tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 3/6/2009
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GOP criticism of Michael Steele is now intensifying, with his former rival for the chairmanship now going on the record in badmouthing his performance.
"I have a very different management philosophy and style," said Katon Dawson, the South Carolina party chairman who Steele defeated by a ...
Steele's count
politico.com 1/29/2009 — Michael Steele’s campaign for RNC chair has kept Steele’s vote tally private throughout the race, not wanting to give opponents the chance to pick off Steele’s supporters with extravagant campaign promises.
But my colleague Alex ...
Steele's victory
politico.com 1/30/2009 — Michael Steele makes history as the first black chairman of the Republican National Committee, and as a rare winner -- at least in part -- of an outside game in what is usually an insider's contest. He won with 91 votes, 6 more than he needed, over ...
Articles - Michael Steele's Victory Speech
realclearpolitics.com 2/1/2009 — January 30, 2009 Michael Steele's Victory Speech By Michael Steele Thank you very much. As a little boy growing up in this town, this is awesome. [applause] It is with a great deal of humility and a sense of service that I accept and appreciate and ...
Michael Steele's Got Game
fivethirtyeight.com 2/1/2009 — I'm not going to pretend that I've followed this especially closely; Geraghty and Ambinder offer more informed takes. I will say that Steele is pretty clearly a fairly talented guy. If you take the nine open-seat Senate races that have been held ...
Steele's New GOP Message: "My Bad"; Bachmann To Steele: "You Be Da Man!"
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com 2/27/2009 — Michael Steele sure has an interesting idea for how to rebrand the Republican Party: Loudly announcing at CPAC that they messed up, and pledging to do better now.
"Tonight, we tell America: we know the past, we know we did wrong. My bad," said ...
Steele's Daily Double
realclearpolitics.blogs.time.com 3/4/2009 — Michael Steele gets a pair of unwelcome headlines today, one from Politico (Steele trap? GOP fears grow) and one from the DC Examiner (The Growing Republican Unhappiness With Michael Steele).
In the...
Report: More Questions About Steele's Camapign Payments
tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com 3/10/2009 — Looks like Michael Steele's got more to worry about than his abject surrender to Rush Limbaugh the other day.
The RNC chair is also facing renewed questions about what looks like irregular campaign spending during his thwarted 2006 Senate bid in ...
RNC chair Michael Steele's blog is no more
americablog.com 3/7/2009 — 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 ...
Steele's appeal (but not to David Duke)
politico.com 2/2/2009 —
Nate Silver looks back at the results of Michael Steele's losing 2006 Senate race, and suggests he was a strong candidate because he did better than you might expect for a Maryland Republican, breaking 44 percent of the vote in a terrible GOP ...
Inside RNC, Steele's Management Is Causing Confusion, Resentment
huffingtonpost.com 3/9/2009 — Public criticisms of Michael Steele's brief tenure as RNC chair have focused, so far, on the big picture. His rhetorical flourishes and lack of a coherent strategy, observers say, have left the party too often fielding questions on the defensive.
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GOP watch: Steele on hot seat —
First Read 3/6/2009
“The RNC announced Thursday that it would transfer $1 million apiece to the cash-hungry National Republican Congressional Committee and the National Republican Senatorial Committee -- contributions that could buy Steele good will among party ...
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