Live Updates From The RNC Chair Election - RCP

[Lucille]

Live Updates From The RNC Chair Election (http://www.realclearpolitics.com/politics_nation/2009/01/live_updates_from_the_rnc_chai.html)

[Lucille]

12:08: First ballot tally: Duncan, 52 ; Steele, 46 ; Dawson, 28 ; Blackwell, 20; Anuzis, 22. 85 are needed to win.

[Lucille]

Dawson needs to go. He's the whites only club guy.

[Epic]

Looks like Steele might have it.

[Lucille]

12:30: Second ballots are now being passed out, as are boxed lunches. What takes the longest in the voting process is that all 168 members, called on by state, must walk up to the front of the room -- graduation style -- and drop their ballot in the box.

[HOLLYWOOD]

US possessions vote too!

half way through... look's like it's the same Good Ole Neocon Fossils with a spiced-up couple of new NEOCONS.

Just look at the people that are walking up to drop the votes into the ballot box...

Looks like a Retired Mayonaise BINGO crowd, so Sad

[Lucille]

CSPAN Live: RNC Voting On New Chairman (http://www.cspan.org/Watch/watch.aspx?MediaId=HP-R-14881)

I hear ya, Hollywood!

[Lucille]

Round 2: Duncan 48; Steele 48; Dawson 29; Anuzis 24; Blackwell 19

They're on a break now.

[speciallyblend]

i would rather watch a golf ball sit still on a green for 7 days!! everyone running is a joke

[speciallyblend]

Round 2: Duncan 48; Steele 48; Dawson 29; Anuzis 24; Blackwell 19

They're on a break now.

assholes vs assholes vs asshole vs assholes= asshole. they are all the scum sitting at the surface of the gop. not one of them has an ounce of credibility!!

[Lucille]

LOL, sb! True dat!

[Lucille]

Round 3: Steele, 51; Duncan, 44; Dawson, 34; Anuzis, 24; Blackwell, 15

[AdamT]

Just look at the votes! The serving chairman under Bush and destruction of the party was Duncan. And the morons wanted him back!

It's evident these fools are all about "strategy" and "how can we beat the Dems". They could really give a shit about policy, principles, the Constitution, integrity, or anything that matters. The GOP is seriously deluded to keep resurrecting the same worn out BS.

Steele is a clown and dissed RP heavily during the primaries.

[Lucille]

Duncan just withdrew. Dawson should really do the same!


Michael Steele and Ken Blackwell (http://washingtonindependent.com/28335/live-at-the-rnc-steele-and-blackwell-talking) just conferred in the hallway outside the main room, with Steele doing most of the talking. Steele tried to brush aside the ideological disagreements they’d had (”from day one”) and stress how both of them (”and J.C.,” referring to J.C. Watts, the former Oklahoma congressman) wanted to change the GOP’s image.

Conferring down the hall: Saul Anuzis and a Duncan supporter from Massachusetts, clearly talking about an alliance to stop Dawson, though it was unclear whether they were talking about uniting behind Anuzis, Duncan, or Steele.

[speciallyblend]

more action on c-span 2;) ahhhh

[speciallyblend]

Just look at the votes! The serving chairman under Bush and destruction of the party was Duncan. And the morons wanted him back!

It's evident these fools are all about "strategy" and "how can we beat the Dems". They could really give a shit about policy, principles, the Constitution, integrity, or anything that matters. The GOP is seriously deluded to keep resurrecting the same worn out BS.

Steele is a clown and dissed RP heavily during the primaries.

the gop is truly dying. we are just witnessing their last gasps of air. can someone give me a pillow;)

c-span 2 has more action going on now then boring c-span;)

[Scribbler de Stebbing]

US possessions vote too!

Really? Who's Iraq voting for?

[JK/SEA]

irrelevant.

move on....same same=same same=fail.





Ron Paul 2012

[Lucille]

Ron Paul was mentioned: http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23rncchair

[Dustancostine]

really? Who's iraq voting for?

lol :d

[Lucille]

Round 4: Dawson 62; Steele 60; Anuzis 31; Blackwell 15

OMG... "Whites Only" is ahead....

[Scribbler de Stebbing]

What's the "Proxy Committee?" I don't like the sound of that. Carey, who called for it, is our outgoing MN GOP Chair.

[Lucille]

Rumor has it on twitter that there's a HUGE shift to Steele. Let's hope so. If Dawson wins, the GOP is dead (but maybe that would be so bad after all!)

[Lucille]

The racist remarks are flying on twitter already...

Ana Marie Cox (http://twitter.com/anamariecox) is thrilled.

[Scribbler de Stebbing]

Rumor has it on twitter that there's a HUGE shift to Steele. Let's hope so. If Dawson wins, the GOP is dead (but maybe that would be so bad after all!)

Steele was the guy who wanted RP out of the debates. I thought Blackwell sounded decent. Too bad he didn't gain traction. At least Duncan is gone!

[Lucille]

Blackwell has the floor. I d rather have him run for office in Ohio anyway!

Withdrawing.

I think he's trying to steer them away from Dawson and to Steele. He officially endorsed ... Steele! The room cheers.

[JP2010]

Blackwell pulling out

[Lucille]

Yup. He endorsed Steele.

I am going to send Dawson hate mail for staying in this race.

[Dustancostine]

Steele was the guy who wanted RP out of the debates. I thought Blackwell sounded decent. Too bad he didn't gain traction. At least Duncan is gone!

The lady who is running as co-chair with Blackwell, is Tina Benkaiser, the Texas GOP chair. She is the one we are having to sue for cheating at the state convention. I hope Blackwell and Benky get dead last.

[Scribbler de Stebbing]

Oh no! The Red Hats are there!

[Lucille]

Some Ohio Republican is not running in '10 ... who is it? Anyways, Blackwell should run for it.

[Lucille]

Oh no! The Red Hats are there!

? Who?

[Scribbler de Stebbing]

The Red Hats. They were calling the shots at our MN state convention, and were at the Repub Natl Convention. Their job was to taser anyone who stepped out of line. Or something like that. AKA the McCain-Bots.

[TonySutton]

Some Ohio Republican is not running in '10 ... who is it? Anyways, Blackwell should run for it.

Senator Voinovich has stated he will not run in 2010.

[Lucille]

Oh that's right!


Senator Voinovich has stated he will not run in 2010.

Thanks! I'd like to see Blackwell go for it (even though I've heard stories about him...)

[Scribbler de Stebbing]

This should really be a public vote. They're there to represent the GOP body of their respective states. Those who elect their state chairs and natl committee(wo)men deserve to know how they're voting to determine if they're being represented.

[Lucille]

twitter: Anuzis and Steele just left together through thr side door stage right. Looked very serious ??? Deal?

[Lucille]

This should really be a public vote. They're there to represent the GOP body of their respective states. Those who elect their state chairs and natl committee(wo)men deserve to know how they're voting to determine if they're being represented.

I agree. Look at these fossils voting for a whites only club member. WTF??? Blech!

[Lucille]

Oh God... I'm scared....

Steele 79; Dawson 69; Anuzis 20

[Lucille]

That is just too f^cking close! What a$$hats are voting for Whites Only??? WTF????

[Lucille]

Anuzis withdrawing now. He has to endorse Steele...

[Lucille]

Anuzis did not endorse Steele.

Hold me! I'm scared!

[Dustancostine]

You know I make take Dawson over Steele, what has Dawson ever done to RP? He is also from Mark Stanford's state.

On the other hand, Michael Steele said during the first debate "Ron Paul, it's OVER!!!!!"

I cannot be happy with Steele

[Scribbler de Stebbing]

They increased the proxy votes by two. Funny thing is, the guy who did it, Ron Carey, is infamous in MN for "finding" new delegates in order to change vote outcomes. Eh, I probably just have my tinfoil on a little tight today.

[Lucille]

You know I make take Dawson over Steele, what has Dawson ever done to RP? He is also from Mark Stanford's state.

On the other hand, Michael Steele said during the first debate "Ron Paul, it's OVER!!!!!"

I cannot be happy with Steele

I don't like either but whites only is a PR nightmare.

Steele was good on RP during the chairman debate (but, they all pandered except Blackwell).

Heee!, Scribbler.

[AdamT]

Can you not get anywhere these days without pandering? Truly pathetic.

[Lucille]

The fact that Dawson even made it this far is going to be bad for the GOP. He should never have been allowed to run.

[Lucille]

And the winner is....

Steel 91, Dawson 77.

Steele wins.