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Is There a Good Argument for Not Firing Michael Steele?

By Philip Klein on 1.6.10 @ 11:46AM

It’s been awhile since I said anything about Michael Steele, largely because there are more important things to write about than tracking his latest embarrassing and idiotic statements. But as Steele is busy promoting his new book, the Hill reports that the RNC is going into 2010 — the best political environment for Republicans since at least 2004 — with its worst election-year cash flow in a decade. Given that the primary duties of the RNC chairman are to communicate and fundraise, and Steele has proven incompetent at both, is there a case to me made for not firing him?

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