GOP leaders to Michael Steele: Back off

// added October 05, 2009 // 26 comments //
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GOP leaders, in a private meeting last month, delivered a blunt and at times heated message to RNC Chairman Michael Steele: quit meddling in policy.

The plea was made during what was supposed to be a routine discussion about polling matters and other priorities in House Minority Leader John Boehner’s office. But the session devolved into a heated discussion about the roles of congressional leadership and Steele, according to multiple people familiar with the meeting.

The congressional leaders were particularly miffed that Steele had in late August unveiled a seniors’ “health care bill of rights” without consulting with them. The statement of health care principles, outlined in a Washington Post op-ed, began with a robust defense of Medicare that puzzled some in a party not known for its attachment to entitlements.

Elected Republicans urged Steele to focus on the governors’ races in New Jersey and Virginia and other political matters, such as fundraising, rather than on attempting to establish party policy.

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26 comments // GOP leaders to Michael Steele: Back off

  • Tyr
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      Tyr  

    • There is no way that the Republican base will ever tolerate a black man wielding any real power, the example eldamon used of him grabbing his ankles is an accurate one. it's the ONLY way he would have been allowed to keep his title. If he had said "Hell no, I won't apologize to that cracker" he would have been replaced on the spot.

    • 4 months ago
  • eldamon
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      eldamon  
    • Tyr:

      He may have been ousted, this is true but at least he would have died on his feet rather than living on his knees. The other possibility is he may have galvanized the "sane" members of the party and pushed the idiots to the outer fringe.

    • 4 months ago
  • Tyr
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      Tyr  
    • Tyr:

      I totally agree with you, the question that troubles me is this, are there enough "sane" members of that party to push the fringe , or have the sane members numbers atrophied so greatly that they have actually become the fringe?
      Seems to me that disillusioned Republicans are the people who have swollen the ranks of the independents.

    • 4 months ago
  • eldamon
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      eldamon  
    • Tyr:

      Agreed, the moment has passed. There aren't enough "sane" Reps at this point to make a serious challenge. There's a fairly good chance we'll see the emergence of a viable third party soon. The sane Reps will abandon the GOP to the bigoted idiots now infesting it and take over what used to be independents.

    • 4 months ago
  • samthesixth
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      samthesixth  
    • Tyr:

      Tyr

      Interesting point. After Carter, it was disillusioned Dems that swelled Indie ranks. After Bush I it was disillusioned Repubs; after Clinton disillusioned Dems; after Bush 2, disillusioned Repubs. If the Dems lose in 2010, it will be in part because Obama has lost the support of the Indies that got him elected.

    • 4 months ago
  • eldamon
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      eldamon  

    • The sad part is Steele could have been a legitimate political force if he had just stuck to his guns when he first came on the scene as GOP Chairman. He came right out of the gate and said he was in charge and Limbaugh was just an entertainer. If he had kept that stance instead of immediately dropping his pants and grabbing his ankles like a jail house snitch he could have gained much respect from both sides.

    • 4 months ago
  • pakazak
  • eldamon
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      eldamon  
    • eldamon:

      He might have garnered enough support from those that have left the party and independents not happy with the President's progress to take back the party and push the tea-bagggin' crowd to the outer fringe instead of dead center.

    • 4 months ago
  • pakazak
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      pakazak  

    • i guess chairperson of the party is a fund-raising position and not a policy-making position.
      he shoulda read the job description....... "shall have no ideas except those that result in increasing funds to REAL policy makers."

    • 4 months ago
  • eldamon
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      eldamon  

    • Is the GOP having trouble keeping their minority in check? I wonder how Steele feels when he sees our President represented as a lawn jokey by his tea-bagging associates?

    • 4 months ago
  • Tyr
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      Tyr  

    • Is there anyone who does not believe that Micheal Steele is anything other than a feeble response to Barack Obama...the same as Sarah Palin was a response to Hillery Clinton?
      His role is to be a symbol not to actually be of any substance.
      A good friend of mine made this analogy, when the change came to the automobile world in the seventies and America was introduced to Toyota and Datsun, now known as Nissan, Gm and Ford response was the Vega and Pinto...Steele and Palin are the GOP's Pinto and Vega...We all know how that worked out for Ford and Gm.

    • 4 months ago
  • neocongo
  • hpseaton
  • RFIDemocracy
  • samthesixth
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      samthesixth  
    • Tyr:

      Neo,

      The irony of your statement is classic. Obama was chosen for the same reason you to dismiss Steele. The difference between the two parties exists only in your head.

    • 4 months ago
  • eldamon
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      eldamon  
    • Tyr:

      Sam how exactly could President Obama be elected to provide cover for the GOP to criticize the first black president with out looking like a bunch of bigots? Did you think that one through in the least?

      The funny part is the GOP underestimated, as they often do, the sheer lack of intellect and flat out hate in their midst. Even with Steele's token appointment their true colors - or lack there of shown through.

    • 4 months ago
  • pakazak
  • Tyr
  • samthesixth
  • pakazak
  • samthesixth
  • pakazak
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      pakazak  
    • pakazak:

      i don't think it is. i'm the token polak here. it says more about the surroundings than a person's view i think.
      or maybe it says something about our need to label

    • 4 months ago
  • ras_menelik
  • Maeveeo
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      Maeveeo  

    • And Thats The Reason Why I Will Never Vote Asshole
      oops i mean REPUBLICAN because if its not one thing its another & another & another etc etc etc you know what i mean ????????

    • 4 months ago
  • RFIDemocracy
  • WakeUpPeople
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      WakeUpPeople  

    • TEA BAGGER: "Keep your govt hands off of my Medicare!!!"

      MICHAEL STEELE: "Republicans will protect your Medicare."

      *muffled sounds as Republicans speak in Steele's ear*

      MICHAEL STEELE: "Uhh... I mean, Republicans will protect your Medicare by privatizing it."

    • 4 months ago

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