2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumWhere does Michael Steele stand within the Republican Party?
Did he lose his RNC chair position because he wasn't a teabagger?
It seems like Steele would listen.
Still Sensible
(2,870 posts)republicans when he was in that chair. He was generally seen as ineffective, partly because he was representing the party's mainstream (Romney types) interests in the face of the tea party wackos... don't know that he has any measurable influence over the current mess.
1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)is that kid standing outside the candy store with no money in his pocket looking in the window.
Mr.Bill
(24,319 posts)I doubt he could get a dime's worth of support from the RNC if he ran for any office.
tularetom
(23,664 posts)but it doesn't seem that his heart is really in it anymore.
He was treated like crap by the republican party. Everybody is aware of it but he won't say it.
I wonder if there is some sort of clause in his severance package that says he forfeits his right to a lot of money if he goes on TV and bad mouths the party.
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)commentator. I guess he just got the shaft when the Tea Party took over...
butterflygirl
(44 posts)They threw him under the bus, so to speak, but yet he defends their positions. He just doesn't get it, they can't stand him.
ancianita
(36,133 posts)and now can't bring himself to leave.
union_maid
(3,502 posts)First of all, Allen West is a much more conservative (crazier) token brown person, so that makes Steele redundant. Also, he didn't deliver the minority vote for the GOP. Neither, of course, did Allen West, but he's so crazy they'll probably keep him around a little longer.
Jamaal510
(10,893 posts)And him joining MSNBC pretty much put a fork in whatever remained of his GOP street cred.
NewJeffCT
(56,829 posts)of having a major role in the GOP in the future. His best shot would be a cabinet position in a future GOP administration - HUD, Transportation, or similar, if a Romney/McCain type wins in the future. If a Teabagger type wins, Steele has no shot.
Recursion
(56,582 posts)he is persona non grata
flamingdem
(39,321 posts)It seems dishonest, one doesn't know who he is and who he "works" for
mythology
(9,527 posts)And the party committee did come out of the 2010 election heavily in debt, in large part because so much Republican party money went through superPACs.
But part of the problem is that he was pragmatic for a Republican. He's come out against all the voter id laws and the lack of a viable get out the vote campaign by Romney.
As for where he stands, he wasn't invited to the Republican convention this year, which I think means he's been tossed out on his ear.
Zoeisright
(8,339 posts)A seat on the fringes because he's black but loves him some repukes. He's marginally useful to them. That's all.
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)and it really doesn't make sense. Under Steele, the pubs kicked our asses in the 2010 election. Under Reince, they blew the election so badly, they lost seats in both houses as well as the white house. But Steele gets fired and Reince doesn't. Can't imagine why (there isn't a smilie that conveys the amount of sarcasm I feel over this).
onenote
(42,759 posts)apnu
(8,758 posts)Liberal_Stalwart71
(20,450 posts)the party may have been his undoing. He had spoken out against the Teaparty (*somewhat*) before, but that wasn't the only thing that brought him down.
The hate that he has spewed against liberals in the past should shame him. It is the liberals who are responsible for giving him a job. Oh, the irony!!