I think a chairman like Steele is about all we conservatives can expect or deserve, given our decided lack of electoral clout in the GOP currently.
That might be just another way of saying that the GOP is not a party that conservatives should support. Put in a different name and party to see what I mean. "I think a chairman like Dean is about all we conservatives can expect or deserve, given our decided lack of electoral clout in the DNC currently."
Not to say that the GOP is as liberal as the DNC, it obviously isn't. Each voter gets to decide if the party is worthy of support, and the party has the chore of adopting positions that maximize support.
I'm sure there are GOP-inclined voters who agree with Steele's candid comments about Limbaugh's speech. The challenge is to pick up more than one voter, to make up for each voter that is driven away.