Priebus elected RNC Chairman

[Ebowed]

Maybe he will do what Steele couldn't do and stay completely out of the news.

[SvenssonRS]

Who is Reince Priebus (cool name, btw) ?

Chairman of the Wisconsin GOP. That's about all I know.

[Bacon King]

And already more people have heard of what's his name who just got elected as RNC chair than have heard of the missing in action Kaine.

Maybe he will do what Steele couldn't do and stay completely out of the news.

These two posts are very related. Kaine's lack of press coverage is a positive characteristic.

[Landslide Lyndon]

And already more people have heard of what's his name who just got elected as RNC chair than have heard of the missing in action Kaine.

Maybe he will do what Steele couldn't do and stay completely out of the news.

These two posts are very related. Kaine's lack of press coverage is a positive characteristic.

There is a difference between low-profile and completely invisible.
Howard Dean knew how to keep the right balance, after a shaky start.

[Lunar]

I'm pretty sure the chair of the DNC or RNC automatically lowers in profile when their party is in the White House.  I never even heard of Mike Duncan until the 2008 RNC race to replace him.

[Landslide Lyndon]

I'm pretty sure the chair of the DNC or RNC automatically lowers in profile when their party is in the White House.  I never even heard of Mike Duncan until the 2008 RNC race to replace him.

Mike Duncan was acting chair after Mel Martinez resigned.
And he was a party operative, not an active politician (and almost-vice-president) like Kaine is.

[Lunar]

Fair enough, I'm not sure how active Martinez was before, though

One other side-point is that I think they use Tim Kaine in Spanish-language media more than past chairmen, which is a bit under the radar to you or I, but still very important.