[GonzoII]

I would embrace our base and welcome them back to the party

Good idea, Mike.

[SolidWood]

I must have missed something... I thought Steele wasn’t interested in the RNC chairman post. Need to keep up. LOL.

[Army Air Corps]

Thanks for posting this.

[MozarkDawg]

Thank you for posting this — I appreciate reading a pol’s own viewpoint, opinion on issues rather than having it skewed by other posters’ interpretation of what they heard or read.

[TexasCajun]

Sure as hell beats Whatshisname.

If you are Chairman of the RNC and after a Presidential election no one knows your name or seen your face on TV or on election ads, then that means YOU SUCK!

[GonzoII]

"And I love how 52 or 53 percent is an insignificant number. It’s an insignificant number when you lose."

Right on, Mike!

[kabar]

Well, that’s something for the national debate. There are any number of ways that you have to deal with that. Do you want to create a pathway to citizenship? Are you talking amnesty? Ronald Reagan did amnesty. He did the first amnesty bill. A lot of people tend to forget that. In 1986, what was the problem? There was no effective strategy to deal with what? The hole in the fence. They kept coming. And 20 years later, what are we looking at? 12 million additional people, the hole has gotten bigger, and the problem hasn’t gone away. America’s response to amnesty was, ‘Not again, if you don’t fix the hole. If you don’t close down that border and make sure that no one else is getting over the fence, or under the fence, or through the fence.’ That’s what everyone sees as the problem. It’s not the individuals who are here, necessarily. It’s the ones who are still coming in, because our border is porous.

Not again, ever. Steele doesn't get it. Reason enough for him not to be the RNC chairman.

[TheThinker]

I think Steele would be the best pick to counter the Obama "you owe me" mentality. He doesn't play the historical blame games and wants to look to make a better future.

Obama is the president of the disillusioned and angry. They thought they could grab on to the hope he was peddling but all he will do is deepen racial wounds and weaken the public's ability to overcome adversity.

Steele seems like a healer and a believer in American democracy and capitalism.

That's where the real hope lies.

[trisham]

He's pro-affirmative action:

Michael Steele on Civil Rights

Support affirmative action and its improvements. (Oct 2006)

Affirmative action programs still necessary to close divides. (Aug 2006)

We're still discovering affirmative action in corporations. (Apr 2006)

Led commitment to $70M in grants to minority-owned business. (Apr 2006)

Move struggle to right to own the diner, not just sit in it. (Oct 2005)

This disqualifies him, imho.

[donna]

Rino alert!

Former EPA head Christine Todd Whitman, Mary Belle Snow, former Maryland Lt. Gov, Michael Steele

Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Christine Todd Whitman said she sees a need for the Republican party to be less boxed in. “There is no way for us to all be aligned on every issue. I cut taxes but am pro choice, so what does that make me. A moderate? A liberal?” she asked.

Along with former Maryland Lt. Governor Michael Steele, Whitman came to town to find support for the Republican Leadership Council — and nearly 75 people ponied up to hear the pitch. (snip)

Whitman said she appreciated the opportunity and told Montage she was off to Buellton the next day, where RLC was to take over what used to be known as the Firestone Leadership Conference.

“We need to I.D. and train and groom candidates and re-energize the Republican Party,” Whitman said. But Michael Steele added things would not be easy. “The next 18 months are going to be ugly,” he opined.

http://www.independent.com/news/2007/jul/18/dr-gayle-bebee-named-westmonts-eighth-president/

[SoConPubbie]

Steele is weak on Illegal Immigration, as shown by his comments, Abortion (as he seems to waffle all over the place on this issue, especially on repealing Roe vs. Wade), and he is completely dead-set against the Death Penalty.

No thanks, I’ll pass!

He is just another weak-kneed, “compassionate” conservative.

[quesney]

Steele is another RINO and not as coherent as Republicans need to be on economic policy, the tough decisions that need to be made and why. Gingrich is much better.

[TigersEye]

Good bye, GOP. It’s time for me to go.

[Grunthor]

“pro-life Catholic”

As we saw in the recent election, many self described “pro-life Catholics” voted for Obama. The phrase means nothing.