The reservations of conservatives about the election of Michael Steele as RNC Chair appear to have been well-founded. It seems that he is more of the same that we've seen from the GOP over the last several years: tell conservatives what they want to hear, but secretly lust for a centrist GOP. It defies imagination that Steele and the other Beltway Republicans haven't figured out that they lost the election because they couldn't inspire the base and they failed to articulate a clear, conservative message. The result was not only the loss of the presidency to a Euro-leftist, but the disastrous losses down the ticket.
Enter radio king Rush Limbaugh. He absolutely killed at CPAC this weekend. He spoke clearly and concisely with no apologies for or muting of the conservative message. He delivered the full-throated rallying cry for the downtrodden rank and file. And what is Steele's first instinct? He attacks Limbaugh on the CNN talkshow hosted by D.L. Hughley. (Btw, Eric Cantor played the spineless wienie in his appearance on the shows this weekend, too.)
Watch their comparative performances.
