Just this past week I had the pleasure of sitting down with Michael Steele, Chairman of the Republican National Committee. All smiles when he greeted me, we sat down on the now infamous Fire Nancy Pelosi Bus in the heart of Harlem. Chairman Steele had a clear, determined, and heartfelt message. Be active.

While discussing the goals of the Republican Party, Steele was clear that being active and being pushed out of their comfort zone was an important element in gaining and keeping support of the American people. He cited growing urban activism and promising candidates such as Michael Faulkner who was campaigning in Harlem, and whom Steele stood up for during an event at Gospel Uptown that day. He also had a very decided opinion on the Tea Party. While “our friends” on the left have put forth this idea there is rift between the Republican establishment and the Tea party, Michael says it simply doesn’t exist.

When radical liberal groups like the NAACP, or the Congressional Black Caucus say that Lott’s comment were racist and Reid’s were not; what they mean is they agree with how Reid votes, therefore he can’t be racist. I disagree with most things the Catholic Church stands for, but does that make me anti-Catholic? Why can’t Lott disagree with Blacks on affirmative action, King’s birthday, or certain government programs without being labeled a racist?

How many of you know that Lott was one of the main sponsors of a bill that allocated over a billion dollars to Black universities to update their technology infrastructure? Blacks must be more strategic and less emotional. Just because one disagrees with a person’s voting record does not mean the person is a racist. This is part of the reason for the push back on a lot of racial issues by whites. They don’t want to be vilified simply because they have a different view. Any fair minded person would agree. That’s why dialogue is very important in matters like these.

MSNBC’s First Read is reporting that a resolution is floating around that could be interpreted as an official litmus test as to whether or not the Republican National Committee should support a candidate.

Gone is the spirit of wanting to be a movement that welcomes everyone; in it’s place is a spirit of exclusiveness that somehow believes that a pure party can be a winning party.

RNC Chairman Michael Steele’s appearance at Howard University is a sign of change, but people perhaps are focusing too much on the short term appearance versus the long term implications.

WASHINGTON – The Republican National Committee released a new web video today on Judge Sonia Sotomayor.  The web video, entitled “SOTOMAYOR: THIS IS WHERE POLICY IS MADE” The video reveals that Sotomayor thinks that the judicial branch of government, the Supreme Court is the place to make policies instead of interpret the law.  This is directly against [...]

WASHINGTON – Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Michael Steele released the following statement today:
“On June 19, 1865 President Abraham Lincoln’s vision of a more perfect union through the abolition of slavery became a reality to the remaining slaves of Galveston, TX. On that date, nearly two and half years after President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, Union soldiers brought word to this last group of slaves that they were, in fact, free men and women.

Last week was a sad for many Republicans across the nation as we lost one of our finest soilders, Dr. Henry Lucas a Bay Area dentist for five decades. Dr. Lucas was also one of first African Americans to serve on staff at the Republican National Committee. He died Tuesday in San Francisco after suffering [...]

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Michael Steele, chairman of the Republican National Committee, is more like chairman of the bored. If committee members would spend half as much time fighting Democrats and President Obama as they spend fighting Steele, maybe the party wouldn’t be in such disarray. In all my years in this party, I have never seen any other [...]

“If ever there did exist within the GOP such a thing as a music director, i.e. conductor that had the skills and know how to provide a harmonious melody to this musical ensemble, it is the Party’s new Chairman Michael Steele”  By Richard Ivory                  A friend once summed up the GOP’s minority and urban problem [...]

Michael Steele, former lieutenant governor of Maryland, has decided to run for the chairmanship of the Republican National Committee and is in talks with Newt Gingrich to win the former House speaker’s endorsement, FOX News learned Tuesday. Newt denies any infighting between the camps and does not want the job. The Hotline On Call this [...]