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thehill.com - 3/5/2009

RNC member calls on Steele to quit

— thehill.com — Michael Steele should resign as Republican National Committee (RNC) chairman, according to a committee member from North... Carolina. In an e-mail to fellow RNC members obtained by The Hill, Dr. Ada Fisher, North Carolina's national committeewoman, said ... (more) RNC member calls on Steele to quit

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dcexaminer.com - 3/4/2009

The Growing Republican Unhappiness With Michael Steele

— dcexaminer.com — Byron York Chief Political Correspondent 3/4/09 Former Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael Steele smiles after being elected the... first black Republican National Committee chairman, Friday, Jan. 30, 2009, in Washington. (AP File Photo) It's not just the TV ... (more) The Growing Republican Unhappiness With Michael Steele

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dyn.politico.com - 3/4/2009

Steele trap? GOP fears grow - Politico.com Print View

— dyn.politico.com — A month after Michael Steele became the first African-American chairman of the Republican National Committee, key party... leaders are worried that the GOP has made a costly mistake one that will make it even harder for them to take back power from the ... (more) Steele trap? GOP fears grow - Politico.com Print View

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RNC chair Michael Steele's blog is no more
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth — The emasculation has begun. When will Steele learn that there's only one leader of the Republican party? And it's never going to be him. For people who scream and yell that Limbaugh isn't the story, that Limbaugh is irrelevant, Mr. Irrelevant sure took his pound of flesh out of Michael Steele, and continues to take it. ...

After negative comments, Steele's site redirects to RNC
News — ... to the flood of negative comments flooding onto the blog on RNC Chairman Michael Steele's website he used during his campaign for chairman of the GOP. The comments flowed into Steele's website after the chairman criticized conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh, comments for which Steele later apologized. As of 12:40 a.m. Friday , the ...

Steele takes down his blog.
Think Progress — In recent days, RNC chairman Michael Steele has been “getting ripped apart” by conservative commenters on his blog, in response to his comments originally criticizing Rush Limbaugh. (He has since backed away from them.) Andrew Perez on The New Argument notes that in the past few days, Steele’s blog has been disabled, and now just redirects to the RNC homepage. Perez writes, “One has to wonder if the RNC has taken the site down in response to the attacks being launched there by the conservative base.” According to the ...