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I did read the article. A few selected (and undefended) gems:

While Steele has not purchased a plane, he continues to charter them. According to federal disclosure records, the RNC spent $17,514 on private aircraft in the month of February alone (as well as $12,691 on limousines during the same period).

Once on the ground, FEC filings suggest, Steele travels in style. A February RNC trip to California, for example, included a $9,099 stop at the Beverly Hills Hotel, $6,596 dropped at the nearby Four Seasons ...

RNC trips to other cities produced bills from a long list of chic and costly hotels such as the Venetian and the M Resort in Las Vegas, and the W (for a total of $19,443) in Washington. A midwinter trip to Hawaii cost the RNC $43,828, not including airfare.

Complaints, almost always expressed off the record, have been bitter. “This is not somebody who is out recruiting candidates,” said an aide who worked closely with Steele. “He is not meeting with donors. He’s not asking for money. The guy is writing his book or doing his speaking gigs, or whatever the hell else he fills his days with. Those are his priorities.”

HEY! But he wasn't the one who signed for the sex club!

Steele’s sense of entitlement seems to be as bad, if not worse, than the average Congresscritter.

RNC trips to other cities produced bills from a long list of chic and costly hotels such as the Venetian and the M Resort in Las Vegas, and the W (for a total of $19,443) in Washington. A midwinter trip to Hawaii cost the RNC $43,828, not including airfare.

I've volunteered for a local GOP Congressional candidate. That much change could go a long way to putting out a mailing to every pubbie in the district. Instead, it's gone towards feeding Steele's overblown ego.

This EPITOMIZES what is wrong with the Beltway pubbies - they feel entitled to this money, instead of using it to win elections.

I parsed the FEC data into a searchable, sortable database table. First of all, Steele is hiding behind his Amex Card - only two expenses are attibutable to his name, namely his salary ($5319.22 twice, on 2/15 and 2/26). No other expenses are under his name, but all kinds are under a listing of American Express, so you'd need to know his actual schedule to figure out are most likely his expenses.

Second, the perv club meal charge to Erik Brown is the fourth highest meal expenditure for the month - and only those four are over a grand - so I want to know how a direct mail Young Republican can submit such a relatively large meal charge and not have it subject to serious scrutiny - but, then again, he appears to be a bud of Steele's, so that could be the answer right there.