Bitterness and recrimination at the Republican National Committee about the White House’s choice of Sen. Mel Martinez (R-FL) to chair the RNC, according to the Washington Times:
Some RNC members, already dismayed by last week’s election that swept Republicans from control of Congress, expressed anger at the way Mr. Rove leaked his choice of Mr. Martinez immediately after a conference call in which the Florida senator’s name was floated for the first time.
The Martinez selection also signals that the White House intends to make another run at immigration reform, the paper reported, with Martinez as the point person.
House Republicans are really going to love the White House pushing immigration reform through a Democratic Congress that it couldn’t get from a Republican Congress. This is the first and perhaps best example of how the interests of the White House will not always be aligned with congressional Republicans over the next two years.
