Does Current RNC Chairman Want Another Term?

The Seattle Times reports the race for GOP Chairman is heating up and publishes a little nugget of information that some will find hard to believe:
"Republican leaders in different states say a growing number of hopefuls have been making calls and sending out feelers to be the leader to replace current chairman Mike Duncan, even though Duncan is said to want a new, two-year term....."
Seattle Times Story

After last week its hard to imagine re-electing the current chairman is even a topic for serious discussion. Mr. Duncan was MIA for the last year (Quick, how many of you can guess in 3 seconds who the DNC Chairman is?). Republicans were demolished last week and have been on a losing streak since 2006. Republicans were outhustled, outspent, and outcoached. Despite the Republican Party's record for the last two years at the polls, Mr. Duncan is actually seriously considering seeking another term. As Johnny Mac would say, "you CAN'T be serious!!!"

How many more losses will it take for some accountability to appear in the Republican Party? When will leaders like Mr. Duncan show some character and step down from their current positions? Perhaps Republicans have become a party of big government in more ways than one as failure is rewarded while true leadership or popularity is punished. Any remaining doubts about the fitness of the Republican leadership were erased last week when few Republican leaders publicly defended Governor Palin from what were obviously insider smears. Can one imagine such crap happening when Reagan or Newt ran the party? Even if the stories are true, such lilliputian behavior shows the current leaders and certain members of the Republican party are not friends of conservatives. These are the same type of people who fawned over the Roman emperor who feared the one Roman general who beat Atilla than Atilla himself.

Its time for a new direction in the Republican Party. How can Republicans demand accountability for the Democrats when they don't demand it of themselves? Change is needed, in more ways than one.