I have lost a great deal of respect for both Steele and Newt over the past few days. I thought they were both conservatives and were out to actually help the party regain control. Now it looks like they are both shills for the establishment just like all the democrats are and have always been.
I have also lost any remnant of respect that might have been left for a lot of “Republicans” who didn’t come for Hoffman until it looked over for Scuzzy.
I give Steele a pass on this one. As the chairman of the national Republican Party he doesn't really have a choice but to endorse the party's candidate. Realistically, Steele didn't even have the option of staying silent. In his defense, Steele's endorsement of Dede came across as tepid. The ones that you should focus your anger at are the NY State Republican power brokers who put Dede up as the party's candidate. When the whole story comes out, I suspect that the national Republican Party will be shown to have play a major role in forcing her withdrawal, although the motivation was probably more strategic than ideological.
I am also very disappointed (once again) with Newt. He had no obligation to support Dede. Even now with the more-congenial Newt, Hoffman's views are far closer to Newt's than Dede's views are. Newt has NO excuse for supporting her.