[alarm rider]

I said again and again that Steele was a RINO, a liberal leaning alleged “Republican” who while a nice guy and all, was not up to a national spotlight.

Why did I say this?

I LIVE IN MARYLAND.

We know this guy, and we know why he got the Lt. Governor spot from Ehrlich. It was not because he was a strong conservative, or because he has core conservative values. It was a ploy by Ehrlich that worked once at a certain time.

Steele started to believe that he could not lose, so he ran for national office. He lost, and he lost big time.

Ehrlich tried to pull the same tactic and nominated a legally blind woman for Lt. Governor. Ehrlich lost big time because in truth, Ehrlich could not get anything done.

Steele is not, REPEAT, is not a conservative. He had never been one and he will NEVER be one. It was affirmative action, it was a counter to Bambi and it has failed.

Now, listen up please. Steele has no core conservative values, so he will never be anything but what he is, and he will not “grow” into the job. There is no there, there.

He is not up to the job, he reached his max as Lt. Governor.
He needs to seek life elsewhere.

[Larry381]

Politico is now swarming with out of work liberal journalists from the Wash Post and other Rat papers. Expect from them exactly what you would if they still worked for their old rags.

[Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus]

As disappointing as Steele is turning out to be, all the same, Politico is not a really credible source - full of washed up, ex-WashPo hacks.

Question - If junk MSM data (NBC/WSJ "polls") supposedly show the GOP faring so poorly, then why are hard data (i.e. Rasmussen polls, etc.) saying that the GOP is pretty much in statistical parity with the Dems on generic congressional balloting (which would translate into modest gains if the election were held today)?

Answer: Junk data is, well, junk.

[TomGuy]

only 26 percent of Americans have a positive view of the Republican Party

The last 8 years tainted the Republican brand.

The definition of insanity should come in here: Doing the same over and over, but expecting a different result.

That is what the GOP has been doing. They didn't get the message in the 06 massacre, and they didn't get it in the 08 slaughter. Yet, Steele and other prominent Republicans continue to advocate big-tent-ism and being more 'moderate' (gobblespeak for 'become more liberal').

If the GOP continues on the same course, they will see even more losses in 10, unless Obama and the Dems screw up worse than Clinton in his first term.

[fish hawk]

Now that was a “right on” article.