RNC's Duncan To Run For Re-Election

It took a bantamweight's record since the election -- 3-0 -- to convince RNC chairman Mike Duncan to officially announce his re-election bid. If you're a member of the national committee, you received an e-mail from Duncan at about 6:00 a.m. this morning, "sharing my vision for what tomorrow holds for the Grand Ol' Party." 

Duncan claims credit for an expansion of the party's donor base, among other things.  Since November's election, Duncan has been busy; he created a website, RepublicansForAReason, inviting proud elephants to proclaim their colors, he filed suit to challenge nominee John McCain's soft money ban, and he's aggresively campaigned for GOPers in Lousiana and Georgia.

The biggest knock against Duncan is that, affable as he is, he's the status quo, not the change agent.