If Newt won't do it, Steele is my second choice. When this was brought up earlier, I liked the idea of Steele and I was thinking that Newt wouldn't take the job, but if you think about it, it would be perfect. It's kind of his calling.
The reason Mehlman is leaving is to head up Rudy Gulianni's presidential campaign, something Rudy near all but acknowledged earlier this week.