(Hat Tip: Hot Air.)
It’s too soon to say for sure, whether this is for real, but this is Steele at his best. He sounds a like a party chairman for the first time.
At this point, I’m not too keen on the idea of a Steele resignation. He wasn’t my candidate for chairman, but he is the party’s chairman.
As an aside, yesterday, I received my first fundraising letter of the Steele era. And I have to say that I liked it far better than the Mike Duncan letters. Duncan would always try to make me feel guilty for not giving more. Steele is being positive and complimentary. Yes, he’ll get some dough from me. Not much, but more than Duncan ever did.
May 19th, 2009 at 7:38 pm
One of the best speeches I’ve heard a Republican give this year. Give Steele his due: he’s a highly charismatic politician. We should be rooting for him, not trying to destroy him.
May 19th, 2009 at 7:44 pm
Chairman Steele leadership has been authoritative, visionary and resolute. His first 100 days has been a success and has revealed a leader who is building the foundation for the current Republican resurgence. His election to the Chair was a game changer. Anyone who doubts Chairman Steele’s skill should compare him to the previous, less talented and articulate Chair, Mike Duncan. How many times did you see or remember Duncan being on TV or giving a speech. Steele has owned the media stage and has harnessed its exposure to articulate conservative ideals and grow the Party to new demographic communities.
May 19th, 2009 at 7:46 pm
And it should be pointed out that Howard Dean said some stupid things on the way to victory.
May 19th, 2009 at 7:46 pm
And I know I’ll catch heck for this from Alex, but that speech was downright Reaganesque!
The Man of Steele behind the Presidential Seal in 2012!
May 19th, 2009 at 8:37 pm
I also like the fact that he is co-opting the Tea Parties and the Tea Party 2.0 and tapping into its energy and grass roots fervor and fundraising infrastructure.
May 19th, 2009 at 11:42 pm
I’m not a fan.
May 20th, 2009 at 12:41 pm
As far as the substance…
What has Obama done that is to the left of his campaign promises?
What should be done about the insolvent banks and the insolvent auto industry that Obama should not be doing? I mean, he obviously could have more aggressively nationalized, or he could have let them all go into bankruptcy and the financial world would collapse.
He is basically continuing, with some tweeks, the Bush bailout plan. He is basically bringing about an orderly end, with government assistance, to significant sectors of our manufacturing industry.
What to do about the auto industry?
I understand the complaints about the stimulus. But there is a Keynesian argument to make for it, and a significant portion was tax cuts.