The RNC has hired veteran Ohio GOPer Mike Bir as the “Ohio Victory Director” to oversee their ground operations in Ohio, it announced Wednesday. RNC Political Director Rick Wiley emphasized on a conference call Wednesday the importance of Ohio in the general election, and the RNC’s plans for on-the-ground mobilization there.
From the release:
“Ohio is poised to be the make or break state in November and I can’t think of a better candidate than Mike Bir to move us forward to victory in Ohio this November,” said RNC Chairman Reince Priebus. “The RNC is poised to run the most comprehensive voter outreach and turnout operation in Ohio history and Bir will help ensure we make more phone calls, knock on more doors, and make more volunteer voter contacts than ever before. In the wake of 3.5 years of President Obama’s failed policies and broken promises, Ohioans are ready for a change in Washington and the RNC’s Ohio Victory Program will ensure we send Mitt Romney to the White House in 2012.”
Bir comes to the RNC from the Ohio GOP, where he was the group’s “Victory Director.” He headed the RNC’s field operations during the 2010 elections in Ohio.
