RNC Chair Steele Insulted Specter Didn't Call

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Proving again his irrelevance to any process or party, RNC chair Michael Steele railed to CNN today about being left out of the loop regarding PA Senator Arlen Specter's decision to flee the Republican Party.

Steele also sent a petulant email to the faithful (and me) this evening:

Dear Denise,

I hope Arlen Specter's party change outrages you. It should for two reasons:

First--Specter claimed it was philosophical--and pointed his finger of blame at Republicans all over America for his defection to the Democrats. He told us all to go jump in the lake today.

I'm sorry, but I don't believe a word he said.

Arlen Specter committed a purely political and self-serving act today. He simply believes he has a better chance of saving his political hide and his job as a Democrat. He loves the title of Senator more than he loves the party--and the principles--that elected him and nurtured him.

Second--and more importantly--Arlen Specter handed Barack Obama and his band of radical leftists nearly absolute power in the United States Senate. In leaving the Republican Party--and joining the Democrats--he absolutely undercut Republicans' efforts to slow down Obama's radical agenda through the threat of filibuster...

As Dylan and Ethan stated yesterday, Steele can't hold himself harmless, either. Threatening to cut off party funds due to the stimulus package votes by Specter, Snowe and Collins surely made the decision a little easier. The final blow would be the loss of Maine's Snowe and Collins. As nasty a blow that Specter was, that could be really devastating to what's left of the party.

Filed Under: Senate, Republicans

Tagged: michael steele, MichaelSteele

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