Steele Threatens to Quit if RNC Undermines Funding Authority

[dbackjon]

Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele told FOX News that part of his job is to "manage the money" and suggested that if committee members strip him of that authority he'll step aside.

"They can contemplate all they want to, but the reality is if they want a figurehead chairman you can have a figurehead chairman, but it won't be Michael Steele," he said.

Steele aides insist the chairman was not threatening to quit, but merely to fight over retaining his authority. But his comments reflect the persistent tension within the Republican National Committee over his chairmanship.

On Wednesday, RNC state chairmen will vote on the funding issue, among others -- such as whether to label the Democratic Party "Socialist."

For now, members are expected to re-establish standards that had already been in place before they lapsed last year. Among them is a requirement that Steele have a co-signer for all expenditures above $100,000 and that a comptroller-treasurer administer funding.

Steele had already agreed to those standards. What he objected to was the possibility of increasing the powers of the comptroller-treasurer, in turn minimizing his own authority. That issue will probably be pushed off until July, but it's not going away yet.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/05 ... authority/

[Appaholic]

"Socialist".....how fokking asinine....totally lost in the wilderness....aimless....no direction.....

[Ivytalk]

Steele is too much of a prima donna to run a political party. You need political background and connections, but you also need to deflect attention from yourself and know how to win elections. Haley Barbour and Bill Brock, both former GOP chairs, had those talents IMHO.

[Cap'n Cat]

"Socialist".....how fokking asinine....totally lost in the wilderness....aimless....no direction.....

Jesus H. Christ....................


Even though we are a laissez faire socialist country, anyway.

Many derogatory names to attach to the Conks, too. Jingoist, xenophobic, hateful, bigoted, evangelical, oligarchical, monarchical, plutocratic, among many more.

[Ivytalk]

"Socialist".....how fokking asinine....totally lost in the wilderness....aimless....no direction.....

Jesus H. Christ....................


Even though we are a laissez faire socialist country, anyway.

Many derogatory names to attach to the Conks, too. Jingoist, xenophobic, hateful, bigoted, evangelical, oligarchical, monarchical, plutocratic, among many more.

Gawd, I love it when you call me monarchical and plutocratic!

[native]

"Socialist".....how fokking asinine....totally lost in the wilderness....aimless....no direction.....

Jesus H. Christ....................


Even though we are a laissez faire socialist country, anyway.

Many derogatory names to attach to the Conks, too. Jingoist, xenophobic, hateful, bigoted, evangelical, oligarchical, monarchical, plutocratic, among many more.

Did you actually pass any college classes?

[UNI88]

"Socialist".....how fokking asinine....totally lost in the wilderness....aimless....no direction.....

Jesus H. Christ....................

Even though we are a laissez faire socialist country, anyway.

Many derogatory names to attach to the Conks, too. Jingoist, xenophobic, hateful, bigoted, evangelical, oligarchical, monarchical, plutocratic, among many more.

Cap'n, you may be right but xenophobic can apply to Donks just as easily as it can to Conks. How else would you charactertize the Donks and their quixotic quest to protect yesterday's union jobs and deny globalization and wall the U.S. off from international competition.

[Cap'n Cat]

Hey, you generalizing little chihuahua Rushgurgitator, send me $500 tuition for teaching you a shitload of new words, you punk. Tell your Mom I want my butt plug back, too. Now, and clean this time.