Steele's Days Are Numbered

In the course of a regular daily conference call between senior Congressional communicators, House and Senate aides berated RNC staffers over Steele's comments that the GOP would not be able to take back the House, and that even if they did, the party would not be prepared to lead.

A senior Senate aide brought up Steele's comments, arguing that he was ruining what should be several days of glowing press for the GOP in the wake of retirement announcements from Sens. Byron Dorgan (D-ND) and Chris Dodd (D-CT).

"Steele is setting us far back with his comments and it needs to stop," the aide said, according to 2 sources who were on the call.

RNC research director Jeff Berkowitz called the Senate aide out of line, but the Senate aide called Steele a "fool," sources said.

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If you think this information somehow got leaked accidentally you are crazy. Someone wants everybody to know that at least one Senate leadership aide not only thinks RNC Chairman Michael Steele is a fool but actually said so on a conference call with their peers. I don't think Steele will make it to April as head of the RNC, but after reading through this account several times I think I might be too generous with that estimate.

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I don't think even fans of Sean Hannity believe much of what he says these days. Still there is nothing wrong with passing along evidence of his lies.




On another topic, I wonder how Hannity is going to explain palling around with a terrorist.

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The more Michael Steele talks the happier I am that he is running the RNC. This guy is going to be the gift that keeps on giving for the Democrats for the next year and a half.

Please Please Please Keep These Fools Talking

I keep hearing from conservatives that Eric Cantor is their new shining star. If by that they mean that he is out of touch, tone deaf, and pretty damn stupid I would say they have a point.

President Obama’s impending reversal of the restrictions on embryonic stem cell research is meant to distract from the economy, House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.) suggested Sunday.

“There’s a reason it’s coming up this week,” Cantor said during an appearance on CNN's "State of the Union." “Why are we going and distracting ourselves from the economy? This is job No. 1, let’s focus on what needs to be done.”

President Obama is set to sign an executive order on Monday that would reverse limits on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research established early in the Bush administration.

“Let’s take care of business first – people are out of jobs,” Cantor, an opponent of embryonic stem cell research, told the network’s John King. “And again, there is a reason why all of this is happening right now.”

What are there, like 5 people in the country who don't support stem cell research at this point? And for people dealing with family members with special needs how much do you think they appreciate being told overturning the ban on stem cell research funding is just a "distraction from the economy". If there was ever going to be a book written about how to maintain political irrelevance and ensure it for years to come it would probably be based on everything the GOP is doing these days. What would possess him to even speak on an issue that he is totally out of step with most Americans on?