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RT @BeaconOfLight "Steele to moderates: 'We'll come after you'." http://bit.ly/295ZCb 24 days ago |
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RT @stevebeste: Michael Steele to Charlie Crist: 'We'll come after you' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com http://tinyurl.com/ylk4aws #sayfie 24 days ago |
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The GOP continues to get more extreme. Now they are "coming after" their own moderates. http://bit.ly/1ehsS2 24 days ago |
Steele Sets His Sights
The Page by Mark Halperin —
Getty Tells ABC News RNC "will come after" moderate GOPers supporting Obama initiatives. Meanwhile: Family Research Council backs Rubio in Florida.
The evolution of Michael Steele
Ezra Klein —
RNC Chairman Michael Steele readies himself for some purging:
RNC Chairman Michael Steele, channeling his party's energized conservative wing, said the party will "come after" moderates who support President Obama's domestic policies.
"[C]andidates who live in moderate to slightly liberal districts have got to walk a little bit carefully here, because you do not want to put yourself in a position where you’re crossing that line on conservative principles, fiscal principles, because we’ll come after you,” Steele told ABC's Top Line in response to a ...
SSP Daily Digest: 11/5
Swing State Project —
... is already flowing down Republican streets in the wake of the NY-23 debacle, even a thousand miles away. Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite, hardly the first name that comes to mind when you think of moderate Republicans (although she is a Main Street member), is now being challenged by a political newcomer in the GOP primary, Jason Sager. One of Sager's key talking points is Brown-Waite's support of Dede Scozzafava, on whose behalf Brown-Waite campaigned last week. And more generally, RNC chair Michael Steele (who one week ago was supporting Scozzafava) is flexing his muscles, telling ...
Purging American Muslims and Republican Moderates, Putting Lipstick on a Swine Flu
Notes From a Grumpy Old Man —
... Another purging is taking place in the Republican Party, where the right wing exremists want to squeeze out anyone with a sane or moderate point of view. GOP chairman Michael Steele, never a great thinker and more interested in sound-bites than continuity, has said: "... you do not want to put yourself in a position where you’re crossing that line on conservative principles, fiscal principles, because we’ll come after you,” ...
Between Demographics, Teabaggers, Corruption And Blue Dogs Is Pete Sessions Dead Meat?
DownWithTyranny! —
... Yesterday, the Republican Establishment, fearing for its own relevance, backed away from a policy of trying to rebuild a big tent. Hapless RNC Chair Michael Steele roared that he would come after any Republican incumbent who strays from the party's obstructionist agenda and supports any Obama initiatives regardless of how popular they are among constituents. At the same time, Cornyn-- with Miss McConnell in tow-- ...
