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Michael Steele stories: 50 news summaries

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 Steele Orders End to 
 RNC Abortion Coverage 

'Money from our loyal donors should not be used for this purpose'

Nov 13, 09 6:24 AM CST
(Newser) - An embarrassed Michael Steele has ordered elective abortion to be stripped from services covered by medical insurance offered to RNC employees. The ban, prompted by a Politico report yesterday that abortion coverage has been included in RNC policies since 1991, brings the RNC in line with what the Republican Party... More »

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abortion • health care reform • Michael Steele • Republicans • Republican National Committee • health care abortion

Steele: I Scare White Republicans

RNC chair says he sees it in meetings

Nov 10, 09 12:32 PM CST
(Newser) - Rack up another gaffe for Michael Steele. The Republican National Committee chair has been trying to improve his party’s relationship with minority voters, but he may have been a little too honest in a recent interview with NewsOne's Roland Martin. Martin suggested that white Republicans were "scared" of... More »

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Republican • African Americans • RNC • race relations • Michael Steele • Republican National Committee

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

 Casey: 
 Send More 
 Troops to 
 Afghanistan  

Lieberman to probe Fort Hood shootings as 'attack' on US troops

Nov 8, 09 12:03 PM CST
(Newser) - President Obama would do well to give Stanley McChrystal more troops in Afghanistan, Army chief of staff George Casey said on Meet the Press today. "We have already made progress, and I would look for that progress to continue,” Casey said, without saying how many troops he thought... More »

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Afghanistan • Joe Lieberman • health care reform • Gen. George Casey • Afghanistan war • Michael Steele • Sunday morning talk shows • Bob McDonnell • Fort Hood shooting

OPINION

Hey, Right Wingers: You're Hanoi Jane Now

Folks attacking Obama over Peace Prize are the America haters

Oct 13, 09 11:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - “Why, oh why, do conservatives hate America so?” One might get that idea, Eugene Robinson writes, when the likes of Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, and the RNC rush to join the Taliban in denouncing President Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize. These people are “exhibiting what they, in a... More »

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Rush Limbaugh • Glenn Beck • Nobel Peace Prize • Afghanistan war • President Obama • Michael Steele • Republican National Committee • Eugene Robinson • Hanoi Jane

Limbaugh: Obama Nobel
a Bid to 'Emasculate' US

Rush, fellow conservatives jump all over award

Oct 9, 09 11:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rush Limbaugh doesn’t think the Nobel committee members were trying to honor President Obama—he thinks they’re trying to “emasculate" the United States. “With this ‘award’ the elites of the world are urging Obama, THE MAN OF PEACE, to not do the surge in Afghanistan,... More »

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Barack Obama • Rush Limbaugh • Mike Huckabee • Nobel Prize • Nobel Peace Prize • Election 2012 • President Obama • Michael Steele

(Newser) - Congressional GOP leaders met with RNC chairman Michael Steele late last month to assert their authority when it comes to policymaking, and while those involved said the get-together in House Minority Leader John Boehner’s office was routine, Politico's sources described it as heated. Of particular concern was Steele’s... More »

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Congress • RNC • Senate • House of Representatives • Republican Party • Lamar Alexander • John Boehner • health care reform • Michael Steele • Republican National Committee • policy

Steele: Let Michelle Make Olympics Pitch

RNC chair blasts Obama's trip as 'unnecessary'

Sep 29, 09 2:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama shouldn’t bother going to Denmark to argue for Chicago's Olympic bid, Michael Steele says; that’s what Michelle’s for. “The first lady would have been and should have been the lead there,” the RNC chair said today. “Let her go and sell Chicago.... More »

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Barack Obama • Chicago • Michelle Obama • Democratic National Committee • Denmark • Copenhagen • 2016 Olympics • International Olympic Committee • President Obama • Michael Steele • Republican National Committee

(AP) - The GOP has mailed a fundraising appeal suggesting Democrats might use an overhaul of the health care system to deny medical treatment to Republicans. A push-poll questionnaire accompanying the appeal says the government could check voting registration records, "prompting fears that GOP voters might be discriminated against for medical... More »

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Republican Party • health care reform • push-poll • Michael Steele

(Newser) - RNC Chairman Michael Steele continued his simultaneous defense of and onslaught on Medicare today, writes Eric Kleefeld of Talking Points Memo. Dems are “proposing up to $550 billion in cuts or shifting of funds out of Medicare, and I don't know what that means,” Steele said on Fox... More »

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veterans • Medicare • health care reform • Obama administration • chairman • President Obama • Michael Steele • Republican National Committee

(Newser) - The RNC has joined the fracas over health care reform with a proposed “seniors’ bill of rights” that guards against Medicare cuts, ABC News reports. “Our seniors have really come under fire in the last few weeks,” says RNC chair Michael Steele—who backed Medicare cuts as... More »

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RNC • Medicare • Medicaid • Democratic National Committee • health care reform • DNC • seniors • Obama administration • President Obama • Michael Steele • Republican National Committee

(Newser) - Drawing on the momentum the GOP has gained in the health care debate, RNC chair Michael Steele today called President Obama’s plans a “dangerous experiment,” the Washington Post reports. "This reckless approach is an ill-conceived attempt to push through an experiment and all of us should... More »

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health care • Barack Obama • RNC • health care reform • Obama administration • President Obama • Michael Steele

Steele: Palin Run in 2012
'Off the Table'

Alaska gov. needs time to sort out the current 'financial mess'

Jul 7, 09 5:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Sarah Palin presidential run in the next election is “off the table,” Michael Steele tells Fox News. "Not having talked to the governor, I take 2012 off the table right now simply because (of) everything she's going through personally,” said the Republican party chief. Palin's... More »

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RNC • GOP • campaign • Republican candidate • Sarah Palin • Election 2012 • Michael Steele



 After Harsh Words, 
 GOP Warms to Palin 

Kind comments follow critical Vanity Fair piece

Jul 2, 09 7:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Following a particularly stinging piece about her in Vanity Fair, the pendulum has swung again, and Sarah Palin seems to be winning back GOP support after months of ridicule. The feeling within the party is that “enough is enough,” writes Chris Cillizza of the Washington Post. “Sarah... More »

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Alaska • Vanity Fair • GOP • Republican Party • governor • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • Todd Purdum • Michael Steele

OPINION

RNC Recycles LBJ 'Daisy'
Ad to Bash Obama on Gitmo

Classic incendiary spot doesn't age well in Michael Steele's hands

May 22, 09 10:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - RNC chairman Michael Steele has rolled out an ad remixing an LBJ classic on nuclear war to warn about the danger of closing Guantanamo. The infamous 1964 spot used images of a little girl plucking petals off a daisy juxtaposed with a nuclear explosion to illustrate the risk of Armageddon.... More »

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RNC • Lyndon Johnson • Barry Goldwater • Guantanamo Bay • Guantanamo prisoners • Daisy Ad • Obama administration • President Obama • Michael Steele

OPINION

 Parker Takes 
 Hammer to Steele 

GOP chairman 'means well,' but isn't fit for the job

May 20, 09 12:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Almost every demographic is quitting the GOP—despite a chairman who aims to win over everyone, including “one-armed midgets,” writes Kathleen Parker in the Washington Post. “The emerging consensus is that [Michael] Steele, though he means well, has the wrong personality for the job,” she notes.... More »

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RNC • Republican Party • Kathleen Parker • Michael Steele

(Newser) - Michael Steele told fellow Republicans to go after President Obama himself instead of lesser Democrats, the Washington Post reports. "If we have the courage of our convictions, and we do, then we will and we must stand up against disastrous policies, regardless of the president's popularity," the RNC ... More »

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politics • RNC • GOP • President Obama • Michael Steele

OPINION

 Steele: GOP Is on 
 Rebound. Really. 

If party looks forward, rather than back, it will see a bright future

May 19, 09 9:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sure, we’ve fallen on hard times, Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele writes in Politico. But, he insists, the GOP is straightening its priorities out. “The Republican Party will be forward-looking—it is time to stop looking backward,” Steele writes. Republicans will stand against “the most... More »

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Republican • RNC • Ronald Reagan • George W. Bush • President Obama • Michael Steele • Republican opposition

Civil War Rages at RNC 

Old guard tries to force spending regulations on Steele

May 1, 09 9:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - Behind closed doors at the Republican National Committee, a battle’s raging over how much decision-making power chairman Michael Steele should have and, by implication, how much the party trusts him. Some RNC members, led by Treasurer Randy Pullen, the Arizona party chairman, are pushing strict oversight on Steele’s... More »

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RNC • campaign finance • Michael Steele • Randy Pullen

OPINION

 Meghan: Specter Bailed on Us 

Party needs progressive voices, she says

Apr 30, 09 8:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Arlen Specter has let the GOP down, but only because Republicans did the same, Meghan McCain writes for the Daily Beast. “He’s been made to feel like an outcast by a small, vocal group,” says McCain, herself familiar with the “tired rhetoric” now being hurled at... More »

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GOP • Arlen Specter • Republican Party • Meghan McCain • progressive • Michael Steele

 RNC May Limit Steele's Power

Infighting tearing up committee

Apr 29, 09 1:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - A bitter fight is raging within the Republican Party after an attempt by an RNC faction to limit Michael Steele’s powers, the Washington Times reports. The “good governance” resolution would put new controls on the chairman’s ability to spend money and award contracts. Its backers, who... More »

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RNC • GOP • Republican Party • Michael Steele

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