[Pete]

The only way Steele could engage the Tea Party movement is to show up at a rally as part of the crowd. He had his chance to lead and blew it.

[sinanju]

“Never has there been a moment like this in our history,” RNC chair Michael Steele told Hill staffers and Republican party activists munching pizza and sipping iced tea (without irony) at the RNC headquarters today. “Except one time before,” he added before telling the tale of the Boston Tea Party.”

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Good grief! His idea of embracing the Tea Party movement is to talk about it with his own minions rather than actually show up at an event.