By The Admin on July 27, 2010
Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele has repeatedly snapped back at the charge and the notion that the GOP is racist, harbors racist elements, and plays the race card. Steele on occasion has loudly said that the RNC must embrace diversity, and be a big tent that includes minorities. Every time he opens his mouth [...]
Posted in Party Politics, Race | Tagged Andrew Breitbart, GOP, Michael Steele, racism
By The Admin on July 9, 2010
Michael O’Brien, The Hill
- One of the GOP’s handful of black candidates for Congress condemned President Barack Obama of exploiting race for political gain.
Allen West, the Republican challenging Rep. Ron Klein (D) in Florida’s 22nd congressional district, sharply criticized the Obama administration for having allegedly declined prosecuting the New Black Panther Party on voter tampering [...]
Posted in 2010 Elections, Race, White House | Tagged Allen West, Barack Obama, GOP, New Black Panther Party
By The Admin on July 9, 2010
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 said, [...]
Posted in Party Politics | Tagged Afghanistan, GOP, Michael Steele
By The Admin on July 6, 2010
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 [...]
Posted in Featured, Party Politics | Tagged GOP, Michael Steele
By The Admin on July 6, 2010
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 Obama’s choosing” [...]
Posted in Party Politics | Tagged GOP, Michael Steele
