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January 30, 2009

Steele Wins RNC Chair
By David S. Bernstein

It came down to a 6th-ballot choice between a black guy (Michael Steele) and a guy who until a few months ago belonged to a whites-only club (Katon Dawson), and the Republican National Committee members narrowly picked the black guy, 91-77.

For me, there's a symmetry to this. In 2004, the Republicans held their convention in New York, shortly after Illinois state senator Barack Obama stole the show in Boston with his keynote speech.

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January 30, 2009

Your Konservatives Update
By David S. Bernstein

--As you can imagine, I am super-duper excited for today's RNC committee vote for chairman. Incidentally, I'm getting some chatter that incumbent Mike Duncan is now Mitt Romney's stalking-horse; meanwhile, former Huckabee campaign manager Chip Saltsman (but actually, in my analysis, a stalking horse for Bill Frist), has dropped out on account of having absolutely no support whatsoever.

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Just because Michael Steele was a Kid-N-Play back-up dancer in the 80s doesn't mean that he can kick this House party into gear. If the Republican Party chairman isn't the long lost third Smothers Brother, then Barack Obama's not the G.O.P.'s worst nightmare.

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