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Steele and the party of Lincoln

 

Published 1/30/2009 by Domenico Montanaro at First Read

From NBC's Mark MurrayEarlier this month, the candidates for RNC chairman -- every single one of them -- cited Ronald Reagan as their favorite Republican president. Today, with Michael Steele becoming the party's first African-American chairman, they turned to Abraham Lincoln. After the fourth round of voting, Ken Blackwell -- who is also black -- dropped out and referred to Lincoln before endorsing Steele. "We must be a party that makes good on the promise of Lincoln," he said. Then Steele mentioned...( read more ) (link)

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