reform. Don't even bother saying "that's not at all it!" So predictable. The civilized world moving forward and America trying very hard to hit reverse.
I have never seen anyone as repugnant as Priebus. Not surprised that the most repugnant is selected to lead an unscrupulous bunch which thrives on mediocrity, anger, ego and intentional misinformation.
Smart move? He has done such a bang up job unifying the party, its no surprise they re-crowned their messiah as King.
To think Michael Steele, on whose watch the Republicans had a landslide election victory and retook the house along with several governorships is personna non gratis while Short Bus Priebus, who saw his party get their clock cleaned is signed up for a new term. Keep up the good work Republicans!
This is like rehiring someone who drove your business into the ground, go GOP!!! Michael Steele DOES do a great job on MSNBC and I enjoy hearing his perspective. The GOP didn't want to keep Steele in that position because that would mistakenly give the impression that they give a rat's arse about minorities.
So Prience Riebus is coming back for more--I agree Ana--the reward for failure and mediocracy is, of course, more failure and mediocracy. You just can't make up this stuff!
"We have met the enemy and he is us!" Pogo by Walt Kelly
Does this mean they'll nominate Romney/Ryan in 2016? lol...
Steele is too honest and doesn't stick to the talking points enough for them.
...because obviously Reince Priebus did such an awesome job.
President Obama re-elected.
Senate still a Democratic majority with seats gained.
House still controlled by Republicans but with seats lost.
Sorry, but one-out-of-three only counts as a success in baseball.
Da Noid--let's not forget the $300 million they spent to achieve those outcomes! Way to go Reince.
The funniest thing to come out of the Inaugral festivities:
McConnel and several tighty righties met and vowed to hold President Obama to only TWO terms!
bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Sorry, couldn't help myself. The Friday Funnies and all!
Oh Clara - GASP!! I'm afeared this time they will be successful. Oh, lawdy!!
This is music to my ears. Reince Priebus should be commended for standing up for our party, and especially during the election months. I'm very happy to see he's the face of the GOP for another term.
If you're not being sarcastic you are obviously one on many white male Republicans in denial as to the direction the majority of the electorate in this country is moving. Let me give you a hint; it's in the opposite direction of the Republican Party of 2013.
Oh, Damn...Here I am thinking that you were being sarcastic.
It seems that you AND your party are gluttons for punishment.
If pain is something you enjoy, then wait for 2014 when we PROLIBDEMs force out EVERY LAST VESTIGE of the Conservative Ideology from all levels of government.
Here are your choices for the next four years in order from least desirable to most:
Republican: Reckless and unsustainable fiscal policies & big government social conservatism
Democrat: Reckless and unsustainable fiscal policies & socially accepting
Libertarian: Fiscally conservative & socially accepting
Get on board heyjoe1. The libs here are right about one thing: the GOP is done.
By "Reckless and unsustainable" fiscal policies, you mean policies that reduce the deficit and unemployment? Because that is what Obama has actually accomplished.
You can find many libertarian paradises; they are invariably 3rd world countries. Oddly enough, the most secure countries, the ones with the most opportunity, the most advanced, tend to be the ones with the higher tax brackets.
Essentially, libertarianism is the sort of mental fantasy of immature teenagers. In the real world, there is no such thing as a real libertarian - life without the 'nanny community' is short, brutal, and consists mostly of being eaten by a large predator. You say you can avoid that? Well, the gun that you use to shoot that predator was manufactured somewhere, someplace. Humans and human society have co-evolved, we have built our own environment. The idea that we can survive in any 'natural' environment without our tools and weapons is inane.
DingleB,
Since the Paul family have been the face of the Libertarian movement, I don't see anything socially accepting about you. Neither Ron or Rand Paul is socially accepting. So if diversity and tolerance is something you want Libertarians to adopt, better get new blood into your group and leave these two behind.
AnaBanana-1782128
Nobody is perfect (Ron & Rand), but actually Gary Johnson was the Libertarian candidate in 2012, and hopefully he will be in 2016 too. You don't get any more socially accepting than him.
Byron Raum
No, I mean policies that increase the national debt, not passing a budget, increasing healthcare costs, foreign intervention where no U.S. interests are being served, the war on drugs, homeland security, etc.
Also, don't confuse Libertarians with anarchists.
And where in the hell did you come up with that?
They certainly do a bang-up job of presenting themselves as anarchists, so I'd say they've earned it.
This is NOT surprising considering the fact that the Republicans in Congress elected for John Boehner to keep his jos as Speaker Of the House.
All this means is that we get to whip up on Boehner's, Rience Priebus's, AND THE ENTIRE GOP/TP's ass SOME MORE between NOW and 2014... NOT that we need ANYMORE practice doing that, mind you.
As a PROLIBDEM, I will say, however, that they made considerable gains when Michael Steele was their chairman, and now, the GOP/TP have become befuddering imbeciles since he left.
Priebus STILL has to contend with the massive problems of hemmorhaging voters to the Liberal side, the continuing defections of prominent Republicans who became Democrats, and with their party's popularity hovering-AND IN SOME CASES, TANKING OUT TOWARDS THE BOTTOM-at 26%.
Priebus is the slippery- slimy one who is responsible for the recent plans to rig the next election by Rigging the Electoral College!!!
The only way this man can get anyone elected is to manipulate districts, change the voting days, create long lines and attempting to change the electoral college. He can't seem to find any good republicans to run for office so he has to resort to changing the system. As much as republicans say that the democrats are trying to destroy them, they can't seem to figure out that they are destroying themselves.
Cool! They couldn't have picked a bigger loser. I can see another three senate seats and a dozen or so congressional seats in 2014.
...but only if we get out the votes!
"We have met the enemy and he is us!" Pogo by Walt Kelly
Way to back a winner guys! The GOP once again shoots itself in the foot.
The GOP didn't shoot their own feet. The guns did.
bwaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahahaha
To find more of their "kind" of voters the GOP should be searching out Southern trailer parks and white supremacists meetings. I bet they can sign a few of these people up no doubt. That's if an X will work for a signature. No Jethro you can't bring that burning cross in the voting booth!
You have been watching waaaayyyyy too many movies and it has distorted any concept of reality !
But then again, leftards like yourself are more focused on who can come up with the nastiest, cutest little soundbite of the day !
uh, yeah... "leftards". How sweet.
have you ever heard Rush Limbaugh? He's spent the last 25 years writing the book on nasty, cute soundbites. Then the sheeple who worship the bloated drug addict put his nasty, cute soundbites on the back bumpers of their
cars.gun rack-equipped pickups.So as the Republicans struggle to figure out what has gone terribly wrong with their party, they reelect this clown to head things up? Way to gain zero credibility, guys...
Isn't this action by the Rethuglicans the definition of insanity? Doing the same thing over again (mistakes) and expecting different results............. no surprise there
I don't know who they think they represent.
The party of fiscal responsibility? Nope, with their track record nobody will go for it.
The party of small government! Nope, can't convince anybody of that anymore either.
The party of following the Constitution! Hahaha, right.
Personal liberty? Hell, no.
I know. The party of bitter old politicians using any means necessary to gain/retain power. That's it!
beachgirl-It's no different than voting to eliminate Obamacare 30+ times. I guess it makes them feel like they are accomplishing something when they win an internal vote! Ha Ha ha Ha ha
For the life of me, I still can't understand why they let Michael Steele go. He's a reasonable guy, he was fantastic at raising money for the party, he's a smart black man who's a republican. They could even run him for president.
Not that I back Priebus, but they voted Steele out because the financial state of the GOP was a complete mess. Priebus fixed that but made everything else worse.
What do Republicans do when one of their own fails at their Job?
They hire em again???
They should have stuck with Michael Steele but their true colors came shining through...
Let's just assume somewhere in Unicorn land Faux President Rand Paul is thrilled with this outcome!
tee hee tee hee
Next thing you know, they will be announcing they have discovered a Unicorn lair!
I'm surprised that they didn't officially hire Palin or Limbaugh or Beck or Hannity as their top political advisers, but wait they did, the teabaggers followed their lead and they sunk into to bottomless dung hole. Now with Priebus in charge for another couple of years, they'll never get out of that hole.
Typical Republican Stupidity. Reward FAILURE, so he can FAIL again.
Just like Sarah Palin, nobody likes a quitter and in Prince Prebius case, nobody likes a failure.
Shhhhh, don't let em in on it!
That's right Republicans, you're doing a Bang Up Job!
Keep up the Good Work!
G.O.P., The Party of Fear, Intolerance and I got mine...
It's said time changes everything....Not so with the GOP...
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. - Albert Einstein
PRE BUSS ... is that what happens before the bus hits the wall?
No change with the GOP--reelect the resident weasel, not surprised. Maybe a good thing, will only hasten the demise of today's GOP, adapt, change or die--2014 looms.
Glad The Republicans want to remain clueless an un-electable. Pretty soon they will only be needed just so their are two parties. They want to know why they keep losing. Lets see;
Priebus, Ryan, Morris, Cantor, Rove, and the list goes on and on. Spent a lot of money to Win Ohio didn't you Carl. Plain dumbfounded aren't you. Well look around at your Party. Wish away Rapists, wish away pregnancy, racist, bigoted, totally out of touch with the American Public. I don't have all day to list the reasons the Republicans won't occupy the White House for Decades. Don't get me wrong, Liberals are just as bad....just not in denial.
40 MORE YEARS!!! 40 MORE YEARS!!!....
Joseph Goebbels and Karl Rove would be proud of this accomplishment. Lies, BS propaganda, and talking point deceptions yet still keeps his job. What a party!