This guy has to decide whether he wants to run a vital business (the RNC) or be an entertainment personality.
Since he has shown that he tends toward undisciplined running of the mouth.......coupled with the fact that he's not too bright, he'd be wise to get to get down to work in his RNC office and keep his lips buttoned.
There's no biz like Republican biz, Michael!
Leni
Well, being an effective communicator is a very imporant part of being a leader. The fact that he seems to get into trouble every time he opens his mouth is the real problem.
Every time he opens his mouth he sticks his foot in it. When Haley Barber ran the RNC he only spoke about clear reforms Republicans wanted to offer voters in appropriate forums. He was a lot smarter and slicker than poor Mr. Steele who is more like a gossip page guy than a policy guy.
I've been a Steele support for many years, but his lack of tact and awareness of what he's saying is disturbing to say the least. What possible good could come from the RNC chairman making such comments about a prominent Presidential candidate?
His job is to promote Republican principles, market them to the masses and help get Republicans elected. Leave the prognostication about why Romney lost in the primaries to Rush and Karl Rove. The current RNC chairman ought not to be publicly telling people his gut beliefs as to why someone like Romney lost.
If he wants to opine on why traitorous scum like Arlen Specter left the GOP, that's fine. But Michael should respectfully decline to engage in analysis on why loyal team players like Romney failed to win. Take a lesson from the sports world, Michael, and observe the way a classy guy like Joe Torre comments when asked about his players' failures. A good coach knows when to help heal the wounds and put the focus on the team and the future instead of getting sucked into a meaningless discussion about a player's past failures.
By the way, the liberals at Huffington Post read every last comment Freepers make about Steele. Know thy enemy...
Here's a choice quote Sam Stein at HuffPo got from a Freeper: "Steele is now calling out members of the Republican Congress who 'are getting it wrong,'" read one entry. "And he used a sports analogy -- if a player isn't doing his job the coach replaces him. This makes me want to take up drinking again."
I used a sports analogy too. Better start drinking again!