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December 12, 2010 - 11:49 am - by Stephen Green

The announcement won’t come until tomorrow, but Politico reports that RNC Chair Michael Steele is expected “to drop out of the hotly contested race” for his seat.

I don’t understand why anyone wants the job, since the internet — especially Twitter and PayPal — has made the RNC’s top-down structure mostly irrelevant. As I argued on Trifecta last week, the RNC ought to be restructured (and considerably slimmed down) into talent scouting and recruiting organization.

The future is: Citizen-candidates garnering their own national support via the internet. The days are over, of the RNC deciding who wins, who loses, and how much money they get. The new RNC chair ought to recognize that, and act accordingly.

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4 Comments, 4 Threads, 4 Trackbacks

  1. 1. David Thomson

    A national entity like the RNC is necessary even in our modern age. We need a group of people who closely monitor candidates throughout the country. They need to be able to evaluate their chances of victory and offer appropriate help. Acquiring this knowledge is a full time job. The Republicans fielded thousands of candidates in 2010. Even a Michael Baraone would have a difficult time keeping track of all of them.

    Michael Steele’s incompetency may have minimally cost the GOP another fifteen Congressional seats. He should have never been selected in the first place. It appears that he never had a clue on how to do his job.

    December 12, 2010 - 12:15 pm   Link to this Comment
  2. 2. arhooley

    Will Republicans snatch defeat from the jaws of victory again? Will it turn out that Michael Steele was actually the second-worst person for the job?

    December 12, 2010 - 7:31 pm   Link to this Comment
  3. 3. Steve Ducharme

    Good lord what took them so long. Buh-buy now.

    December 12, 2010 - 10:09 pm   Link to this Comment
  4. 4. Jonk

    “the RNC ought to be restructured (and considerably slimmed down) into talent scouting and recruiting organization.
    …
    The future is: Citizen-candidates garnering their own national support via the internet.”

    See also: Sarah Palin’s 2010 Election M.O.

    Not sure if you’ve read The Blueprint yet, but it makes a pretty convincing case-by-example that campaign finance reform has killed any influence political parties once had and placed it in the hands of private zillionaires.

    A successful party chair must get said zillionaires involved, without running afoul of any “collusion” rules.

    December 13, 2010 - 9:45 am   Link to this Comment