[Uriah_lost]

I think Steele has his eye on higher elected office and RNC chief is not a step in that direction so I expect him to turn it down. Rove wants him in the Cabinet and that may be a better route for a man with ambitions.

[Anti-Hillary]

Just where in the cabinet do you think Rove will put him?

[Don'tMessWithTexas]

Every administration always puts a black guy at HUD. It's a dead end position with no visibility. The RNC needs a good spokesman. Newt is going to be in Iowa and NH next year running for Pres. Santorum is probably gonna make some Benjamins after years of public service. Steele would be a good pick for Chair.

[libstripper]

I think Steele has his eye on higher elected office and RNC chief is not a step in that direction so I expect him to turn it down. Rove wants him in the Cabinet and that may be a better route for a man with ambitions.

Not as HUD Secretary. That's the job minorities are always given and the people who get it usually aren't heard from much afterwards. As RNC Chairman, he'd be our leading spokesman going into 2008 and he's already run an excellent campaign in a difficult state.

[NeoCaveman]

I think Steele has his eye on higher elected office and RNC chief is not a step in that direction

Tell that to Haley Barbor and George H. W. Bush.

Being RNC Chair was a good step up for both.