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*Sen. Rand Paul faced a skeptical audience at Howard University in Washington on Wednesday, as he tried to sell students at the HBCU on the positive history between the Republican Party and the African-American community. Paul (R-Ky.) insisted under questioning that he “has never wavered” in his support of the 1964 Civil Rights Act — [...]
*Former Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele is talking trash. In the wake of Tuesday’s election, “What was the mess I left behind?” Steele said Monday in response to a question from The Daily Caller during a conference call organized by his firm. “Winning.” “I get the Washington B.S. and all of that when it [...]
*Michael Stephen Steele was born on Andrews Air Force Base in Prince Georges County, Maryland on October 19, 1958, but given up for adoption while still in infancy. He was then raised by William and Maebell Steele, although Maebell eventually remarried following her husband’s untimely death in 1962. Michael attended Archbishop Carroll Roman Catholic High [...]
*Michael Stephen Steele was born on Andrews Air Force Base in Prince Georges County, Maryland on October 19, 1958, but given up for adoption while still in infancy. He was then raised by William and Maebell Steele, although Maebell eventually remarried following her husband’s untimely death in 1962. Michael attended Archbishop Carroll Roman Catholic High [...]
*Michael Steele is now on the payroll of MSNBC and TheRoot. The former Republican National Committee Chairman, whose rocky two-year reign ended earlier this year, has been hired by MSNBC as a political analyst, and also TheRoot.com as a contributing editor. The website’s executive editor Joel Dreyfuss says Steele’s addition simply reinforces its original goal [...]
*It’s all over between NBC’s cable news channel, MSNBC and its ultra liberal star, Keith Olberman. His last “Countdown with Keith Olberman” show aired Friday night. Developing … Meanwhile, according to the NY Post, Michael Steele is in talks with both CNN and Fox News about a potential job as a paid contributor. The former [...]
*Speaking on MSNBC on Monday, Michael Steele said he brought African Americans into the GOP fold during his tenure as chairman of the Republican National Committee and predicted the new House majority will cooperate with President Obama on certain issues. “What I tried to do [as chairman] was to broaden the landscape over which we [...]
*Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele dropped his re-election bid Friday and endorsed former Bush administration official Maria Cino to succeed him, reports CNN. “I really thank you for the chairmanship of this party, for the two years that I have had and at this time I will step aside for others to lead,” he [...]
*The Hill.com is reporting that Wisconsin GOP Chairman Reince Priebus remains the front-runner for the Republican National Committee chairmanship, but since this is politics, it could be a problem for his bid and good news for Michael Steele Priebus leads the field with 36 RNC members publicly backing him, according to a count by National [...]
*Monday evening Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele stunned friends and foes by launching a fight to keep his job. Steele discussed his decision during a conference call Monday night with members of the Republican National Committee. His decision means the party will be debating the record of its first African American chairman as it [...]
*It should come as no surprise that despite their huge gain in seats for both houses of Congress, some key Republicans are angling to get rid of Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele, and encouraging challengers to step up and run against him. Turning their attention to the 2012 race, Republicans are trying to up [...]
*During an interview with Michael Steele Wednesday on her “NewsNation” show, MSNBC anchor Tamron Hall told the Republican National Committee Chairman that he had spoken to her like a five-year-old. As Hall grilled Steele about Republicans’ unwillingness to name specific programs they plan on cutting, she raised her voice as she spoke about the “14 [...]
*New MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell has issued an apology for a segment earlier this week in which he invoked the imagery of slavery while introducing Michael Steele, the African-American head of the Republican National Committee. “Michael Steele is dancing as fast as he can,” O’Donnell began his Steele intro, “trying to charm independent voters and [...]
*Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele has been exposed as having no idea what the minimum wage is in America. “The Last Word” host Lawrence O’Donnell challenged Steele to defend Alaska Republican Senate candidate Joe Miller’s assertion that the minimum wage is unconstitutional. “I had a minimum wage job once, and I had trouble living [...]
*Political pundit Roland Martin was fit to, be tied yesterday on CNN’s John King show when discussing Michael Steele’s defense on Newt Gingrich saying that President Obama may hold a “Kenyan, anti-colonial” worldview. When King mentioned the comments to Steele on Wednesday, the RNC chair rejected the idea that Gingrich was “race-baiting or playing to [...]
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