Resignations at the RNC
A Republican source says newly elected Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele has requested the resignations of the entire RNC staff and signaled a dramatic turnover at the party organization.
Some aides may be retained, though Republicans are under the impression that Steele will lead a large-scale changeover in the institution, which has about 100 staffers. Obama's new team at the Democratic National Committee also requested mass resignations.
Many, including communications staffers, have been told their last day is Feb. 15.
His job is to spark a revival for the GOP as it takes on an empowered Democratic Party under the country's first black president in the next midterm elections and beyond.
Simply put - he's good competition for Obama. He's already voiced some direct challenges to Obama- I've misplaced the article quoting what he said. Sounds like he's a very confident person and not afraid to voice his opinions.
An attorney and although conservative, he was the most moderate of the others in the running.
A Catholic who attends Mass regularly with his family.
Michael Steele is a good guy. He's also a decent politician and I'll be surprised if he doesn't help make the Republican party viable again.
I'm not surprised at all with the wholesale house cleaning he's giving the RNC. I mean given the past 8 years of the "Bushies" like Ken Melman running the RNC and running it into the ground, I can't imagine many staffers being retained.
Given the drubbing they took in the last election, I'd say this was called for.
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I hope all his new appointees have paid their taxes. Oh, I forgot we're talking about Republicans not democrats.
SCORE!
But while we're laughing, let's not forget about Mr. Stevens from Alaska. Though his issues may not have been taxes, he is still one corrupt and stale cookie.
Although I respect Mr. Steele, I have to wonder if he had been white and lost the last election he ran for would he have been elected to run the RNC.
Probably not.
This points to the fact that many elected GOP officials have antiquated views on race in America. No doubt, many GOP'ers think that by virtue of Michael Steele's race he is a good candidate to play the President's foil. It just so happens that Michael Steele has a whole lot of other good things going for him too, making him "electable".
But I can't get around the feeling that he's where he is in the GOP because of his race.
He's not nearly the token as Palin was, but there is room for the token accusation. That's what I hate to see.
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And Obama is where he is because of his experience? LOL!
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SCORE!
But while we're laughing, let's not forget about Mr. Stevens from Alaska. Though his issues may not have been taxes, he is still one corrupt and stale cookie.
Although I respect Mr. Steele, I have to wonder if he had been white and lost the last election he ran for would he have been elected to run the RNC.
Probably not.
This points to the fact that many elected GOP officials have antiquated views on race in America. No doubt, many GOP'ers think that by virtue of Michael Steele's race he is a good candidate to play the President's foil. It just so happens that Michael Steele has a whole lot of other good things going for him too, making him "electable".
But I can't get around the feeling that he's where he is in the GOP because of his race.
He's not nearly the token as Palin was, but there is room for the token accusation. That's what I hate to see.
You said it,I didn't. The same goes for Obama. If he wasn't half black he wouldn't have gotten to first base.
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Re: Change We Can Believe In
Here's some more change all for the benefit of the left wing democrats.
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Taking the Census
Published: February 9, 2009 - 11:14 AM
Another potential Obama policy change that has gotten buried in the furor over the Spendulus bill is the proposed transfer of ultimate Census Bureau authority from the Department of Commerce to White House chief-of-staff Rahm Emmanuel. (I know, I know -- all this time we thought that Barack Obama was going to end the "imperial presidency" and decrease the number of government powers centralized in the White House. Color me flabbergasted.)
At the heart of the issue is the method for taking the Census. The Constitution proscribes the taking of a census every ten years, and the term "enumeration" included in the Constitution has been traditionally understood as a hand-count of every individual. Naturally, with a population now in excess of 300,000,000 people, mistakes are made. Republicans have pushed for a continuation of the hand count, and have offered to fund every effort (hiring additional workers, nationwide publicity campaigns, etc.) that would be required to make a hand count as accurate as possible. Democrats, on the other hand, advocate a census tally that incorporates statistical error correction methods.
The Democrat plan (explained in greater detail here) involves a statistical sampling method known as the capture/recapture method. This method works by sampling a subset of a population and then taking another sampling of the same population that is independent of the first. Statistical overlap between the first and second independently-sampled subsets is then calculated, and from the sampling and overlap data a final estimate of total population is produced. The method is mathematically sound and its proponents argue that it will greatly reduce the undercounting errors inherent in hand counts.
But who is most likely to be undercounted? Herein lies the root of the political battle. Democrats argue that residents of poor urban neighborhoods and rural areas are the most likely to be undercounted. (Yes, this is also the same group that is perpetually claimed to be under-registered to vote.) It is true that minority youth in poor neighborhoods tend to either avoid any voluntary contact with authorities, or tend to be shielded from authorities by adults if they have juvenile criminal records. And it's doubtful that a census-taker wearing a government ID and carrying a notebook would ever be invited into a household that included illegal immigrants, even if legal immigrants or citizens also resided there.
Republicans argue that statistical methods approved by a Democrat-controlled White House would end up being biased in such a way as to grossly inflate population counts in poor and minority neighborhoods, thus allowing Democrats to gerrymander voting districts so that more Democrats end up in the House of Representatives, and local party bosses can effectively shut out any Republican efforts in those districts, thus permanently locking in Democrat representation.
While there is no easy answer to the problem of reducing error in the count of a population that exceeds 300 million, the Obama administration again seems to have opted for party-driven politics over bipartisanship. When the Census was administered by the Department of Commerce, there was a measure of accountability that made partisan control of the process difficult. But by placing control of the Census directly in the hands of Obama's Democrat White House operatives, there will be no doubt as to the ultimate goal of the census takers.
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ADDED: This post at Samizdata.net discusses the Constitutionality of moving the controlling authority of the Census Bureau from the Department of Commerce to the White House and seriously asks, "Why am I expecting ACORN to get the census contract?"
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