May 23, 2013

Michael Steele Now Taking Credit for 2010 GOP Takeover

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*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 [...]




The Socialist’s Journal: The Republican Platform Pt 1

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*Over the next few weeks I will examine the Republican Party’s national platform. That is, the official statement of purpose and vision for the party and presumably the policies that Romney would work to implement should he get elected President. Today I will go over the economic principles. There are four predominant concepts make up [...]




Exclusive: Root.com Editor Explains Hiring of Michael Steele

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*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 [...]




Breaking: Michael Steele Drops Out of RNC Race; Endorses Cino

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*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 [...]




Surprise! Steele to Seek RNC Chair Reelection

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*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 [...]




Video: Steele Blames Obama for Afghan War; Angers Own Party

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*Fresh calls for Michael Steele’s resignation as RNC chairman comes in the wake of his recent comments blaming President Barack Obama for the Afghanistan war and suggesting it could not be won. At a Republican fundraiser in Connecticut on Thursday, Steele was videotaped while criticizing Obama’s decision to bolster the Afghanistan war effort. The comments [...]




RNC Already Attacking Elena Kagan over Thurgood Marshall Ties

President Barack Obama, right, after introducing Solicitor General Elena Kagan,left as his choice for Supreme Court Justice in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, May 10, 2010.

*Shortly after news leaked that Solicitor General Elena Kagan would be nominated to the Supreme Court, the Republican National Committee sent a memo to reporters criticizing her tribute to Thurgood Marshall in a 1993 law review article published shortly after his death. Kagan – who served as a law clerk for Marshall, the first African-American [...]




The Hutchinson Report: Why Michael Steele will stay at the RNC

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*Michael Steele has bungled money and staff, regularly mugs and grandstands on network talk shows, brags about being hip, a street guy, and even complains that he, as President Obama, is also subject to a racial double standard. He has more detractors than any GOP leader this side of George W. Bush, and that includes [...]




RNC Fires Staffer Over Sex Club Visit

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*The Republican National Committee has fired a staffer it says was responsible for a $1,946 visit last month to a sex-themed Hollywood club, and the GOP says it will recoup the money from a donor who also participated. The move comes after a report yesterday that suggested RNC Chairman Michael Steele, whose spending decisions have [...]




RNC Denies Michael Steele Spent Funds at Lesbian Sex Club

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*A spokesman for the Republican National Committee is denying a report that Chairman Michael Steele spent nearly two thousand dollars for “meals” at a lesbian-and-bondage-themed nightclub in West Hollywood. Monday’s article in the Daily Caller claims that Steele maintains an overall “lavish lifestyle” on the road, and that he’s also spent thousands of dollars on [...]