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Steele to Critics: "Wake Up, People"
The Page by Mark Halperin —
... The former Maryland lieutenant governor, now running for RNC chairman, says conservatives need to make room for moderates in the party.
"Are you going to kick these folks out of the party?"
Also tells CBN's David Brody that President Bush should have pressured Sen. Stevens to resign and calls Obama a "creation" of the media.
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Michael Steele: We need to reach out to pro-choice Republicans
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... of Steele on the federal marriage amendment (he’s against it), kicking toxic incumbents like Ted Stevens out of office before they can destroy the party (he’s for it), and the media’s adulation of He Who Came From the Sky to Deliver Us (“This is their creation. He is their creation.”). Click the image to watch. [image]
Michael Steele - Wake Up People!
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog —
... David Brody over at CBN News has some good video and interview of Michael Steele.
Michael Steele, one of the leading contenders for Republican National Committee Chairman tells The Brody File that his conservative critics need to “wake up” and get over the fact that he once played a role in the centrist Republican Leadership Council.
The Brody File interviewed Steele one on one this morning. Watch his animated answer above and read a partial transcript below. To get his full comments and the emotion behind the words, you really need to ...
Michael Steele To Republicans: We Need To Reach Out To The Fiscally Conservative, Socially Liberal
Say Anything —
Basically what he’s saying is that we need to change the litmus test for what it means to be a conservative. Instead of basing the most important questions being “Are you pro-choice” or “Are you for gay marriage,” Steele thinks they should be “Are you for limited government” and “Are you for lower taxes.”
Which is undoubtedly going to tick off the Huckabee wing of the party (video here).
“They have been beating me upside the head with it and let me give it to you straight on: ...
Poll: Should the GOP reach Out to Pro-Choicers?
Tammy Bruce —
... Essentially, you're voting on whether or not someone like myself can be considered a true conservative and if the Repub Party should embrace people like me.
I ask that you listen Steele's comments before you vote on the poll. What concerns me is his presumption that faith-based opinion are conservative opinions. That's just not true. Conservatism is a very specific framework regarding small governmen. Religious politics are a completely different dynamic. Thanks :)
Video: Michael Steele to his Conservative Critics: Wake Up People!" ...
RNC Chairman Update
The Next Right —
... by Michael Steele’s statement to CBN news regarding his membership in the Republican Leadership Council: ...
Michael Steele Shows Some…Steele
The Moderate Voice —
... agree with him on every issue, I have like Michael Steele. The former Lt. Governor of Maryland is running for the leadership of the GOP. There have been rumblings from some “true believers” that because of his work in reviving the moderate Republican Leadership Council (a group I support) that he would make a bad leader for the Republican party. For a while, he was trying to distance himself from the RLC and all things moderate. Now he seems to be changing his tune:
“They have been beating me upside the head with it and let ...
The Case Against Michael Steele
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
... with the Republican Leadership Council and association with co-founder Christie Todd Whitman is perhaps the most egregious political error he’s made. Any conservative who partners with the liberal Whitman must be viewed skeptically. Steele claims he was trying to broaden the party’s base by appealing to moderates. “We have to elect moderates in the party,” he told CBN’s David Brody. ...
