Conservatives are generally supportive of new Republican
National Chairman Michael Steele, but are anxious
to see what Steele does with a number of RNC outside consulting
contracts. According to some RNC aides, several younger consultants
who work in social media and online strategies are looking for fat
contracts from the new RNC team that has promised to focus on
Internet fundraising and organizing online. But those consultants
also have ties to Google, a corporation that is so tight with the
Obama administration that its CEO, Eric Schmidt,
visited the White House three different times in the first two
weeks of Obama's administration. Google has also funded several
left-wing political groups, the most notorious being
MoveOn.org.
Sununu 2010
Senate Republicans are hopeful that their former colleague,
John Sununu, will choose to seek the seat that
will become available in 2010 with the exit of Judd
Gregg to join the Obama administration as Commerce
Secretary. Gregg made it clear to Senate minority leader
Mitch McConnell that he wanted out of the Senate,
particularly after he felt he was unfairly tarred for his role as a
negotiator on the federal bailout legislation last fall. "He didn't
think he'd get a fair shot back in New Hampshire," says a political
consultant. "And he wasn't particularly enthusiastic about a
run."
Sununu has indicated that he wants to seek political office
again, and he was considered a strong conservative voice during his
time in the Senate.
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