GOP Insiders Blame Steele, Majority Says DNC Outperforming RNC

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GOP Insiders Blame Steele, Majority Says DNC Outperforming RNC
By James A. Barnes
http://hotlineoncall.nationaljournal.com/archives/2010/10/gop_insiders_bl.php
http://politicalwire.com/archives/2010/10/07/gop_insiders_say_dnc_outperforming_rnc.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PoliticalWire+%28Political+Wire%29

Based on the results of the latest National Journal Political Insiders Poll, if the Republicans fail to score major gains in the Senate and House on Nov. 2 they already have their scapegoat -- Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele. This week, the Political Insiders were asked to judge which of their respective national party committees "is doing a better job in the run-up to the mid-term elections." When comparing the RNC to the Democratic National Committee, the 93 GOP Insiders who responded to the poll this week were withering in their assessment and 73% said that the DNC was out-performing the RNC. Only 15% said that the RNC was besting the DNC and 12% said neither committee had stood out.

In their comments, the GOP Insiders blamed the RNC's woes on chairman Steele who has wandered off message with verbal miscues and alienated GOP major donors. "Steele has been a huge disappointment, especially on the fundraising front," said one GOP Insider. Others used words like "embarrassment," "horrible" and "idiot" to describe Steele. " Tim Kaine is always on message, Michael Steele rotates which foot is in mouth," said another GOP Insider.

Indeed, Steele has been gaffe prone from practically the beginning of his rocky tenure as party chairman when he dismissed conservative hero and radio broadcaster Rush Limbaugh as an "entertainer." At the start of '10 when Republicans were beginning to see a path toward gaining control of the House he bluntly said, "not this year," and compounded that sin by wondering aloud whether the party was "ready" for that responsibility, adding, "I don't know." And in July Steele told a GOP fundraiser in Connecticut that Afghanistan was a war of "Obama's choosing." That brought a rebuke from the party's senior statesman on national security matters, Arizona Sen. John McCain (R). The party's '08 standard bearer called Steele's comments "wildly inaccurate" and said there was "no excuse" for them.

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Democratic Insiders rated all their committees superior to their GOP counterparts. Not surprisingly the DNC held the greatest edge: 78% of the 90 Democratic Insiders who responded this week said the DNC had done a better job than the RNC. But with the DSCC and the DCCC, a sizable minority of the Democratic Insiders gave the nod to the GOP committees: 31% said the NRSC had performed better than the DSCC and 40% said the NRCC had bested the DCCC. But the Democratic comments in that regard seemed to reflect concerns about the hostile political environment for their candidates and the strides made by the opposition rather than many specific complaints about the Democratic committees themselves.

[tularetom]

1. I don't get McCain's comment at all

Why would he not want to blame Obama for the Afghanistan clusterfuck?

I guess the answer is that McCain doesn't think it's a clusterfuck at all. He probably jerks off just thinking about all the civilians we're killin there and doesn't want Obama to get any credit for such a foreign policy triumph.

[HopeHoops]

4. McCain can't find his ass when he's sitting on the toilet. AND he gets angry about that.

The fun part is replacing his toilet paper with a roll of crepe paper!!!

[Qutzupalotl]

7. I think McCain was objecting to the revisionist history.

Steele made it sound like Obama decided to invade Afghanistan. That's so laughable and wrong it embarrasses the Republican party.

I'm sure he'd like to appear as though he didn't want to politicize the war, but I don't remember him speaking out against Rove in 2003.

[HopeHoops]

2. You put a dumbfuck in charge, you get stupid shit. They tried it with the shrub - stupid shit.

Wait. The GOP doesn't HAVE anything but dumbfucks to put in charge. Their loss.

[gratuitous]

3. Surely they're not admitting that their unstoppable electoral juggernaut could be stopped after all?

That certainly wasn't the tune they were playing August, when GOP dreams included impeaching both the president and the vice president and installing President Boehner. And now that chimeric victory has once again withered in the stark light of autumn, the Republicans organize their circular firing squad, bemoan that whole "majority rules" socialistic nonsense, and bitch about how Democrats don't represent "real" Americans.

[madrchsod]

5. well it`s hard selling bullshit

[tanyev]

6. Yes, it's all Steele's fault.

Better replace him with Sarah or Christine O'Donnell. That'll fix everything!

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[LiberalAndProud]

8. While we all ignore the elephant in the room.

Corporate donations are bypassing the RNC this election cycle by feeding the beast directly. Michael Steele looks like a likely patsy though, doesn't he?

[Brother Buzz]

9. Despite all his faults, Michael Steele is a hip cat, you dig?

[Cognitive_Resonance]

10. Steele is the easy first target. It's going to get very ugly. They're sharpening the knives now. nt

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11. What is the difference the Republicans have plenty of money n/t