The Politico's Mike Allen on Jim Nussle's run for RNC chairman:
This White House's formal link to the GOP's post-Bush era? Jim Nussle, director of the Office of Management and Budget, plans to run for chairman of the Republican National Committee. As a Republican House member from Iowa, he was part of the Gingrich transition team that ushered in the "Contract with America." He was the GOP nominee for Iowa governor in 2006, and retired from Congress in 2007. Nussle has to lay low for now because he's working on the transition. Attribute all this to Nussle sources.
Mr. Nussle is also very close to Rudy Giuliani, who hasn't lost his appetite for national office...
And Newt Gingrich is quite happy to say that, yes, if the PEOPLE demand it, he will run for chairman of the RNC.
If Newt runs, he's the odds-on-favorite to win.
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