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Steele In Hot Water Over Abortion Comments
Steele continues to draw the concern of cultural conservatives within his party with his comments about state rights and abortion during his interview with GQ magazine this week. Although all may be forgiven provided he brings home the bacon (fundraising not pork) during his upcoming fundraising circuit schedule.
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3 comments:
I love this. A few weeks ago he was selected because he was actually different from the automatons that compose the rest of the RNC.... now he's in trouble for... BEING DIFFERENT! How dare he do what he was elected to do?
I find the political backlash rather odd. The Republican party seems to be wanting a small tent, and is rather cold to the idea of having pro-choice voters amongst them. In such a situation that the Republicans find themselves, you would have to assume that they would be more open to the idea of creating a more broad coalition.
Although the chairman of the party is the political figurehead, the party leaders take a more active voice in making the party platform known. Outside of those who track politics on a daily bases, the happenings of Michael Steele are probably not too well known to the general electorate.
However, what would be is if the GOP made any real attempt to oust him. That's exactly what the GOP needs: to overturn their newly elected (and first) African-American chairman.
For those on the left of center (me included), this guy is great. Maybe not as great as good old drug-addled Rush Limbaugh, but up there nonetheless. To be able to watch these two battle it out on the national airwaves is priceless. One, (Steele) an arguably moderate Conservative who will pull Republican ideals more in line with mainstream America, but not raise a ton of money versus an out of touch Rush Limbaugh who will undoubtedly raise the GOP lots of money. Essentially, the GOP can decide whether it wants to play to its base and have a war chest that will essentially be useless, or have a leader who might actually attract some moderate voters. By the way Republicans, attracting moderate voters has been somewhat difficult for you ideologues as of late.
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