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Martinez named to RNC; is the GOP adrift?

By Sean Aqui | Related entries in Bad Decisions, Breaking News, General Politics, News, Partisan Hacks

Not Michael Steele, as previously rumored. But Florida Sen. Mel Martinez.

This seems like an odd pick. Martinez will remain in the Senate, limiting how active he can be with the RNC. And he’s not exactly someone who captures the imagination and energizes the party. In fact, he barely squeaked into office on Bush’s coattails in 2004, and is better known for public gaffes than for sound policy.

Conservative bloggers are a bit less than overjoyed, and I can hardly blame them. The GOP is hamstringing its national operation in the runup to 2008 — and for what? To reach out to Hispanic voters? To reward a Bush loyalist?

Is there some way this actually makes sense?

Then couple it with this nugget from Robert Novak: Though blaming their leadership for their election losses, Congressional Republicans apparently plan to vote that same leadership back in.

You know it’s especially bad when conservatives start accusing each other of drinking Kool-Aid.

Is the GOP adrift? Oblivious? Do they think they know something we don’t?

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4 Responses to “Martinez named to RNC; is the GOP adrift?”

m.takhallus Says:
November 13th, 2006 at 6:45 pm
It’s of a piece with their inability to dump Rumsfeld for six years. They can’t admit they’re ever wrong — if they could they wouldn’t be conservatives.
Alan Says:
November 13th, 2006 at 8:28 pm
Martinez’s office was also the source of the infamous memo advising the great political strategy of protecting Terry Shiavo’s shell.
Blogs of War Says:
November 13th, 2006 at 8:31 pm
Mel Martinez to Take RNC Chairmanship

I didn’t expect this news quite so soon:
Sen. Mel Martinez, the first-term Florida lawmaker who previously served in President Bush’s Cabinet, will assume the chairmanship of the Republican National Committee, GOP officials said Monday.
Mar…
Alan Says:
November 13th, 2006 at 8:41 pm
Oops, I should have read the link.

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