Day four of the weird War of the RNC All-Stars saw Michael Steele and Reince Priebus battle over minority outreach, inadvertently exposing why Republicans will have two outreach plans going forward: one to Latinos, and one to blacks.
On a radio show Tuesday morning, former RNC head Michael Steele was asked who would win in an MMA-style cage match, him or Reince Priebus. Steele said he'd win easily. An MMA expert we talked to disagreed.
The former chairman of the Republican National Committee appears to be on a self-promotional tour focused on insulting current RNC chair Reince Priebus. On MSNBC, he argued that "I won, and he didn't." Except Steele had nothing to do with the election he won.
With Democrats having more leverage on taxes in the 2012 fiscal cliff fight, Norquist's power has become not a Democratic fantasy so much as a GOP nightmare.
The chorus of conservatives calling for Mitt Romney to release more of his tax returns has grown from being mostly those with an ax to grind to elected officials and the conservative establishment.
When Democratic Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz revamped her hairdo in April, our commenters bristled at the ensuing headlines: "Can't wait for a similar story about a man's grooming." Turns out, they were right: The Democrat's curly locks were dramatically-overplayed!
The Republican will fit in comfortably among their talking heads
Maybe not the best party chairman, he's always made great TV
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