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Rush War Update
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — It's a full-scale clusterfuck. Enjoy. Powerline: Apparently, like Rush's liberal critics, Steele has never actually listened to Rush. Otherwise, it would never occur to him to call Rush's program "ugly." Malkin: Played right into the Left’s hands. Congratulations. This will do wonders for party fund-raising efforts…on the other side Flopping Aces: My Question: Are all you Rush hating libs now going to be donating to the Republican National Committee? If ...

Steele Makes Peace With Rush Limbaugh
Gateway Pundit — ... Party.” Steele told CNN host D.L. Hughley in an interview aired Saturday night: “Rush Limbaugh is an entertainer. Rush Limbaugh — his whole thing is entertainment. He has this incendiary — yes, it's ugly.” Steele, who won a hard-fought chairman's race on Jan. 30, told Politico he telephoned Limbaugh after his show on Monday afternoon and hoped that they would connect soon. Good Move by Michael Steele. Michelle Malkin and Power Line have more on the spat.

Limbaugh v. Steele, an alternate viewpoint
Ace of Spades HQ — ... and Alexander the Great. Philosophers still read Plato and Socrates. These two old relics happened during MY LIFETIME. Besides, do you really want our politicians to emulate the strategies of 2006 and 2008? Reaganism is only dead if WE finish it off. This isn't a social con/fiscal con issue. Ever read the Powerline blog? You know, the guys who thought that Pawlenty would have been a better choice for McCain's VP than Palin? Not exactly conservative bombthrowers, right? Well, they're calling out Michael Steele for his stupidity. And while I'm here, let's talk about the ...

3/3: Steele Starts Fight With Limbaugh, Loses
Blogometer — ... 's Jeffrey Lord : "[W]ho is Michael Steele and what does he really believe? Not, apparently, conservatism. If the new GOP national spokesman doesn't have the horse sense to understand he needs to know when he is being baited to accept liberal templates (Rush is a bigot, tax cuts failed, big government works etc. etc. etc.) then the door opens on a conversation we shouldn't have to have but apparently must: why is this man the chairman of the RNC?" Power Line 's John Hinderaker : "One wonders: even if Steele himself doesn't listen to Rush's show, he must understand that ...