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The Spectacle Blog
Reince Preibius has just won the first ballot in the RNC chairman’s race with 45 votes, followed closely by Michael Steele at 44, Maria Cino at 32, Saul Anuzis at 24 and Ann Wagner at 23.
Steele’s total is likely to start to decline dramatically in the subsequent votes as long as he remains in the race. It’s typical of RNC members to vote for the incumbent in large numbers on the first ballot as a sort of going away present.
Most people I’ve spoken to here don’t expect us to have a good idea of the race until after the third ballot. But out of the gate, Priebus had a worse showing than most expected and Cino (recently endorsed by Speaker John Boehner) had a better one. Coming into today she only had 13 public commitments.
Mike| 1.14.11 @ 3:12PM
Why are you overlooking the obvious pool of talent for chair of the RNC? You have:
Patriot, self anointed caped wonder of the western world.
Occam's Tool, thinks with his dick; potentially a vast improvement over what is common place at the far right.
Thomas Aquinas, patron saint of far right; direct line to God. Haven't had that since W.
Jack Bauer, Walter Mitty of the conservative movement; it's time for a dreamer.
Hugh BNYN, bat shit crazy; has paranoid conspiracy creds to meet the most demanding wing nut standards.
Tonypal, a lawyer; obviously not billing many hours. Has the time to do the job.