"they may have to keep Steele at the RNC because if they fired him he still wouldn't shut up "

[babylonsister]

:rofl:

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The Really Hard Questions (Chin Scratch)
Josh Marshall | April 8, 2010, 11:03AM

Once you put Michael Steele in charge of your organization, you face a lot of tough questions. One a lot of Republicans are now asking is whether they may have to keep Steele at the RNC because if they fired him he still wouldn't shut up and it would probably get even worse. "If he were thrown overboard you can guarantee he'd be out there slamming a lot of people and saying a lot of things. It's best to let this one simmer down," one GOP strategist who works with the RNC told our Christina Bellantoni.

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GOPers Debate What's Worse -- Keep Steele Or Face Media Blitz If He's Fired

Even Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele's harshest critics agree that pushing him out before his tenure is up would be a PR nightmare -- saying that even though he may deserve the boot, they fear he'd get so much media attention they'd never hear the last of him.

"If he were thrown overboard you can guarantee he'd be out there slamming a lot of people and saying a lot of things. It's best to let this one simmer down," said a top Republican strategist who works with the RNC.

Steele already is a larger-than-life television force, appearing on multiple television shows and sometimes sticking his foot in his mouth. GOP sources told me that many believe it's better to ride the wave, no matter how wild, until January rather than get a big(ger) mess on their hands.

Several former RNC staffers told us that one problem is Steele is difficult to control. He's already gone through several top aides, getting more than one new communications director since taking the helm in early 2009. One former RNC aide told me that Steele's decision to elevate his longtime operative Mike Leavitt to chief of staff was wise for the party to get beyond the Steele-in-trouble storyline. "The problem has been a lack of people in the building who Steele will take advice from," the source said.

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