Steele is a fine man. But, I don’t want to put our hope in a candidate that could not win his recent state-wide election. He will be like Gore.
If Steele had run for Senate in a state that was not overwhelmingly liberal (by population majorities), your argument might have some bearing.
You might as well say that because California doesn’t send Republican Senators to D.C. that a Republican from California is unelectable nationwide.
Even if that state is liberal-soaked Maryland?