Appearing on CBS's Face the Nation on Sunday, Republican strategist Ed Rollins was asked to comment on the so-called "shadow RNC" that has sprung up to bypass Steele as the Republican party's core management. Rollins has in recent months emerged as a strong Republican critic of chairman Steele, after calling for his resignation in April.Ol' Turd Blossom is calling the shots. Republicans are going right back to the Karl Rove playbook to try to bring down Obama and Dems heading into the election. Thanks to SCOTUS they will be able to spend unlimited funding especially in the last 30 days. The RNC fundraising machine has been bypassed by Rove's Crossroads outfit.
"[He’s] so immersed in controversy that he’s kind of in a bunker these days," host Bob Schieffer said, noting Steele's reluctance to appear on television. "Are Republicans going to have to do something about Michael Steele?"
"Well, there’s no time," Rollins replied, noting the upcoming election season. "Obviously he’s been a disaster. You have three men on this show -- not me, but the other three -- who have all been party chairmen and very distinguished party chairmen. Michael Steele has failed miserably in the things you’re supposed to do: raise money and basically go out and articulate the message. It’s not going to matter though -- in the 11 weeks from now, what he says and does in the next 11 weeks is not going to matter."
The reason Rollins says it will not matter is because of the so-called "shadow RNC" formed by former Bush political adviser Karl Rove and former RNC Chairman Ed Gillespie, which has effectively undermined Steele's position, rendering him nothing more than a figurehead.
Rove disclosed during a July broadcast by Fox News, his part-time employer, that his American Crossroads groups would effectively benefit via financing loopholes opened by the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision.
In effect, he's leading the charge to buy Congress back. And he'll have tens if not hundreds of millions to help him do so.
Gotta love the American election system, eh?
If we can make it clear that Rove is back in charge, I gotta think it's gonna help us.
ReplyDeleteAnd by "us," of course, I mean Teh Left, aka the reality-based community.
Well, the Supreme Court put Rove in power the first time, too, right?
ReplyDeleteYou know, I cannot see this ending well. At all.
ReplyDeleteAnd by "us," of course, I mean Teh Left, aka the reality-based community.
ReplyDeleteSo far behind you think you're in first place...
Also it's not like money didn't buy politicians seats before. It's just going to be more blatant now.