www.yankton.net Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan ■ Saturday, November 27, 2010 PAGE 5A U.S. Briefs Allies Steele On Thin Ice At Republican Party Helm On Expected BY PHILIP ELLIOTT “The question is who chairman and RNC lawyer Reince Republicans need a coherent message, Associated Press should be hired for the Priebus, who ran Steele’s 2009 bid for a strong party apparatus and a sizable next two years, It’s not chairman but has not ruled out chal- account that Steele has seemed uninter- WASHINGTON — A significant bloc a matter of firing any- lenging his ally. ested in building. WikiLeaks Release of Republican National Committee body,” said James Bopp, Connecticut chairman Chris Healy When Collins resigned from the LONDON (AP) — U.S. allies around the world members wants embattled chairman a committee member also is weighing a run. And several GOP national committee last week, he wrote have been briefed by American diplomats about an to step aside, but the from Indiana who holds governors have urged Republican a scathing letter questioning the ability expected release of classified U.S. files by the rank and file have failed to settle on a great sway among social Governors Association executive direc- of the RNC, under Steele, to lead the WikiLeaks website that is likely to cause interna- clear alternative, according to conservatives on the tor Nick Ayers to seek the position, a charge against the Democrats. tional embarrassment and could damage some Associated Press interviews with com- Steele panel. “I just don’t think suggestion he has been reluctant to “Sadly, if left on its current path, the nations’ relations with the United States. mittee members. Steele has performed at embrace. RNC will not be a productive force in The release of hundreds of thousands of State More than four dozen interviews the level we need for Steele, too, is talking to committee the 2012 campaign to deny President Department cables is expected this weekend, with members of the 168-member cen- the presidential cycle.” members, highlighting his role in the Obama a second term, retain our House although WikiLeaks has not been specific about tral committee found fear that a badly In interviews with 51 committee Republican landslide. majority and elect a Senate majority,” the timing. The cables are thought to include pri- damaged Steele could emerge from the members, 39 said they preferred Steele Voters punished Democrats from he wrote to the party’s leadership. vate, candid assessments of foreign leaders and wreckage of a knockdown, drag-out not be on the ballot when they meet New Hampshire to California, giving The letter was a playbook for any of governments and could erode trust in the U.S. as a fight to head the party as it challenges near Washington in mid-January to pick Republicans at least 63 new seats in the Steele’s potential rivals, noting that the diplomatic partner. President Barack Obama in 2012. While their leader. House. Republicans picked up 10 gover- chairman had maxed out a $15 million In Britain, Prime Minister David Cameron’s most agree that Steele’s time has been For his part, Steele hasn’t said norships and added six Senate seats. credit line the committee had spokesman, Steve Field, said Friday that the gov- rough — and costly — the members whether he will pursue the 85-vote The party also gained control of 19 approved. ernment had been told of “the likely content of also recognize that a leadership fight majority needed for a second term. state legislative chambers and now “I think the Gentry Collins letter these leaks” by U.S. Ambassador Louis Susman. could overshadow gains that Already, members have been hearing hold their highest level of state legisla- made it impossible for Mike Steele to be Field declined to say what Britain had been warned Republicans made in the midterm elec- from others interested in that quest. tive seats since 1928. re-elected,” said Virginia committee to expect. tions. committeeman Saul Anuzis “Now is not the time to trade in member Morton Blackwell, who is back- “I don’t want to speculate about precisely what With balloting set to take place in has announced his candidacy. Former proven electoral success for unproven ing Anuzis. is going to be leaked before it is leaked,” Field said. just two months, many just want Steele RNC strategist Gentry Collins, an opera- hope,” Idaho Republican chairman Steele started the job with a $23 mil- In Washington, State Department spokesman to go. tive who is warmly regarded among Norm Semanko told fellow RNC mem- lion surplus; the RNC raised more than P.J. Crowley said U.S. diplomats were continuing “You can’t keep spending the kind of RNC members, has formed a committee bers. “Now is not the time to change $79 million this year and has spent all the process of warning governments around the money they’re spending every month to explore a chairman’s race. So, too, leaders. And now is not the time to be of it. Some went to places that previous- world about what might be in the documents. just to operate the RNC,” said commit- have Missouri chairwoman Ann Wagner distracted into internal strife and bat- ly saw little RNC cash or interest, Many fear the cables will embarrass the United tee member Ada Fisher of North and former Bush administration official tles among one another for power and including five U.S. territories that each States and its allies, and reveal sensitive details Carolina. “I would hope he would step Maria Cino. control of the GOP infrastructure.” has three votes on the central commit- of how the U.S. conducts relations with other aside.” A group of committee members, Looking ahead, the GOP focus is vot- tee. countries. meanwhile, is courting Wisconsin GOP ing Obama out of office. To do that,

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