BREAKING! Pro-life, devout Catholic named new RNC chair!

American Papist ^ | January 30, 2009 | Thomas Peters

[NYer]

I'm hearing that it happened just minutes ago: Former Maryland Lt. Gov. (and former state party chairman) Michael Steele has been elected as the new chair of the Republican National Committee.

So who is he?!

CollegeNews tells us:

"Steele is a staunch social conservative: devoutly Catholic, pro-life, anti-embryonic stem cell research, etc."

Sounds like my kind of guy!

And no Kmiec-style justifications needed to support him.

update: WaPo blog:

The Republican National Committee elected Michael Steele as its first African American chairman today in Washington, a decision that came after an excruciating series of ballots that displayed a level of drama rarely seen in national politics.

On the sixth and final ballot Steele bested South Carolina Republican party Chairman Katon Dawson 91 to 77.

"It's time for something completely different and we are going to bring it to them," Steele said after his victory. "This is our opportunity. I cannot do this by myself."

[NYer]

Good luck to him!

[unkus]

I understand he is weak on the Second Ammendment.

[peace with honor]

GREAT NEW’S LET’S GET IT BACK

[lonestar]

I bet he just got stronger!

[CedarDave]

Thanks for a positive thread. Enjoy it while it lasts. Pretty soon you will be inundated with a bunch yelling “Rino!”, “gun-grabber”, and “pro-choice Roe v. Wade” supporter.

[unkus]

I understand he is weak on the Second Amendment.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Hurray! I just heard that on local news at the break. :)

[unkus]

I believe you’re right.

[traderrob6]

“I understand he is weak on the Second Ammendment.”

Not his job. Fundraising, PR, getting Republicans elected is.

[Ranjit]

After a long time, this is the best thing that has happened to the Republican party. He is very articulative and has a very good relation with lot of conservatives. We are back in the game.

[jla]

BTTT! Go Steele!!

[Sarah Barracuda]

I just got home and I am SO SO SO SO SO happy. I absolutely ADORE Michael Steele. He is gonna make a great RNC Chair. FINALLY some good news from the GOP!!

[Dead Corpse]

Pro Roe v. Wade and pro-life? How does that work?

[BurrOh]

How do you ‘understand’ this? Give some facts.

[bdeaner]

Excellent.

[max americana]

He is weak on the 2nd amendment/GUN rights:

Michael Steele:

Q: Should people have access to buy assault weapons or any gun that they want?

Michael Steele: Well, I mean you draw the line. I mean, what do you need an assault weapon for? I mean, if going hunting, I think that’s a little overkill or whatever, but the reality of it is, I think it’s important for a society, a community to draw the lines as we’ve drawn in a number of other constitutional areas, but I don’t think that that means that you go to a total ban for those who want to use guns for skeet shooting and hobbying and hunting and things like that.

Yep, overall he’s great but McCain-RINO on gun rights.

[agrarianlady]

“And Now for Something Completely Different”

I love it!

[Dead Corpse]

So we can’t talk about Steele’s positions? At all?

[Arizona Carolyn]

I think this may be very good news.. donation to the RNC on it’s way.