Tina Benkiser<\/a>.<\/p>\nI confess I don’t know much about Benkiser but at first glance she seems to have solid conservative credentials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Washington Times is reporting that former House Speaker Newt Gingrich’s bid to be the next RNC chairman may be losing steam. 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It looks like the race for RNC Chair has tightened a little more. I mentioned a few days ago that former House Speaker Newt Gingrich's bid for appeared to be losing steam and now comes word that Fred Thompson is dropping\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Politics"","block_context":{"text":"Politics","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/category\/politics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":991,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2008\/11\/14\/poll-question-who-do-you-want-as-rnc-chair\/","url_meta":{"origin":1011,"position":1},"title":"Poll Question: Who Do You Want As RNC Chair?","author":"Jeff","date":"November 14, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"[poll id=\"11\"] My initial gut reaction is Newt Gingrich, though, the more I think about it the more I'm leaning towards Michael Steele or Fred Thompson. As much as I like Newt he may be to polarizing for the job. 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