The problem isn’t really Steele. The problem is the GOP. People are mad, and they are not giving.
As much as people like GW Bush as a person, they are mad at some of the things the GOP did under him, and they are mad about McCain, and they are mad about some of the shots taken by the GOP against conservatives and conservative leaders and Tea Party folk, and they are mad that every time they turn around the GOP is trying to foist another McCain on them, another amnesty bill on them, and refusing to take on the socialists.
So they react the only way they know how; give money directly to the candidate and refuse to give it to the party.
I have a friend who worked the phone banks for the local GOP and she said it was misery; every phone call she was getting cussed out by the party member on the other end of the line. People are mad.
Good post! You said it much better than I could.
It’s both. One doesn’t preclude the other.
“The problem isn’t really Steele. The problem is the GOP. People are mad, and they are not giving.”
Not just Bush and McCain! The GOP gave us Hastert and DeLay and Mitch McConnell talking about earmarks right after an historic election. They are the face of the GOP, not Steele. Steele had to deal with this reality.
I think the biggest question for Steele is how competent he is with managing and allocating money.