RNC asks Steele to replace Mehlman

Washington Times reported Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman, whose party just lost both chambers of Congress, will leave his position in January, and the post as party chief has been offered to Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael S. Steele.

This is a very good move. I don't know how good he is at organization and planning; he may need to have some very good assistants, but having a black chairman of the party is a good idea. It looks like the Dems may have thought that too. Ryan Lizza wrote in The New Republic Some big name Democrats want to oust DNC Chairman Howard Dean, arguing that his stubborn commitment to the 50-state strategy

Which is responsible for the Dems winning seats in Red States.

and his stinginess with funds for House races cost the Democrats several pickup opportunities. The candidate being floated to replace Dean? Harold Ford. Says James Carville, one of the anti-Deaniacs, "Suppose Harold Ford became chairman of the DNC? How much more money do you think we could raise? Just think of the difference it could make in one day. Now probably Harold Ford wants to stay in Tennessee. I just appointed myself his campaign manager."