Reality and wingnutter mutually exclusive
November 15, 2008 by
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As to who, if anybody, will replace the current Republican National Committee chair Mike Duncan, Republicans are split, though Michael Steele is being mentioned a great deal.
Steele, an African-American, is a former lieutenant governor of Maryland and currently the chairman of GOPAC, which trains Republican candidates (and was once chaired by Gingrich).
While Republicans are still maneuvering — the election of the next chairman will be by the 168 RNC members and won’t take place until January — Steele already has a band of admirers [...]
Sundheim said of Michael Steele: “He understands where the party needs to go, he has got a strong set of principles, he is well able to articulate a message in all the media forms, and can take that message to the growing areas of the country — youth and minorities — and he does very well with women. He is the future of the party.”
Reality, from the 2006 exit poll of the Maryland Senate race:
Vote by Gender, Female:
Cardin (D) 60
Steele (R) 39
Vote by Race, African American: (and remember, Steele is black)
Cardin (D) 74
Steele (R) 25
Vote by Age, 18-29:
Cardin (D) 57
Steele (R) 39
So if by “doing very well” with women, minorities and age means losing to all three groups by at least a 3-2 margin, then yes, I guess he does “very well”.
They really are hilarious.
