Rush could be called the de facto leader of the conservative movement, I suppose.
I watched and re-watched the video - particularly Steele's comments at 6:56 - I just don't see where he's directly referring to Rush's speech at CPAC as "incendiary" and "ugly". It's a bit unclear.
He talks about black self-empowerment, quality education, mentions pro-life, takes the Dems to task for failing schools in Baltimore and takes ownership as the head of the Republican party when told the Limbaugh is the head of the party. He also says that Limbaugh is an entertainer, which he is, that he is incendiary. which he proudly is and that he gets ugly which I take exception to. He also called DL on the left’s 8 years of attacks on George Bush getting him to admit that the attacks go both ways. I really don’t see that much wrong with what he said. Do I disagree with him on the ugly remark yes, but other than that it was a pretty good showing in a hostile environment.