User talk:Ak169808

Minnesota
Go ahead and blank this if you want, but any more edits like the one this account just made to Minnesota and you're going to be blocked for vandalism. Alexius Horatius  18:20, 5 November 2010 (UTC)

You have been blocked from editing for a period of three days for vandalism. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions. If you would like to be unblocked, you may appeal this block by adding below this notice the text, but you should read the guide to appealing blocks first. Alexius Horatius  18:34, 5 November 2010 (UTC)

November 2010
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You have been blocked indefinitely from editing because your account is being used only for vandalism. If you would like to be unblocked, you may appeal this block by adding the text below this notice, but you should read the guide to appealing blocks first. Courcelles 06:41, 22 November 2010 (UTC) {tlx|unblock|2=reason=''I share my account. Please unblock me so I may change my password or create new account my little brother can not log on to&#126;''}}

Unblock request

 * OK, I'll bite. What will you do if you're unblocked? Do you now concede that it wasn't your little brother who made the edits? HJ Mitchell  &#124;  Penny for your thoughts?   03:41, 23 November 2010 (UTC)

I will no longer make unconstructive edits such as adding myself and my friends as notable alumini to our high schools. Although I did make many of my hurtful edits in the company of friends, I understand that the responsibility falls on myself alone for making these mistakes. I pledge to only make useful edits to wikipedia, well sourced, cited, and formated. I will no longer engage in tomfoolery and will work hard to treat this encyclopedia with the respect it deserves.--Ak169808 (talk) 03:49, 23 November 2010 (UTC) I also would like to add that in fact, some of those edits were made by my little brother, although most were done by me. He did routinely vandalize my facebook account. I apologize for once again all edits made from this account. I ask for forgiveness and the chance to redeem myself in eyes of of Wikipedia users. Thanks for your time and consideration of my unblock --Ak169808 (talk) 03:55, 23 November 2010 (UTC)

I will no longer make unconstructive edits such as adding myself and my friends as notable alumini to our high schools. Although I did make many of my hurtful edits in the company of friends, I understand that the responsibility falls on myself alone for making these mistakes. I pledge to only make useful edits to wikipedia, well sourced, cited, and formated. I will no longer engage in tomfoolery and will work hard to treat this encyclopedia with the respect it deserves.--Ak169808 (talk) 03:49, 23 November 2010 (UTC) I also would like to add that in fact, some of those edits were made by my little brother, although most were done by me. He did routinely vandalize my facebook account. I apologize for once again all edits made from this account. I ask for forgiveness and the chance to redeem myself in eyes of of Wikipedia users. Thanks for your time and consideration of my unblock]]


 * Note: Contrary to the instructions on the unblock request template, you have removed several declined unblock requests from this page. This makes it unnecessarily difficult for us to correctly review your block. I have therefore restored the previous content of your talk page. Do not remove the declined unblock requests again.  Sandstein   06:31, 23 November 2010 (UTC)

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thumb|right|Seal of the RNC The Republican National Committee (RNC) provides national leadership for the Republican Party of the United States. It is responsible for developing and promoting the Republican political platform, as well as coordinating fundraising and election strategy. It is also responsible for organizing and running the Republican National Convention. Similar committees exist in every U.S. state and most U.S. counties, although in some states party organization is structured by congressional district, allied campaign organizations being governed by a national committee. Michael Steele is the current RNC chairman, and will serve until January 2011.

The RNC's main counterpart is the Democratic National Committee.

History
The 1856 Republican National Convention appointed the first RNC. It consisted of one member from each state and territory to serve for four years. Each national convention since then has followed the precedent of one representative per state or territory, regardless of population. From 1924 to 1952 there was a national committeeman and national committeewoman from each state and U.S. possession, and from Washington, D.C.. In 1952, committee membership was expanded to include the state party chairs of states that voted Republican in the preceding presidential election, have a Republican majority in their combined U.S. representatives and senators, or have Republican governors. By 1968, membership reached 145.

The only person to have chaired the RNC and later become U.S. president is George H.W. Bush. A number of the chairs of the RNC have been state governors.

2009 RNC Chairman Selection
RNC Chairman Vote

''Source: CQPolitics, and Poll Pundit.
 * Candidate won that Round of voting
 * Candidate withdrew
 * Candidate won RNC Chairmanship

On announcing his candidacy to succeed RNC Chairman Duncan, former Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael Steele described the party as being at a crossroads and not knowing what to do. "I think I may have some keys to open the door, some juice to turn on the lights," he said.

Six men ran for the 2009 RNC Chairmanship: Steele, Ken Blackwell, Mike Duncan, Saul Anuzis, Katon Dawson and Chip Saltsman. After Saltsman's withdrawal, there were only five candidates during the hotly-contested balloting January 30, 2009.

After the third round of balloting that day, Steele held a small lead over incumbent Mike Duncan of Kentucky, with 51 votes to Duncan's 44. Shortly after the announcement of the standings, Duncan dropped out of contention without endorsing a candidate. Ken Blackwell, the only other African-American candidate, dropped out after the fourth ballot and endorsed Steele, though Blackwell had been the most socially conservative of the candidates and Steele had been accused of not being "sufficiently conservative." Steele picked up Blackwell's votes. After the fifth round, Steele held a ten vote lead over Katon Dawson, with 79 votes, and Saul Anuzis dropped out. After the sixth vote, he won the chairmanship of the RNC over Dawson by a vote of 91 to 77.

Mississippi Governor and former RNC chair Haley Barbour has suggested the party will focus its efforts on congressional and gubernatorial elections in the coming years rather than the next presidential election. "When I was chairman of the Republican National Committee the last time we lost the White House in 1992 we focused exclusively on 1993 and 1994. And at the end of that time, we had both houses of Congress with Republican majorities, and we’d gone from 17 Republican governors to 31. So anyone talking about 2012 today doesn’t have their eye on the ball. What we ought to worry about is rebuilding our party over the next year and particularly in 2010,” Barbour said at the November 2008 Republican Governors conference.

2009 RNC Health Coverage-Abortion Controversy
On November 12, 2009, the Republican National Committee was involved in a controversy over its opposition to funding for abortion in government sponsored health plans. After strong support for the Stupak Amendment – which prohibited any coverage of abortion services under government-subsidized or government-operated health insurance plans operating under the terms of the Affordable Health Care for America Act, regardless of whether that coverage was itself funded by the government – it became known that the employer-based health care provided to members of the RNC provides coverage for elective abortions. Republican leaders stated they did not realize this coverage was within the health care terms, and promised to promptly remove such coverage. It has been noted that this coverage is not precisely in contradiction with the intention of the Stupak amendment because the health coverage for RNC members is private insurance, not publicly funded.

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