Mt Steele is a lousy national party chairman. This guy is in the tank with obamma, imho. He is not a fighter, nor does he hold conservative values close to his heart. I think Steele is more concerned what is good for him, not the Republican party.
Anybody ever ask him did he vote for Obama?
Actually I think Steele is pretty indicative of the GOP these days - swing left and hope to pick up disaffected Democrats as well as target certain minorities. Trying to draw minority voters away from the Democrats and to a party that should better suit their needs sounds good on paper, but even Steele and the GOP has managed to screw that up.