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Meanwhile, over at the RNC….

By Sean Aqui | Related entries in Elections, General Politics, Good Decisions, News, Partisan Hacks

Republicans are asking defeated Maryland senatorial candidate Michael Steele to replace outgoing RNC Chairman Ken Mehlman.

He’d be a good choice: a popular, smart moderate from a blue state who, by virtue of his skin color, would lend built-in credibility to Republican efforts to continue Mehlman’s strategy of reaching out to blacks. And it would give him a high-profile role in the party, exactly what I said was needed a few days ago.

Apparently Karl Rove would prefer he accept an Cabinet post instead. So Steele lands on his feet no matter what. And good for him.

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One Response to “Meanwhile, over at the RNC….”

Rob Says:
November 10th, 2006 at 6:28 pm
From commenter Kim on the moderate voice

His accomplishments were minimal as Lt Governor, and he failed to fulfill a pledge he made to investigate how death penalty cases are applied (if there is racial bias). He claimed pension reform as another accomplishment, but others on the commission that handled this said they’d never heard from him.

He ran (deceptively in my view) as a Washington outsider– even though he was recruited by the president and Karl Rove to run for the Senate. He and Bob Ehrlich (current Governor of Maryland) hired homeless men from Philadelphia to pass out an “official voter guide” to black neighborhoods, picturing black politicians on the cover with the words “Our Choices”. Inside was a sample ballot of candidates -all Dems except for Steele and Ehrlich. Only problem was the politicians on the cover had never endorsed either candidate, and the ballot failed to indicate that Steele and Ehrlich were the Republican candidates. Another dirty trick was the printing of blue “Steele Democrat” bumper stickers . These are obvious attempts to deceive the voters.

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