Mike Huckabee to back Chip Saltsman for RNC chairman
Former campaign manager for Mike Huckabee, Chip Saltsman, has declared his interest in the chairmanship of the Republican National Committee (RNC) and according to Marc Ambinder, from The Atlantic, Huckabee is throwing his support behind Saltsman. Sarah Huckabee, Huckabee’s daughter has this to say in an email.
My dad is definitely supporting Chip for RNC chairman. My dad has had the privilege of working with Chip and knows what he is capable of and shares his vision on how to move the party forward and will be working hard to help him get elected.
Also joining the push to elect Saltsman as the RNC chairman is GOP Catholics. They have this to say about Mike Huckabee and Chip Saltsman.
If the GOP is to be succesful in defeating Barack Obama the next time around we need new leadership and not someone who would give us the same stolid results as Bush cronies Ken Mehlman and Mike Duncan.
Saltsman was able to turn a candidate (Mike Huckabee) with no money and even less national recognition into a force to be reckoned with in the 2008 Republican primaries, defeating multi-millionare Mitt Romney in the Iowa caucus.
Perhaps the reason Huckabee was ultimately unsuccesful in his attempt to win the nomination, though, was the fact that his campaign was largely ignored by the institutional leadership of the GOP, in favor of the continual cascade of frontrunners like Giuliani, Romney, Thompson, and McCain.
We know how they all fared.
Instead of admitting its mistakes and gathering around Mike Huckabee to prepare for 2012, the RNC is whipping itself up into a frenzy over newcomers Sarah Palin and Bobby Jindal and even Mitt Romney–everybody except Mike Huckabee.
Does the GOP want to defeat Obama or does it want to keep on losing???
Retaining leaders from the past will not bring our party new (and better) results.
The Republican Party certainly needs a nudge in the right direction, if not an all out shove. I can’t think of a better pair of men to do that than Mike Huckabee and Chip Saltsman. If Chip can do what he did with Huckabee on very minimal campaign budget, just think what he could do with the full blown war chest of the Republican Party. The battle for 2012 starts now.
That’s my take!
Larry
I’m hoping the American people will have had their fill of so much left-wing government by the time 2012 rolls around, they will gladly embrace common sense. Of course, they didn’t do so well this election, but there is always hope. The Dems own the whole ball of wax now, so we will have to see what other poor decisions they make.
Prayer is so vitally important for us to engage in for our leaders. Prayer makes a difference.