Posted by
Always To The Right on Monday, November 17, 2008 8:43:47 AM
Michael Steele stepped up his efforts to win the RNC chair in his
appearance yesterday on Fox News Sunday. He spoke out against the
continuing efforts to expand the bailouts, but warned that the
Republicans had to start offering a positive agenda as an alternative
to the Democratic expansion of government control. Being the Party of
No didn’t help in the last two cycles
Steele hits the nail on the head with his warning about
communications. The Republicans need to have someone who relentlessly
offers positive alternatives along with rational opposition to the
Democratic agenda. It’s not about being nice, but about
positioning the GOP as the grown-ups while the Democratic Congress and
Obama administration write one check after another.
Republicans need someone with national name recognition who can do
all of that as well as reorganize the RNC, modernize its
communications, and find effective candidates for Congress. The chair
has to be ubiquitous, appearing everywhere and every day, making
himself heard on every single issue. Only a few people already have
that kind of personality, and Steele is already busily proving that he
qualifies.