Something Called a Reince Priebus Is Your New RNC Chair

RNC puts Steele out - Prebius in: 'Defeat Barack Obama 2012' campaign starts
The Republican National Committee voted Michael Steele out, Reince Prebius in and vows that a mega money campaign to "Defeat Barack Obama 2012" has officially started. After seven ballots, the 168 members of the National  Republican Committee    replaced their much embattled national Committee Chairman, Michael Steele, with a new GOP chief,  Reince Prebius, the Chairman of the Wisconsin Republican Party. The one  Prebius'  post victory remark that really counts to t...

Priebus to clean up convention panel
Newly minted Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus is planning to clean house at the party’s beleaguered convention planning arm. Priebus told lawmakers at the House Republican Retreat in Baltimore on Saturday that he would fly to Tampa, Fla., early next week to secure the Resignations of the officials former RNC Chairman Michael Steele had running the Committee on Arrangements. The panel has been the subject of some high-profile criticism and was one of the issues that d...

More Competent Than Steele? New GOP Chair Reince Priebus Confused Obama and Osama
Theoretically, the whole point of replacing Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele was to put a face on the GOP that was perhaps just a smidgeon less buffoonish. RNC's Steele Says: 'The One Thing You Don't Do Is Engage in a Land War in Afghanistan.' Uh-Oh, Now He's in Trouble! John Nichols, a pioneering political blogger, has written the Beat since 1999. His posts have been circulated... The former senator talks about money and politics, connecting with voter...

The Reince Priebus era begins at the RNC
THE Reince Priebus ERA BEGINS AT THE RNC.... It took seven ballots, but Republican National Committee members chose a new chairman late yesterday afternoon, replacing Michael Steele with Reince Priebus. The 38-year-old Wisconsinite takes over at a difficult time for the RNC -- the committee is $21 million in Debt, is struggling to pay its bills, and is burdened by two years of widespread mismanagement. Priebus, a former Steele ally, appears to have been chosen for the job precisely because he ...

Who the hell is Reince Priebus?
By Michael J.W. Stickings Why, he's your new RNC chair! With Michael "gaffe-fest" Steele out of the way, after a memorable two-year term of one embarrassing (for him and his party) moment after another, Priebus, previously the GOP party chair in Wisconsin before working for Steele at the RNC, stormed to a win in the seventh round of voting yesterday afternoon to capture the top spot at the Republican National Committee. So let the Reince Priebus era begin! Think Progress has a helpful overvie...

Reince Priebus Elected New RNC Chairman
Goodbye Michael Steele, hello Reince Priebus: The Republican National Committee selected a new leader on Friday, with its choice, Reince Priebus of Wisconsin,...

Michael Steele Withdraws As Reince Preibus Accepts RNC Chairmanship
The Michael Steele era of the Republican Party is officially over. The embattled chairman, who was not expected to win Reelection after a tenure marked by a regular stream of gaffes and calls for Resignation, withdrew from the race yesterday, making way for his temperamental opposite, Wisconsin GOP Chairman Reince Preibus, to man the national ship. Combative to the end, Steele left his position reminding the party of the progress Republicans made in the two years he led the party, despite his kn...

Romney Congratulates Reince Priebus on Republican National Committee Chairmanship
From the official release: “I congratulate Reince Priebus for his election to chairman of the Republican National Committee, and look forward to working with him on policies that will create jobs and get our economy moving again. With 15 million people out of work, Americans are looking to Republicans to offer an alternative to the job-stifling agenda of the Obama Administration. If we do that, we can build on our recent victories, increase our numbers in Congress and reclaim the White H...

Reince Priebus Elected as New RNC Chair; Says GOP can Defeat Barack Obama in 2012 Video 1/14/11
Here is video of Reince Priebus speaking to the Republican National Committee following his election as the new RNC Chair, replacing defeated Incumbent chair Michael Steele. Priebus said Republicans must unite, and declared they could work together to defeat President Barack Obama in 2012. ...

Michael Steele loses bid for re-election as RNC chair
Michael Steele is out as RNC chairman. Reince Priebus, former chairman of the Wisconsin GOP, unseated Steele in Friday's vote among GOP memebers and will be taking over the number one spot on the Republican National Committee. Steele withdrew his name from consideration after the fourth round of voting after he realized he had little chance of winning another term. Priebus has aligned himself with the Tea Party movement, which Republicans credit with their recent takeover of the House of Represe...

Changing of The Guard at RNC
Celebrity Endorsements: Money for Nothing? The new elected Republican National Committee (RNC) Reince Priebus holds up a gavel after winning the post during the Republican National Committee Winter Meeting. A new sheriff is in town for the Republican Party. Ousted chairman Michael Steele has been replaced by Reince Priebus, the former RNC chair for the state of Wisconsin known most for claiming the RNC is “part of” the Tea Party movement. —JCL For Reince Priebus, the new chair...

Steele Out, Priebus In At RNC
Wisconsin GOP Chairman Reince Priebus has won election as chairman of the Republican National Committee in a drawn-out balloting process Friday, ousting Incumbent Chairman Michael Steele after what can best be described as a rocky two-year tenure. Steele dropped out of the fourth round of voting after seeing his support steadily decline through the process, reports The Hill. His two years as RNC Chair kicked off with an awkward start on degenerate dirtbag Curtis Sliwa’s Talk Radio show, wh...

Steele out as head of GOP, Wisconsin chief in
WASHINGTON - Wisconsin Republican Party chairman Reince Priebus was elected chair of the Republican National Committee on Friday, defeating four other Candidates — including Incumbent Michael Steele — in the seventh round of voting. Priebus never trailed in the voting, slowly building on his tally until he surpassed a majority of the 168 voting members. State party chair since 2007, Priebus helped Wisconsin Republicans win back the Governor's office after eight years, unseat t...

Steele's legacy of wins a challenge for Priebus
The unceremonious ouster of Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele leaves his newly-elected successor, Reince Priebus, with a most unusual mandate: to replicate Steele’s remarkable winning record while moving in an entirely different direction. The task ahead of Priebus, the Wisconsin GOP chairman, serves as a reminder that while the drama surrounding Steele’s tenure alienated many RNC members, the former chairman produced exceptional results at the ballot box in his...

New RNC chairman tells House Republicans he'll listen
(CNN) - Appearing Saturday at a retreat for Congressmen in his party, newly elected Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus spelled out his goals and philosophy in his effort to overhaul the committee, according to two GOP aides. At the session in Baltimore, Maryland, Priebus said, "I believe what we need at the RNC, in my case, is less of self and more of everybody else," according to a House Republican aide. Priebus, a former Wisconsin GOP chairman introduced to the group by Wisc...

Who is Reince Priebus?
After winning the RNC election to replace Michael Steele, Reince Priebus doesn't exactly have big shoes to fill. But he does have experience leading Republicans to big gains, at least in Wisconsin, where he was the chairman of the Wisconsin Republican Party during the 2010 Elections. Priebus, a 38-year-old lawyer who resides in Kenosha, Wisc., helped his party's Candidate, Ron Johnson, defeat longtime Senator Russ Feingold for a Senate seat in November, grabbed the Governor's house for Republi...

The glory that is Reince Priebus
"Think Progress" has been keeping tabs on the new Republican National Committee chair.   Let's just say he's not into civility.  Or even Democracy, get right down to it... While Priebus was chair of the Wisconsin GOP, the state party engaged fomented voter Fraud conspiracies and hatched a voter caging plot with well-funded right-wing allies to suppress minority votes. One Wisconsin Now Executive Director Scot Ross said, “When voter suppression allegations ...

The Name Game
For most of the last 20 years, two men dominated the role of America's designated enemy. Two names were constantly at the top of "greatest foe in the world." Those two men were Saddam Hussein, dictator of Iraq, and Osama bin Laden, leader of the Terrorist group Al Qaeda. So, in response, in 2008, Americans elected as president a black Democrat named Barack Hussein Obama. Obviously, the Republicans had to fight back. They needed a leader of their own who could counter the obvious advantages Obam...

Republicans who want border defendedglad to see Steele ousted as RNC Chair
On Friday, the national Republican Party, booted Michael Steele, and chose Wisconsin party chief Reince Priebus as the new party chair. From the start, Steele had been on shaky ground with party Conservatives and a Controversial meeting last year, may have been the final straw. In April 2010, then-Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele met with several Illegal Alien Advocacy Groups. After the meeting, the pro-amnesty group known as the Center for Community change put out the follo...

New RNC leader to House GOP: I'm here for work, not for show
Baltimore -- House GOP lawmakers on Saturday gave a standing ovation to new Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Reince Priebus for pledging to turn around the Debt-ridden party apparatus, according to sources at the closed-door meeting. Priebus, elected to be RNC Chairman on Friday, delivered a 10-minute Speech to members of the new House majority party on the final day of their weekend long retreat in Charm City. According to sources at the private event, the former Wisconsin Republi...

New Republican Party Chairman Rancid Prius and some of my favorite Michael Steele memories
As most of you know by now, the Republican Party held its vote and has elected a new party chairman. Michael Steele is out, and Reince Priebus (Think Progress analysis) is in. Here’s a pronunciation guide to the new chair: Rance PREE-bus. It sounds a bit like the name of a Roman criminal forced into the gladiator’s arena or perhaps a Sith from the Star Wars world: “As you wish, Lord Priebus!!” My favorite phonetic shortcut is “rancid Prius,” which wo...

Madison lawmakers threatened in unidentified Craigslist post
Several Madison and Wisconsin lawmakers were threatened in an unidentified post on craigslist this week during a time which awareness of such threats is at a heightened state and lawmakers and their aides are being more vigilant and attentive to such Rhetoric.  The threats come only a handful of days after U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) was critically wounded and six others were killed by suspected gunman Jared Loughner, 22, outside of a Safeway in Tucson, Arizona during a political...

Reince Priebus wins RNC Chairmanship
Wisconsin Republican party chairman Reince Priebus won a protracted fight for the chairmanship of the Republican National Committee today, replacing his one-time ally Michael Steele at the helm of the committee. Priebus led on every ballot but picked up momentum once Steele exited the contest after the fourth round of voting. (Steele endorsed former RNC official Maria Cino but it was Priebus who harvested most of the Incumbent's support.) Priebus won the chairmanship -- a simply majority of the...

Michael Steele out as Republican Party chair; Reince Priebus elected
Reince Priebus was elected Friday to lead the Republican National Committee. Chairman of the Wisconsin Republican Party, Priebus replaces the Controversial Michael Steele....

Michael Steeles Last Minute Deal May Have Swung RNC Race to Priebus
RNC delegates voted for a new chairman on Friday. Yesterday, the RNC elected Reince Priebus as its new chair. Hotline On Call described the maneuverings on the floor that led to his victory. Michael Steele was wheeling and dealing with the Candidates before he eventually endorsed RINO Maria Cino, an ObamaCare Lobbyist who has donated to and supported a pro-abortion GOP group. Former Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele dropped his bid for a Second Term on Friday after being offe...