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GOP Chair Steele: ‘I ain’t going anywhere’
Michael Steele, the U.S. Republican National Committee chairman, said Thursday he won’t step down, despite critics. The Hill newspaper said Steele waved off calls from fellow conservatives that he should resign after saying the conflict in Afghanistan was a war of President Obama’s choosing. “Every time something happens, people say ‘He should step down,’” Steele [...]
GOP chair Steele staying put despite latest gaffe
Michael Steele is staying put as Republican Party chairman. Despite his widely condemned comments on Afghanistan, even his GOP critics want to avoid a drawn-out fight over the party’s most prominent African-American just four months before midterm elections. Instead, GOP elders are working around Steele, illustrating their lack of confidence in his leadership of the [...]
Steele, Under Fire, Not Easy to Oust
KATHY CHEN, Wall Street Journal – Michael Steele, chairman of the Republican National Committee, continued to come under fire from his own party for his comments on the war in Afghanistan, but Republicans calling for his ouster could face an uphill battle. Mr. Steele had said Thursday that the Afghanistan war was “a war of [...]
