# Republicans unhappy with Michael Steele's race **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [December 15, 2010, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-unhappy-with-michael-steeles-race/564249 "2010-12-15T16:24:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-unhappy-with-michael-steeles-race/564249/1 "2010-12-15T16:24:27Z")
Seriously, that is a current headline on USAToday’s website. Now, if you click through to the article, the full headline is “[Republicans unhappy with Michael Steele’s race for chairman](http://content.usatoday.com/communities/onpolitics/post/2010/12/michael-steele-republican-national-committee-/1)”. I have to wonder if that was an intentional cut off. Anyway, since they brought it up - do you think Steele will retain the helm of the GOP or is someone else going to steele it away from him? ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-unhappy-with-michael-steeles-race/564249/2 "2010-12-15T16:44:51Z")
He’ll could end up being the dark horse winner. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-unhappy-with-michael-steeles-race/564249/3 "2010-12-15T17:45:26Z")
He blew 3/4 s of their money . He brought embarrassment. His speeches have been terrible. He should go. ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-unhappy-with-michael-steeles-race/564249/4 "2010-12-15T19:13:52Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > He blew 3/4 s of their money . He brought embarrassment. His speeches have been terrible. He should go. Yeah, it’s almost like he grabbed headlines and helped bury shit like what his party was actually up to. -Joe ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-unhappy-with-michael-steeles-race/564249/5 "2010-12-15T19:41:28Z")
If that’s what his job was. He was very good. ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-unhappy-with-michael-steeles-race/564249/6 "2010-12-15T19:43:56Z")
He blew 3/4 s of their money . He brought embarrassment. His speeches have been terrible. He should **stay.** ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-unhappy-with-michael-steeles-race/564249/7 "2010-12-15T20:12:49Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > Anyway, since they brought it up - do you think Steele will retain the helm of the GOP or is someone else going to steele it away from him? Ahh, I see what you did there. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-unhappy-with-michael-steeles-race/564249/8 "2010-12-17T04:57:26Z")
> [@5\_time\_champ](#): > > He blew 3/4 s of their money . He brought embarrassment. His speeches have been terrible. He should **stay.** Damn, you beat me to it. ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-unhappy-with-michael-steeles-race/564249/9 "2010-12-17T06:03:34Z")
I think it would be a Dem wetdream for Steele to stay ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-unhappy-with-michael-steeles-race/564249/10 "2010-12-17T06:21:00Z")
> [@China\_Guy](#): > > I think it would be a Dem wetdream for Steele to stay Tell that to President Palin in 2013. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-unhappy-with-michael-steeles-race/564249/11 "2010-12-17T21:55:10Z")
Steele has nowhere else to go. He couldn’t get himself elected to public office in Maryland. He’s not such an ultraconservative that he can find a place on Fox, or any of the other landing spots unemployed Republicans get offered. He’s far too incompetent to be given a real job in a corporation. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2010, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-unhappy-with-michael-steeles-race/564249/12 "2010-12-18T00:11:41Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Steele has nowhere else to go. He couldn’t get himself elected to public office in Maryland. He’s not such an ultraconservative that he can find a place on Fox, or any of the other landing spots unemployed Republicans get offered. He’s far too incompetent to be given a real job in a corporation. He’s a member of the state bar of Pennsylvania, having graduated Georgetown University’s Law school. He worked as a corporate securities associate at the Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, doing financial investments for Wall Street underwriters, and product liability litigation. He also founded the Steele Group, a business and legal consulting firm. I’m just wondering how you can call him incompetent with that resume, given that it’s a more impressive set of professional accomplishments than the general run of the American work force. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2010, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-unhappy-with-michael-steeles-race/564249/13 "2010-12-18T00:21:54Z")
I call him incompetent based on his performance as RNC chair, and many of his amazing public statements. ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2010, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-unhappy-with-michael-steeles-race/564249/14 "2010-12-18T00:48:27Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > He’s a member of the state bar of Pennsylvania, having graduated Georgetown University’s Law school. He worked as a corporate securities associate at the Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, doing financial investments for Wall Street underwriters, and product liability litigation. He also founded the Steele Group, a business and legal consulting firm. > > I’m just wondering how you can call him incompetent with that resume, given that it’s a more impressive set of professional accomplishments than the general run of the American work force. No, no, no, **Bricker** –your line is “a more impressive set of professional accomplishments than Barack Obama.” Did you not get the memo? ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2010, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-unhappy-with-michael-steeles-race/564249/15 "2010-12-18T00:52:43Z")
Is \*that \*the partisanship-above-all GOPper standard for their own leaders now? That they only need to be a little better than “the general run of the American work force”? Sad. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2011, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-unhappy-with-michael-steeles-race/564249/16 "2011-01-23T11:59:34Z")
I’ve never been that great a fan of Michael Steele as head of the RNC, but come on, do you really think his resume is only “a little better” than that of the general American workforce? If so you must move in pretty exalted circles. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2011, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-unhappy-with-michael-steeles-race/564249/17 "2011-01-24T03:09:44Z")
His resume is certainly good enough that he’ll land on his feet, and there are probably a large number of good jobs for which he’s quite well qualified. But chairman of a national political party isn’t one of them. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2011, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-unhappy-with-michael-steeles-race/564249/18 "2011-01-24T04:17:40Z")
He won’t get a job teaching English literature, that’s for sure. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2011, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-unhappy-with-michael-steeles-race/564249/19 "2011-01-24T16:11:33Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Steele has nowhere else to go. He couldn’t get himself elected to public office in Maryland. He’s not such an ultraconservative that he can find a place on Fox, or any of the other landing spots unemployed Republicans get offered. He’s far too incompetent to be given a real job in a corporation. There are plenty of think tanks in the world. You’re right that he was not conservative enough for a lot of people in the Republican establishment, he did very poorly with their finances and did not do a good job representing the party in public. But once you get into the kind of circles Steele was in, you’ll always be able to find public speaking gigs and things like that. Maybe it will take him a little time and it might not count as a “real” job, but I don’t think he’ll wind up in the gutter. Unless The Gutter is a new lesbian themed bondage club. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2011, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-unhappy-with-michael-steeles-race/564249/20 "2011-01-24T16:59:34Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > He’s a member of the state bar of Pennsylvania, having graduated Georgetown University’s Law school. He worked as a corporate securities associate at the Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, doing financial investments for Wall Street underwriters, and product liability litigation. He also founded the Steele Group, a business and legal consulting firm. > > I’m just wondering how you can call him incompetent with that resume, given that it’s a more impressive set of professional accomplishments than the general run of the American work force. Those are not the same skill sets for a political chairmanship. It is like saying Arod is the best hitter in baseball so he qualifies to run the Republican party. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-unhappy-with-michael-steeles-race/564249.md?page=2)