Michael Steele - Let Him Lead

Whether or not you agree with Michael Steele is not important. Sure, he has made some controversial remarks. He has offended some folks. He tends to speak his mind. He makes an occasional mistake. He is human. Whether you like him or not doesn’t matter. What is important right now, with barely more than 100 days until the general election in Illinois, is strength and unity. There were many who were not happy with Mr. Steele becoming the RNC Chairman and they have been overtly and overly critical of him since his tenure began. It is time to stop!

http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/07/04/republicans.steele/?hpt=Sbin

There is enough political controversy throughout this country between the various parties. With the usual array of Republicans, Democrats, Libertarians, Independents, etc., duking it out nationwide, the drama level is at an all-time high. However, the current slate of Republican candidates, particularly in Illinois, shows the most promise of electing conservatives to seats once thought impossible to win. If the Republican party is to succeed in November, it must keep its head, in more ways than one. While it is acceptable to disagree with their leader, calling for his resignation at this point in time would create utter chaos and cost the party even more credibility.

Chairman Steele should remain where he is, at least for now. He should, however, adopt a more cautious approach to his public comments for a while. There have been enough apologies, retractions, and mis-spoken words all around to last us all a lifetime. Say what you mean and mean what you say... please!

After the November elections are concluded, the party folks who are yelling for his resignation can sit down with him, yell at him, get into a boxing ring, or do whatever is necessary to work out their differences. But for heaven’s sake folks, let’s keep it together for a little while longer. Right now, conservatives need Republicans and Republicans need conservatives. Kudos to GOP Rep. Ron Paul for his outward support of his Chairman. He understands that your true conservative voter may just opt to stay home on election day if you can’t play nice on the playground with each other. I, as a first-time Republican candidate, am getting annoyed at the reaction of some party leaders to throw Steele under the bus.

There is something Mr. Steele has done for his party and himself that most others have failed to do. He has brought energy and awareness. I will qualify this in a very un-scientific manner.

My husband is not a politically active kind of guy. He actually hates it. He and I don’t discuss it much. He does pay attention to it, just usually with a narrowed eye. I asked him to tell me the name of the former RNC Chairman or any past Chairman. He could not name one. I asked him who the current Chairman was. He said, “Michael Steele. I like that guy, he has b**ls. But his glasses are crooked a lot.” This, from a blue-collar, former union guy who hates politics.