Posts tagged as Michael Steele
Nick Ayers Hearts Michael Steele's Monster Power Vacuum
While most people are focused on the 2010 Senate races-there is a 4% chance of a Republican takeover, according to America's statistician boyfriend Nate Silver!-and on the fascinating specter of Sarah Palin's potential wacky campaign (please God!) and on the hilarious destructive tailspin of the Republican National Committee under Michael Steele, not a lot of attention has been paid to the Republican Governors Association. Quietly, the RGA and its boy-honcho Nick Ayers have been raising big money and big dreams: they want to go from 22 Republican governors to 30. (There are 37 states this year; 19 are incumbent Democrats, 18 are incumbent Republicans. CQ has the prediction scorecard at 5 Republican gains and 2 Democrat gains; so, you know, 30 seems unlikely!) But it seems crazy to discount Nick Ayers and his 1181 Twitter followers and his attempt to rein in Sarah Palin back when she had a governing job and his bundler-scheming.
Chocolate Chip: Black-Span = Not. A. Bad. Idea.
There's a simple reason why the gentleman from North Carolina, who recently told C-Span that the network had too many black callers, is upset. Blacks already have a national hotline. It's called 9-1-1. And if we can't get through there, Steve Harvey's radio show is usually a reliable backup. But let's face it, no one listens to Steve Harvey anymore. Confused, blacks have been calling in on the white lines instead. This can be very problematic. I have solutions. READ MORE
Michael Steele's Juice Remains Untainted
No matter how hard he might labor to so do, MSNBC political analyst Lawrence O'Donnell is emphatically NOT going to spoil the juice of RNC Chairman Michael Steele. Do you understand? You will not spoil Steele's juice. His juice will remain unspoiled. Juice spoilage? Negatory. Look in the dictionary under "spoiled juice" and the one thing you will not see is a picture of Michael Steele, whose juice remains free from spoilage. Are we clear?
RNC Blog Now Considerably Less Hip
For some reason, Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele's blog has been renamed "Change The Game," replacing the earlier "What Up?" How very wack.
GOP Totally Down With The Kids On The Internet
Have you seen the new Republican party website? It is... really something! As Ben Smith points out, the "Future Leaders" section is currently empty. Also, there is a blog from Chairman Michael Steele, which is called "What up?" Seriously, that is what it is called. (Even Obama got that one right!) What an amazing world we live in. READ MORE
Michael Steele: Always Be Entertaining
RNC Chair Michael Steele is giving a speech right now! "This change, my friends, is being delivered in a teabag. And that's a wonderful thing."
Blacktalk, With Barack Obama
Why does Barack Obama talk black better than GOP Chair Michael Steele, even though both men are black? Obama better able to imitate a black person. Or, um, something like that; the whole discussion feels like a topic I shouldn't be allowed to talk about.
Michael Steele Acknowledges Obama's Magic
So far in his term as chairman of the Republican National Committee, former Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael Steele has been resoundingly successful at uniting a fractured party, er, improving the G.O.P.'s image with independents, um, reaching out to minority voters, hmm, not yet setting his office on fire. He's about to catch a little more heat for chuckling along today with a radio caller who referred to Barack Obama as a "magic negro." This raises a whole host of unfortunate issues about race and intolerance and bigotry in this country, but before everyone clamors to condemn Steele, it's important to note that his real offense was not using the opportunity to make an valuable and much-needed corrective statement: Barack Obama is a magic mulatto, okay?. Make a note of it.
