“Michael Steele” on The Daily Caller

Democratic staff passed out a press release to reporters on their way into a briefing with the new House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer Tuesday that read: “Meet the New Republicans – Same as the Old Republicans.” (more)

WASHINGTON — The 2011 election season is certain to be an anticlimax after the thrilling, volatile 2010 campaign. (more)

Michael Steele’s bid for a second term as chairman of the Republican National Committee (RNC) is doomed, according to a former head of the party. (more)

1.) House Republicans have not announced what they would cut from budget if they had power to cut budget — “House Republican leaders are so far not specifying which programs would bear the brunt of budget cutting, only what would escape it: spending for the military, domestic security and veterans,” reports the New York Times. “The reductions that would be required in the remaining federal programs, including education and transportation, would be so deep — roughly 20 percent on average — that Senate Republicans have not joined the $100 billion pledge that House Republicans, led by the incoming speaker, Representative John A. Boehner, made to voters before November’s midterm elections.” Even with security/defense/old people/catfood cuts off the table, there are still a few agencies that could stand to lose some weight: FCC, both DoE’s, FDA, IRS, NASA, &c. We could go on, but why bother? “Even if adopted by the House, the Republicans’ budget is unlikely to be enacted in anything like the scale they envision, since Democrats retain a majority in the Senate and President Obama could veto annual appropriations bills making the reductions.” (more)

“It will all come down to money,” said Reince Priebus, Wisconsin GOP chair and candidate for chairman of the Republican National Committee at the debate sponsored by The Daily Caller and Americans for Tax Reform Monday. (more)

Though they didn’t really need to in order to get elected, Republican National Committee chair candidates each offered their own choice words of praise for the Tea Party movement in Monday’s debate hosted by The Daily Caller and Americans for Tax Reform. (more)

Following a debate among the five candidates to be chairman of the Republican National Committee on Monday, the presumed front-runner Reince Priebus ran from the room to avoid reporters’ questions, while the sitting chairman, Michael Steele, lounged in the back talking to friends and supporters, his arms wrapped across the chairs on either side of him. (more)

In a life spent advancing our conservative principles, I have had the privilege to serve as a county chairman, a state chairman, a candidate and an elected official. But my most valuable lessons have come from my time door knocking, stuffing envelopes and talking to voters. Engaging voters in their own homes and communities has taught me a key lesson—our Republican grass roots are the critical ingredient to achieving victory. The Republican National Committee’s renewed grass-roots focus was essential to our party’s historic gains in 2010, and will be even more critical as we prepare to win in 2012. To successfully implement a grass-roots strategy in 2012, we must continue to strengthen our state party organizations and to create and sustain a collaborative effort around a unifying message. I am running for reelection as Chairman of the RNC to do just that, and to finish the work we began two years ago. (more)

Washington (CNN) – Call it one of the most demanding jobs in Washington: Communications Director at the Republican National Committee under often outspoken chairman Michael Steele. (more)

Michael Steele’s odds for a second term as Republican National Committee chairman grew much longer Monday, as two of his top aides quit and a count of the committee’s 168 members showed no path to a win for the incumbent. (more)

On Monday, the candidates for Chairman of the Republican National Committee face off in a debate hosted by The Daily Caller’s own Tucker Carlson and Grover Norquist of Americans for Tax Reform. TheDC will be there live blogging it, as the five candidates answer questions submitted by readers on the RNC Debate website and on Twitter. (more)

Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele will be fighting for his job Monday afternoon against a slew of challengers at a National Press Club debate hosted by The Daily Caller and Americans for Tax Reform. (more)

This is an exciting time to be a Republican, and we have an awesome task ahead of us. The American people have given us a “second chance.” That opportunity brings with it huge responsibilities and challenges. Now we turn our attention to 2012. America must elect a new president. It is that hope, that necessity, that challenge, that draws me to run for Chairman of the Republican National Committee. (more)

Gentry Collins, a former top political hand to Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele who resigned, blasted Steele, and then vied for his old boss’s job, has dropped out of the race. (more)

The first candidate to throw his hat in the ring for the Republican National Committee chair in November, national GOP committeeman Saul Anuzis said the RNC needs a fresh start after a tumultuous two years that involved a host of “gory details” that “donors and activists don’t want to relive.” (more)

The 2010 campaign provided enough memorable moments to fill out a list all by itself. Christine O’Donnell, Joe Manchin shooting the cap and trade bill, Aqua Buddha: It was that kind of year. (more)

When Ann Wagner, the former United States ambassador to Luxembourg, returned from abroad in 2009, she felt that she has not entirely left Europe behind. (more)

Maria Cino “should have been a nun.” (more)

Gentry Collins says the Republican National Committee needs another Lee Atwater, Haley Barbour, Ed Gillespie or Ken Mehlman to run the national political organization. (more)

THEDC EXCLUSIVE – Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele has confirmed his attendance at a Jan. 3 debate co-hosted by The Daily Caller and Americans for Tax Reform, setting the stage for a showdown between the embattled incumbent and his vocal rivals. (more)