A new sheriff is in town for the Republican Party. Ousted chairman Michael Steele has been replaced by Reince Priebus, the former RNC chair for the state of Wisconsin known most for claiming the RNC is “part of” the Tea Party movement. —JCL The New York Times: For Reince Priebus, the new chairman of the Republican National Committee, politics has long been more than simply a hobby. It provided the entertainment for the first date with his wife. More than a decade ago, when Representatives Henry J. Hyde of Illinois and James F. Sensenbrenner Jr. of Wisconsin were delivering keynote speeches at a Lincoln Day Dinner in Kenosha, Wis., Mr. Priebus reserved two tickets and turned the event into part of his courtship. “I know. Nerd alert,” Mr. Priebus said in an interview a few hours after he was elected on Friday to lead the national Republican Party. His voice was filled with self-deprecation as he recalled the moment “But we went to a movie after that.” Read more Related Entries January 12, 2011 ‘Daily Show’: Jim Gets a Promotion in the New ‘Huck Finn’ January 6, 2011 10 Reasons Why the Slurs Should Stay in ‘Huck Finn’
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Changing of The Guard at RNC