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Michael Steele Suggests Racism Fuels His Critics

'Is it because a black man is chairman?'

By Nick McMaster, Newser Staff

Posted Feb 9, 2010 5:08 PM CST

(Newser) – Michael Steele suggests his race has something to do with the knocks he's taken since becoming chairman of the RNC in an interview with Washingtonian magazine. The interview isn't online yet, but Greg Sargent of Plum Line has an early peek: Steele acknowledges that he... Read full story »

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