[Impy]

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Blackwell was my pick. IIRC you guys said the same.

Here are his reasons for backing Steele.

[BillyBoy]

Despite Blackwell's conservative bonafides, the "anyone besides my personal choice is a RINO" crowd will ignore this -- even if Blackwell himself was their first choice. Reminds me of the Ohio Congressional primary where the rest of us were rejoicing that Pat DeWine lost the primary, while they were sulking because their guy didn't win (Jean Schmidt and her 90% conservative record was of course unacceptable).

My Way or the Highway mentality is getting very tiresome. Michael Steele was not my choice and not perfect but he's a hell of lot better than having Mike Duncan or Saul Anuzis at the helm.

These whiners should just run for office themselves if they're going to scream "RINO" at anyone who fails to agree with them 100% of the time.