Limbaugh v. Steele: Our First Take

By Sniffles

Is there anyone tonight who believes that Michael Steele is not toast?

Since he's already apologized to Rush Limbaugh for declaring the Big Fat Idiot's speech to CPAC "incendiary" and "ugly," we cats suspect that some operators behind the scenes are moving quickly to ease the hapless Mr. Steele out of his position as RNC Chair.

But here's the problem: How do they do it? Surely they'd need a majority of the 165 or so locally elected state party officials to elect a new chair. Do they convene a mass conference call? If so, how do they pull that off without it leaking to the media?

And how do they do it without having Mr. Steele's successor a). already chosen, and b). waiting in the wings?

And how do they make all this happen, knowing that Mr. Steele has fired all the previous RNC staffers and surely was moving in people of his own?

Finally — how much money do we think the Republican National Committee is raising right now? Er, maybe not so much.

Ho, hum. So glad none of this is our problem!

UPDATE: According to Politico, Republican leaders now are (privately, of course) very worried that by electing Steele they've made a terrible mistake. And, oh, by the way, we take back that bit about Steele moving in new people — the RNC "is being run by a pair of consultants."