Michael Steele / Mitt Romney Feud Grows

This time, the RNC Chairman's riled his own party's presumptive frontrunner for the 2012 presidential election: Mitt Romney.

On a radio show this weekend, Steele attempted to explain Romney's loss in the 2008 Republican primaries by stating what he thought was the obvious: Romney was a flip-flopper with a whacky religion.

"Remember, it was the base that rejected Mitt because of his switch on pro-life, from pro-choice to pro-life," Steele told the caller. "It was the base that rejected Mitt because it had issues with Mormonism. It was the base that rejected Mitt because they thought he was back and forth and waffling on those very economic issues you're talking about."

Now, we can't imagine why the Romney camp might take issue with that type of statement by the RNC chairman. Nevertheless, they responded:

"Sometimes when you shoot from the hip, you miss the target," said Romney spokesman Eric Ferhnstrom. "This is one of those times."

Shooting from the hip and missing is kind of Steele's trademark. We're hoping that he'll propose a reconciliation with Romney with a duet singing of "Who Let the Dogs Out?"

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