Republicans choose first black party leader Michael Steele

Republicans choose first black party leader Michael Steele

www.news.com.au

REPUBLICANS in the US have elected their party's first-ever African-American leader, throwing down the gauntlet to rival Democrats after bitter losses in November when Barack Obama won the race to the White House.

After being voted in as chairman of the Republican National Committee (RNC), rising political star Michael Steele vowed to revitalise conservatives in a party he and others acknowledge needs a makeover in order to regain some of its lost political stature.

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A perfect example of the "If you can't beat them, join them" attitude.

We had a similar situation in Aussie politics when John Howard was Prime Minister. Our opposition leader, Kim Beasley, wasn't scoring too well in the polls. In the end, the Labor Party chose Kevin Rudd as leader, who's pretty much a conservative, John Howard clone, in many ways.

It's a pathetic tactic, I think. Copying the opposition to score some votes.

www.news.com.au
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[edit on 30-1-2009 by tezzajw]

I don't want to take anything from this thread, but it was covered today on another thread.

Steele Picked To Lead RNC

As mentioned prior, there is an already existing thread on this topic.

Please contribute any further questions and/or comments to the above linked thread.

Thank you.

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