Five reasons why 2010 won’t be like 1994

As pointed out on Time.com, the 2010 midterm elections might not have too much similarity with the 1994 “Republican Revolution” that led to Republican control of both the House and the Senate. Here’s the five reasons Time.com gives as their reasoning behind why 2010 might not be too similar to…

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“If you can’t run a party, you can’t run a country”

Watch as Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council urges donors to withhold donations to the RNC due to the mismanagement of the group by Michael Steele: If the President of the Family Research Council is urging donors not to contribute to the RNC, I’m guessing it won’t be long…

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The RNC needs to learn how to manage its money

It seems the folks at the Republican National Committee aren’t as fiscally conservative with their money as they say they’d be with taxpayers’ money, according to a report from The Washington Post’s 44 blog. According to newly filed financial disclosure reports filed with the Federal Election Commission, the RNC has…

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RNC to hold meeting at beachfront resort in Hawaii

In yet another example of how out of touch Republican National Committe chairman Michael Steele is with average Americans, the RNC will be holding a meeting for RNC staff at a beachfront resort in Hawaii next week. With the nation’s unemployment rate hovering just over ten percent, it certainly says…

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Michael Steele is having a heck of a week

Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele is having a heck of a week. First he used the racially-insensitive term “honest Injun” to laud Republican principles, then told his Republican critics to either “shut up” or “fire him,” and he’s also gone on an impromptu book tour, which no other Republican…

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Steele Finally Figures out his Place !

HATTIP to The Kossacks

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GOP’s new web site roundly mocked

Q. When is a website not a web site? A. When Republican Party Chairman Michael Steele says it’s not a website! Appearing on Fox yesterday afternoon to talk about the Republican National Committee’s newly relaunched website, which had come under a healthy amount of criticism and mocking while only working…

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Steele: “Obama wasn’t vetted”

Apparently, GOP Chairman Michael Steele thinks President Barack Obama wasn’t properly vetted, at least according to remarks he made as a guest on Bill Bennett’s radio show: STEELE: The problem that we have with this president is that we don’t know [Obama]. He was not vetted, folks. … He was…

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Michael Steele: the first 100 days

While some on the right might say President Barack Obama had a rough first 100 days in office, I think GOP Chair Michael Steele’s first 100 days as Chair have been pretty miserable: H/T to Cory Liebmann.

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GOP in open revolt?

To say Michael Steele has had a bad week would be an understatement. I wrote yesterday about the rumors that Steele could be facing a no-confidence vote at the end of the month, and today brought more bad news for Steele. In an interview with GQ magazine, Steele called abortion…

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