I remember saying at the time that incumbent Michael Steele was nothing to write home about, but he was the "least bad" option given how awful the alternatives were. The silly named "Reince Prebius" was a non-starter for me after scumbag combiner Pat Brady endorsed him.
Prebius has proven to be worse than Steele, so I was right all along. The "ANYONE but the incumbent" crowd was proven wrong -- not that they will ever concede that fact.
As I recall Steele was hurting the party with stupid comments and was regarded as doing a poor job fundraising and GOTVing, which is the chairman’s job, not mugging for the camera. 2010 could have been bigger. He’d not have had such strong opposition if he was doing well.
On his way out, he endorsed Maria Cino, a Bushie regarded as the worst candidate, bribed to drop out and back her some alleged. And since he’s been out he’s acted the RINO, spoke in favor of gun registration a couple years ago, doesn’t see what the big deal is.
So I have to regard him as inferior to Rince.
It’s a pity he was elected in the first place, Dawson or Blackwell should have won.