{"id":1044,"date":"2008-11-22T13:44:46","date_gmt":"2008-11-22T18:44:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/?p=1044"},"modified":"2008-12-17T13:25:28","modified_gmt":"2008-12-17T18:25:28","slug":"fred-thompson-drops-rnc-bid-for-return-to-acting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2008\/11\/22\/fred-thompson-drops-rnc-bid-for-return-to-acting\/","title":{"rendered":"Fred Thompson Drops RNC Bid for Return to Acting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Continuing with my catching up on things theme here&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>It looks like the race for RNC Chair has tightened a little more.<\/p>\n<p>I <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2008\/11\/18\/newts-prospects-fading-in-quest-for-rnc-chair\/\">mentioned<\/a> a few days ago that former House Speaker Newt Gingrich&#8217;s bid for appeared to be losing steam and now comes word that Fred Thompson is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnsnews.com\/public\/content\/article.aspx?RsrcID=39735\" target=\"_blank\">dropping out<\/a> of the race in favor of a return to acting.<\/p>\n<p>Putting aside the fact that I don&#8217;t think Thompson was ever really in the race that leaves Michael Steele as the only prominent Republican\/conservative still in the running. Not everyone is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2008\/nov\/20\/wildmon-weighs-rnc-chief-post\/\" target=\"_blank\">crazy about him<\/a> but I don&#8217;t think he would be a bad choice.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, I don&#8217;t think RNC members will choose Steele&#8230; I suspect they&#8217;ll choose a new chairman from within their own ranks&#8230; If media reports are right the top contenders among RNC members are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Robert M. &#8220;Mike&#8221; Duncan, 57, the current RNC chairman<\/li>\n<li>Katon Dawson, 52, the South Carolina GOP chairman<\/li>\n<li>Saul Anuzis, 49, the hyperactive Michigan GOP chairman<\/li>\n<li>Tina Benkiser, 46, Texas GOP chairman<\/li>\n<li>Jim Greer, 46, Florida GOP chairman<\/li>\n<li>Chuck Yob, 71, an RNC member from Michigan who is reportedly retiring from the committee.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tina Benkiser is the only one of that group who is even mildly interesting to me&#8230; I&#8217;ll admit I don&#8217;t know much about her but at first glance she seems to have solid conservative credentials and she would bring young fresh face a Republican party that is viewed in many quarters as old and out of touch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Continuing with my catching up on things theme here&#8230; 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&#8217;s bid for appeared to be losing steam and now comes word that Fred Thompson is dropping out of the race in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[341,115,340,338,311,186,337,339,327],"class_list":{"0":"post-1044","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-politics","7":"tag-chuck-yob","8":"tag-fred-thompson","9":"tag-jim-greer","10":"tag-katon-dawson","11":"tag-mike-duncan","12":"tag-newt-gingrich","13":"tag-rnc","14":"tag-saul-anuzis","15":"tag-tina-benkiser","16":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfpI7-gQ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":991,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2008\/11\/14\/poll-question-who-do-you-want-as-rnc-chair\/","url_meta":{"origin":1044,"position":0},"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. The choice between Steele and Thompson is tough one, I\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Politics&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Politics","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/category\/politics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1423,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/30\/breaking-steele-name-new-rnc-chairman\/","url_meta":{"origin":1044,"position":1},"title":"Breaking: Steele Named New RNC Chairman","author":"Jeff","date":"January 30, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Still looking for details but... Former Maryland Lt. Governor Michael Steele has been elected Chairman of\u00a0 the Republican National Committee. Update: Steele defeated South Carolina Republican Party Chairman Katon Dawson 91-77 in the sixth round of voting to become RNC chairman. 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