I’m very disappointed in Steele, I used to really like him. However, he was not “made leader” because of his skin color - remember that Ken Blackwell was in the running, too.
IMO, Steele was chosen because he was an East Coast moderate black guy. Being a current Ohio resident, I would much prefer Ken Blackwell got the job if they were insisting on putting an African American in charge of the RNC to counter BHO.