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Steeling Me Away
The Corner on National Review Online — ... ] I like Michael Steele. But I can do without praise for Eric Holder . "Nonetheless, Mr. Steele had praise for the people who have surfaced as Mr. Obama's first two likely Cabinet choices: former Clinton administration Deputy Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr., and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, New York Democrat. He called Mr. Holder, who was reported Tuesday to have been chosen for attorney general, "a good man ... a smart man." "I always found Eric Holder to be his own man, a principled individual, and he will, like Hillary, be a very good choice for the job he's being ...

Steele Chastises "Country Club" GOP
The Page by Mark Halperin — ... Washington Times: The RNC Chair candidate criticizes his party for being out of touch, he'd make it more appealing to young, minority voters. "Let's just be very frank about it. What the party's got to do is get its head out of the clouds and out of the sand and recognize that the dynamics politically and otherwise around them have changed."       ...

Michael Steele Vows to Transform Republican Party
Gateway Pundit — In an exclusive interview today at the Washington Times former Maryland Lieutenant Governor and GOPAC Chairman ...

Matt Lewis: Steele Talks to WaTimes
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog — ... | Photos | Cartoons | [image] Blog [image] | Your Blogs | Issues | Get Magazine | Finance [image] [image] Hugh Hewitt | Mike Gallagher | Michael Medved | Mary Katharine Ham | Kevin McCullough | Matt Lewis | Radio Blogger | Your Blogs Directory [image] Wednesday, November 19, 2008 Steele Talks to WaTimes Posted by: Matt Lewis at 8:35 AM Yesterday, Michael Steele -- who is currently running for RNC Chair -- gave a very ...

More on Michael Steele
RedState: Conservative News and Community — ... Also, on the issue of the Republican Leadership Council, I'm reliably told Steele left the RLC after the group began challenging Republicans in primaries. He touches on that in an interview today with the Washington Times. ...

Steele's Prognosis
Real Clear Politics - TIME.com — In an interview with the Washington Times, Michael Steele, who is aiming for the RNC chairmanship, had some thoughts on the direction of the party: "Let´s just be very frank about it. What the party´s got to do is get its head out of the clouds and out of the sand and recognize that the dynamics politically and otherwise around them have changed," said Mr. Steele, in an interview with reporters and editors at The Washington Times. "The coalitions ... are very different from what they were 25 years ago," he said.... "The problem is that within the operations of the RNC, they ...

Wednesday's campaign round-up
Political Animal — ... will be in Georgia in support of Martin on Sunday. * Michael Steele, hoping to become the next chairman of the Republican National Committee, lashed out yesterday at the party's " country club " mentality. * Hoping to end speculation about his future, John McCain announced yesterday that he ...

Obamacans: Thanks, but no Thanks
The Moderate Voice — ... The sad part about these decisions is the missed opportunity because of inaction. Obama has an opportunity to think outside the box and diffuse some of the Republican negative statements towards him by demonstrating that he will be a President of all of the people. If Obama were to appoint moderate Republicans to high ranking positions, he would be able to show that he kept his promise while dealing a significant blow to any reorganizing opportunities of the RNC. ...

11/19: This One Stings
Blogometer — ... to tap ex-Deputy AG Eric Holder as AG: Conservative bloggers are also upset that ex-MD LG Michael Steele , who's campaigning to be the next RNC Chairman, praised Holder as "a good man" and "a principled individual": ...

The RNC Chairman's Race: Saltsman Platform
The Atlantic Politics Channel — ... In the schema, Saltsman comes down on the side of those who believe that the Republican Party does not have an ideological problem and that the country has not repudiated conservatism. He identifies target demographics -- younger voters, Hispanics, African Americans, and suggests that enhanced outreach will catalyze their movement toward Republicans.  (Not to be outdone, candidate Michael Steele tells the Washington Times that "outreach" isn't enough; the chairman must actually listen to these constituents. "The problem is that within the operations of the RNC, they don't ...

Michael Steele: I Left Moderate Republican Group This Spring
Weekly Standard Blog — ... Steele on the other hand, despite running in a the moderate state of Maryland, has been clear about his personal pro-life views, was an energizing underdog Senate candidate in 2006, and rallied much of the base to his side in an unsuccessful campaign for RNC the same year. He supports overturning Roe v. Wade eventually and more politically attainable pro-life measures in the interim, and has said that he would keep the overturning as part of the Republican Party platform. He's against embryonic stem-cell research funding, but he sounds more skeptical about ...

Do You Believe in Magic?
Comments from Left Field — ... each other.  Bloviating leeches like Rush Limbaugh, Paul Shanklin, Chip Saltsman, et al have apparently managed to convince themselves that conveniently subcontracting their racism to a dusky proxy (and/or disingenuously hiding behind the ’satire’ bulwark) automatically absolves them of any personal responsibility for their actions.  Well, we have already witnessed the logical political consequences of the GOP’s willful disregard for minority voters. Their loss (literally). To ...