Republican National Committee Chairman Michael S. Steele has maneuvered through a minefield of internal discontent, emerging from a critical party gathering with his authority intact and a strategy to harness the energy of the "tea party" movement to the Republican cause.
High-profile Republican gubernatorial wins in Virginia and New Jersey and a victory in the recent special Senate election in Massachusetts have helped quiet grumbling within the RNC over Mr. Steele, whose position and authority seemed shaky just a few months ago.
A feared open revolt against the former Maryland lieutenant governor fizzled at the 168-member RNC's winter gathering in Honolulu over the weekend, despite lingering questions about the party's finances and the chairman's side business dealings.
"The party came away from its winter meeting fired up and unified," said North Dakota GOP Chairman Gary Emineth, a Steele supporter on the RNC. Mr. Steele "had the benefit of New Jersey, Virginia and Massachusetts to build on, because the RNC invested significant financial resources and time, which paid off."
"If there is any concern, it is the limited amount of cash on hand with a huge opportunity before us in 2010," Mr. Emineth added.
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michael is the republican party's answer to obama, unfortunately he is just another empty suit, What has he done? NOTHING except enrich himself while holding this position! JC Watts out of oklahoma would have been a significantly better choice!
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