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[...] when you shoot from the hip, you miss the target," said spokesman Eric Ferhnstrom. "This is one of those times." At RealClearPolitics, Jay Cost also said that Steele should resign, and RedState's [...]

"Romney would have been the nominee if it hadn't been for New Hampshire and Florida."

Although New Hampshire has an open primary process, Florida does not, so you can't blame Romney's defeat on cross-over voters in Florida. In fact, McCain garnered very few cross-over votes, whereas both Clinton and Obama received substantial support from registered Republicans in states with open primaries. The data is easily found, and the thought that McCain won because the liberals wanted him is simply unsupported by fact.

Eating their own again, HAHA, I LOVE IT!!! Way to go repukes, you are making your country proud...TO BE DEMOCRATS!

johnrg08–
needs to learn the facts before spewing his hatred about mormonism.

however, he's already formed his opinion's and he's entitled to them but his 17% number is wrong and misleading and anyone who claims to be such an expert on mormon's would know where the LDS church is based.

Fortunately for Steele, the GOP base isn't opposed to moronism, or he would be out of a job. Is there anybody in the GOP he hasn't alienated yet? There's always tomorrow.

I love it!!! Let them eat their young.

I swear, the Republican Party reminds me more of the Three Stooges every day!

religious bigotry has no place in politics.

sadly, the conservative right hasn't figured that out yet. democrats will be in public office a long, long time until the republicans stop self-destructing.

huckabee took a cheap shot at romney last year and it worked to clear the path for gov mike; what's Steele afraid of? that romney would make a better RNC chair than him?

religious bigotry has no place in politics... period.

You know, Mormons tend to be Republican. Way to alienate another group of supporters.

It's like a mad game of Twister mixed with Operation for Steele:

Head in bum...foot in mouth...don't touch the sides....butterfingers...

I love Michael Steele. He's the best friend a Democrat could have right now. What a goof. What a bungler. I hope he just keeps on talking.

During the primaries, Romney was asked about his five sons and serving in the military. He said that they were serving the country by helping in his campaign. I have been waiting to hear that even one son has joined in the battle that Romney claimed to be the most important to our security, Iraq, after his withdrawal. I know that I will be waiting for a long time. Maybe until my son returns from Fallujah.

John Fenton
Proud father of US Marine Sgt. Matthew Fenton
Died from wounds received in Iraq May 5th 2006

I'm not sure if I completely buy Steele's argument, the GOP "base" is not as big as he thinks ... if it were then Huckabee would have been the nominee for the Republican party very early on, however Huckabee struggled to make up ground even in the South which should have been his best stumping ground. No ... Mitt lost because he's was perceived as an extremely shallow guy with very little conservative principles.

the DNC gotta love it

Although we can all appreciate the time Mr. Steele is saving us by dispensing both political =and= religious catechisms, it is harder to hear him now that he has such a large foot planted in his mouth.

This is sweet...I wanna see a last-man-standing sissyslap fight in a kiddy pool full of pudding between McCain, Steele, Limbaugh, Romney, Boehner and Coulter. My bets are on Coulter as long as she can manage to keep that adam's apple of hers (his?) from taking an elbow.

Ron Paul was the only republican candidate that could of beat obama. He has a perfect voting record on all issues. Check for yourselves. The republican /democrat elites are the same and they collectively wanted obama to win, that's why they put dead horse mccain in the challenger position.

Laurel and Hardy ...

Where is Groucho ...

Yogatious wrote: Christianity rejects most of the main tenants of Mormonism...

So you're saying that Christians won't rent apartments to mormons? That's housing discrimination! Have a nice day!

HA,HA, will you show me the stooges>Mitt=Moe, Rush=Curley, Michael= Larry, Now some one needs to klunk their heads together.

Idiots! Even tried to throw in "the liberal media" ... these guys can't keep up with their own line of bs. It's Amazing!

these girls are fighting again!!!...is this Jerry Springer party? ooops, Rush Limbaugh is running the show and the party and he is a class act entertainer...

Mitt Romney is such a hypocrite. He would never have won in MA if he had been pro life, so he ran as Pro choice. He even had to think about which state he would run in, MA or Utah. Then he changes his tune so he can run for President as a Republican. I am from Boston, and he is not a very well liked person and would not have won his second term as Gov. I didn't read all the comments, so I may be repeating someone here.

Methinks the GOP doth revile its own reflection.

How will the GOP ever repair itself when they bicker in public?
Jeez, it is pathetic to watch.

And the GOP drama continues. This month's episode appears to be a sequel of conforming & hypocrisy.

Didn't Steele recently have his own problems amongst the "base" with pro-choice waffling? While I take issues with Romney's ever-shifting positions, it has nothing to do with his Mormon faith. Then again, I'm no longer part of that 21%.

I love it, Keep talking steele. you are doing a wonderful job.

maybe the repugs will destroy each other.....

Another oops moment for the Hip Hop Chairman Michael Steele...he got another apologising to do – this time to Mr Mormon Romney himself!!!!

It's interesting how the truth is often the most reviled thing.

Michael Steele is simply telling the truth. Many in the Protestant/Baptist-heavy GOP had a problem with Romney's Mormonism. This is why Huckabee was rightly perceived as having "eaten Romney's lunch" in the primary. Huckabee had the religious bonafieds, except with a religion/denonination more in line with the religious right.

Steele is also correct in that Romney was looked at warily for having come to his more conservative positions just in time for the primary.

None of this really matters to me, except that it's fun to see the circular firing squad proceed apace.

Re: Ignorance is Bliss

The only hate the Republican base harbors is for pugnacious hate-mongering weasels like you. Why don't you stop putting the GOP down and at least start trying to fix things like your elected Messiah is doing?

Michael Steele is an absolute disaster. Good!

Steele is right on! Romney has to come to the Democratic Party. He is pro-choice and once ran a sanctuary mansion.

Who bloody cares if the gop eats their own? I for one don't, well actually I do, it's kind of fun to watch. We have serious problems in this country and the rnc only cares about saying "NO" and in fighting. They are just showing their true colors.

"It was the base that rejected Mitt because it had issues with Mormonism.

I just love that Republican euphemism: The Base.

Isn't The Base just a code phrase for: Regressive wingnuts so bigoted and reactionary that even a successful Mormon businessman isn't conservative enough to satisfy their whims.

I don't mean to knock anybody's religion, but the mormon's are somewhat cult like, also where are the minorities in the mormon church, Mitt Romney will never win being part of a one sided religion.

does anybody realize that Mormons BELIEVE they are the ancestors of all native americans? or that if they attain perfection in this life they will have their own universe just like how this one belongs to God? Mainstream Christianity rejects most of the main tenants of Mormonism, and with 70 million evangellical voters for the Republican party...how could Romney ever win?

I find it rather funny that the caller claimed Romney didn't get a chance to be the nominee because of 'liberals' and the media. Nope. The voters decided that one. It's too bad people in the party of personal responsibility always blame some other group rather than taking a look at what the individual candidate might have done (or not done) to lose their shot at being elected.

Mr Steele may not have been politically correct in his statement, but I think he hit the mark when it comes to conservative views. To be a bona fide conservative, you must march in lockstep in every facet of your life or you are out. It's a lot like being a bona fide Nazi in terms of tolerance.

Good luck GOP. Until you become more moderate, you'll continue to shrink.

I look forward to the day when Republicans finally admit what is wrong with their party – the Republican base.

The really sad part is that Steele is absolutely correct. The part in the article that got my attention was:
"The caller argued that Romney never got a chance to be the nominee because "liberals" and the media pushed hard for McCain to win the Republican nomination."
Wait, what? The liberal media has that much influence over conservative Republicans? Whoa Nelly! Where were the liberal media when Bush the imbecile won, not once, but twice? To what do we attribute that, the conservative media?

Those who support the Republican party have to grasp the concept that when eight years of conservative philosophy turn a surplus into a devastating deficit, financially and morally, and people want change, they VOTE for it, because it's the PEOPLE who want the bums out. To blame the media is to insult the intelligence of the voting public and ignore the democratic process, but they have already demonstrated that ably enough.

Charles W. Skinner May 11th, 2009 4:32 pm ET

However, the caller ALSO has a point, that McCain only won the primaries because of liberals crossing over in open primaries in order to drown out Conservative voters. Had the primaries been closed, McCain would have been DONE by December of 2007, and Huckabee and Romney would have been fighting it out for the nomination.

Hardly. Most states have closed Republican primaries anyway. Liberals didn't cross over in some kind of "Operation Chaos" to vote for McCain. McCain got 35% and won the primary because he was the least toxic choice for the Republicans. Also, after the "drag queen" stuff came out about Giuliani, Republicans looked to Fred Thompson as their front runner, who then promptly fell asleep.

Also, Republican candidates are decided less by primary voters and more by "superdelegates" in the Party after the Primaries. So I think it's less the liberal cross over voters to blame, and more the conservative establishment of the party who coronated McCain.

I can't think of too many more stupid things Mr. Steele can say. I don't think there are too many other people he can make angry.

Michael Steele is an idiot. First, Mormons are Christians. They use the same Bible, just four extra books, and they follow the commandments to the letter. The Mormon Church hasn't practiced multiple marriages in over 150 years. Only off-shoots of that church that are not recognized by Latter Day Saints (Mormons) pratice that stuff. For the most part, Mormons are no different from any other religion except that they focus much more closely on family values and service. That's it. The Mormons I know (and I know many) are no different in the way they worship than we in my Baptist Church. The state of Utah is extremely supportive of the base of the GOP. They overwhelmingly supported Bush even when they knew he was wrong because of the basic stated Republican principles. All the GOP and this nutcase Steele have managed to do is alienate millions of registered voters - both Mormon and those of us informed enough to know that being Mormon is no different than being of any other Prootestant faith.

No one could do more damage to the republicans than they are doing to themselves. I have never seen anything like this. The few remaining republicans do not know anything other then attack. It would be funny if the thought of a one party system did not scare me to death.

I wish Mr. Steele had asked Romney more about Romney's religion. Why does Mormon belief say all Blacks are "branded with the mark of Cain"? Why did the so-called prophets not allow full church membership (ie: the priesthood) to Black men until 1976? Mormons have a lot of questions to answer and a lot to account for before I will accept them as a mainstream Christian religion.

Mr. Steele is right, unfortunately. The Southern Baptists, a key GOP core group, are known for their rejection of Mormonism. Therefore, they chose a slightly less right-wing candidate (McCain) over Romney. I'm just loving this GOP infighting. I hope Rush wins on this one because it will guarantee Dem control over Congress and the White House for years to come!

Romney shot himself in the foot when Ron Paul asked what would give him the authority to attack another country. Of course the fool Romney responded that he would consult his lawyers, rather than actually read the constitution.

A religion notorious for polygamy certainly isn't going to sit well with "conservatives".

Cheney and Rush have problems with Colin Powel, based solely on race. Now Steele has problems with Mormons. The GOP is looking like a pretty exclusive club these days.

Looks like Mr. Steele does it again! He should carry around an extra pair of really soft shoes for all the times he has put his foot in his mouth! And he's supposed to lead the NATIONAL party? Give us a break, for heaven's sake! There has to be a better person out there to lead the RNC and get the GOP back on track. He's not helping the problem a bit, and like they say, "If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem!" (That could be said for a lot of the "mouths" speaking for the Republicans of late...a lot!
The question's been asked before, but...Who is this man and where does he come from? He ain't hackin' it, imho!

Hey Mikie "Boy" don't do this to Mitt – he has even sold some of his mansions to that he's not caught up in the Mcain house fracas.
Please give this idiot a chance so that the Purists and Right Wing Nuts can have another shot at showing their intollerance. Please do not convince him that for those Purists he's not a Christaian.

Now it the Mitt and Mike show. Yawn!

Liberals and the media wanted McCain? Double Yawn!!

You old-guard, ultra conservative, in control Republicans know you're gonna end up drafting Dick Cheney!

So why go on pretending it's not a done deal already?

Democrats are enjoying this infighting. That's fine. Remember though, when the dust finally settles there will most likely be a unified, focused, and growing GOP. Every party has their time in the woodshed. Remember when the media pundits talked about the end of the Democratic Party during the eighties? It seems to be cyclical.

The revival of the issue of Romney's faith underscores another, rarely spoken truth about the GOP: there is definitely a litmus test on faith. Unless you are a member of a church that is part of the base and you adhere without question to the tenents of that faith, the GOP base does not want you. Never mind that the LDS has faithfully supported conservative politicians for generations, the GOP leadership is saying thanks, but no thanks. The GOP has cynically used LDS and other churches to divide this country, and it is now coming back to haunt them.

Steele has got to go. The only reason he was chosen to begin with is because he is black and countered Obama. We here in Maryland know him as an incompent fool and his behavior since being elevated to the RNC chairmanship has done nothing to change that impression.

What Steele said was 100% and 0% wrong.

There are videos of Mitt at townhall debates for the RNC Primary, and pointedly I remember poor Mitt go and shake a man's hand, the man turned from him and said "I can't vote for a mormon". Mitt kept his smile and hair on the whole time.

I actually felt sorry for him, I am an American, and alhtough we differ politically, it is terrible for a man to be rejected from a political party for his religion or lack there of.

And Utah is STILL 80% Republican.

I have never been a Michael Steele fan, but Steele got this one right.
As a member of the religion he mentions, I have a problem w/Romney's "Mormonism."
With Prop 8 in CA, the entire country saw what happens when a religious entity pumps money into a political cause. And the same thing would happen over and over if Mitt Romney ever became president. We've had enough puppets in the WH.

The sad thing is, Steele is right.

The Talibangelicals have so indoctrinated the republican base with their special brand of xenophobia that Romeny, with his pro-abortion past and Mormon present would NEVER make it with them.

The only thing that can stand up to the censure of the morally conceited right wing religiofascists would be a blessing from their true secular leader, Rush.

It is okay to attack the catholics and any religion or sect, but not mormon. Attacking a mormon high priest like Rommey is a very bad thing... You just don't do it Mr. Steele. You may tell the truth but who are you? A son of Cain?

@ Ignorance is bliss -

No, you have it wrong, that's the dems....Obama, Reid, Pelosi, Emanuel, Napalitano...there's a group we can stand up and say we're ashamed about!

Steele strikes me as a bit of a dimbulb, but on this I think he is exactly right. The Romney response is nonsensical. If it were untrue that the Republican base rejected Romney, he would have been the nominee. There is no excuse for having anti-mormon bias, but that doesn't mean it doesn't exist in the extremist evangelical GOP base.

Teflon Rom will always have problems with Christian conservatives who consider Mormonism to be a cult and take issue with their placing Joseph Smith on the same level as Jesus. He needs to realize that and stop wasting everyone's time pretending something different is going on.

If the republicans can't play nice with each other, how are they going to play nice with the country and the rest of the world.

Obama/Biden in 2012
Mark Warner (you should check him out!) in 2016

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"Remember, it was the base that rejected Mitt because of his switch on pro-life, from pro-choice to pro-life," Steele told the caller. "It was the base that rejected Mitt because it had issues with Mormonism. It was the base that rejected Mitt because they thought he was back and forth and waffling on those very economic issues you're talking about."
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Mr. Steele,

As a Republican, you should know that your people can't handle the truth.....Can I expect two (Romney-Limby) apologies this time?

lol. The Republicans are eating each other alive. How amusing that they're showing themselves for the snakes they are.

You know, I've seen some backstabbing childish behavior from politicians when they lose, but never have I seen the cannibalism thats been happening since the Republicans lost this one.

Keep it up. Democrats will definately win the next election.

...and what about these comments by Steele are incorrect? Romney's convenient conversion to conservatism is now legend among Republicans and Democrats. Some voters did have issues with Mormonism too, but that wasn't what sank or will sink again the ambitions of Mitt.

Does Steele even know what Momronism comprises? I think its far more likely that the Republican base disliked him because he hadn't made his mind up to be anti-choice, although the GOP certainly seems to be running pell-mell down the road of intolerance for all things not WASP. Who could really guess at any sort of logic or rationality in a party that seems to embrace the likes of Dick Cheney and Sarah Palin.

Romney gets my vote. Smart businessman and that is what we need today!

Chairman Steel has a point. The base was not really excited about Romney due in part to his change in position on abortion, and a little bit of waffling on economic policy.

However, the caller ALSO has a point, that McCain only won the primaries because of liberals crossing over in open primaries in order to drown out Conservative voters. Had the primaries been closed, McCain would have been DONE by December of 2007, and Huckabee and Romney would have been fighting it out for the nomination.

The solution? Make the primary election in EVERY state a closed primary, so that only members of the Republican party can select the Republican candidate.

Watching the Republican Party self destruct these days is certainly an entertaining diversion from all of the serious problems in the world. I've never seen a bunch of people who deserve it more! Michael Steele is a pathetic RNC leader, even though he's right about the Mormonism thing. Mitt Romney has flip flopped like a fish out of water on almost every subject near and dear to the Republican core. Rush Limbaugh and Ann Coulter are a disgrace to humanity. Dick Cheney's a joke. The whole sorry mess put together is PRICELESS!! Bon Voyage, Republicans. May you never pass this way again!!

Steele is an idiot.

Romney, like him or not, has serious political chops.

Right, the "base" had issues with Romney. Romney would have been the nominee if it hadn't been for New Hampshire and Florida. Romney easily won the "base" in those states as he won among Republicans. But our primaries are open in those two states, so Democrats and Independets voted in OUR primary. McCain was more popluar among the enemy. Why? Because they knew the old man was easy to beat. Oh no Mr. Steele, the base did not reject Romney, the opponent simply embraced the weaker candidate. And we allowed it!

Steele is blurping out truths, but it's sad it's not taken too well.

Let them eat their own... Now who is going to apologize to Rush this time? Steele or Romney? You make your pick

Actually I'm sad to have to say this but I agree with him about Romney and his mormon faith. Remember Romney had to give a speech on his religion too and DON'T FORGET the man who wouldn't shake his hand because he was mormon. So he is pointing out a fact for the first time.

Mitt made it clear in his Texas faith speech that he believes secularism is bad. Secularism is the view that public education and other matters of civil policy should be conducted without the introduction of a religious element. Consequently, Mitt wants a religious element is his form of government. We had that crap with President Bush and look where it got us. Enough with mixing religion with government–leave it out. Get a clue. Religion is a private matter. Government has to deal with big problems that effect all Americans. We don't need phony politicians preaching to us.

Steele has disgraced himself and his party by insulting Mitt Romney. For that reason Steele should resign before he drives even more people away from the GOP.

Sounds as if the RNC is turning cannibalistic – they are turning on each faster than the media can report it.

The "base" needs to re-think it's position or you will wind up loosing the next election. Mitt Romney is a excellent candidate. I would certainly support him in the future. You will loose many moderate conservatives if you don't embrase them. There is always room for improvement within the party without giving up moral values.

Man this guy can't get anything right can he?

Steele, guest-hosting on Bill Bennett's radio show Friday, cast doubt on Romney's conservative bona fides and blamed the Republican base for rejecting Romney last year because "it had issues with Mormonism"
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I'm Shocked, Shocked! That there could be religious intolerance among Republicans.

Mittens has his special panties all in a bunch!

The rabid right will never let a Mormon rise to the top of a republican primary.

You would think Romney would have learned that expensive lesson in 2008.

I liked Steele before, but now he is become a loud mouth idiot.

What a bunch of ignorant village people, always on some kind of which hunt. They don't care about the country. All they've been doing since they got their collective ars kicked in the last election is campaigning. That's why they have no plans and they have is no....

THE Republican base is basicaly a bunch of uneducated rural inbreds who champion hate as their number one quality.

You know if Eric Fehrnstrom is irate, there's a good chance he's fighting the truth. Those of us who actually remember 2008 remember that the Republican base did have exactly the problems with Mitt Romney that Michael Steele enumerates. His expedient shift on abortion was undoubtedly the largest problem, but many Republican evangelicals were never convinced that Mormonism is Christian.

The Republican party is turning into a circular firing squad. Ready, shoot, aim!

If I had a dollar for everytime Steele put is foot in his mouth... Well let's just say that the recession would be over for me... I don't know... maybe it's his back and forth stances and not Romney's.... or maybe it's his "hiphop" language... but something just seems off with Steele... he just does not "gel" with the RNC... can't quite figure it though...

The circus continues. Thanks GOP !

I guess the Republicans only find humor when it comes from the likes of Cheney,Rove and Limbaugh. Double standards as usual with the Republican party. It was funny and nothing was inappropriate.

Michael Steel just cannot win. May be he needs to go for a refresher in republicanism and political finesse, or just take a crash course in how to be a hypocrite.

The Republicans are kicking people out of the party left and right at a willy nilly pace. Now Mitt is not committed enough to pro life.
Mot only did Steele miss the target, he shot himself in the foot!
They truly are circular firing squad READY FIRE AIM.
You must be in lock step 110% with the party to me a member. I bet that poll number of 21% who identify with the Republicans party would be taken again now it would be down to about 12%.

The gifts that keep on giving. This party is in total disarray. You have elected officials cow towing to Rush. You got Rush attacking any and every rethuglican that has credibility left and asking them to leave because they aren't a far right wing evangelical nut and actually believe in the Seperation of Church and State which so happens to be in the Constitution. You have Dick Cheney openly saying he will disregard the Constitution and torture people again. This party need to do like it wants GM to do and that is go bankrupt and come back with some new ideas or forever be lost.... But hey I'm a democrat so they can keep doing the same ol' same ol' and I'll be fine with that.

Obama/Biden 2012.. Clinton/?? 2016/2020....

This is so typical of religious conservative.. one of the few potential candidates with brains gets rejected because he apparently worship green tooth-fairy while the rest of us prefer yellow leprechaun... These guys are so funny

Romney, You still have time to get out from all these old GOP thinkers and support President OBAMA's agenda and democratic policies. Mark my word, GOP will never support you and your philosophy as they have nothing to offer other than tax cut for the rich and party of " NO " on all issues. will be better of changing your self to Democrate and give your expert opinion to democratic party if you have any and work with administraion so they can give you chance to be part of their administration. ......................

Please please please keep fighting each other.
Every day the Republicans find another way to shoot themselves in the foot. It can only make our country better.

Steele is right on this one: it was a known fact during the campaign. McCain had no money with a poor campaign management, but still, Mitt was totally unable to defeat him. Instead of going after Steel, Mitt's campaign should understand that the republican base is becoming even more conservative and exclusive. I cannot see how Mitt can win the general primary with such a base.

With the exception of Mormons themselves, anybody who knows anything about Mormonism has problems with it. It's a cult. A big, rich, politically powerful cult, and nothing more. And the Church of Latter Day Saints is, for all intents and purposes, running the state of Utah. Romney's situation is NOT similar to John F. Kennedy's "Catholic problem" in 1960. Catholicism may be many things, but it is not a cult. People move in and out of that church at will without fear of being ostracized by other Catholics, and they don't have to give 17% of their annual income to remain a member. As long as Mitt Romney is linked to Mormonism, he won't be electable. I have Mormon relatives who are decent people, but they don't know zip about the religion they've chosen to follow. And they will not even stay in the same room with anybody who starts a conversation about the way the Church was founded or what its founder did. I don't want a President who might be manipulated by a bunch bald-headed old men sitting in Provo.

keep up the internal fights boys! Keep it up! This is amazing!
Mitt vs Steele
Rush vs McCain
McCain vs Rush
Specter vs GOP
Cheney vs Powell (aka the best Republican there is)

How do you think the GOP will spin the release of the Iranian – American journalist? Seems to me that if GW were in office with Dick Cheney that she would not have been freed. Of course that's just an opinion.

The fall of The Republic is just embarassing to watch. RNC needs to be recast, including the executive producer named Rush. Or just cancel the show. Need new writers, too, while we're at it.

Um, where in this story does the 'Romney camp hit back'? Seems to me this story is all about Steele's comments on Romney, and includes only the barest of mentions of Romney's non-response.

I don't really see what's wrong with Steele's comments here. The base in the deep south does seem to have issues with Mormonism (please correct me if I'm wrong, and please correct THEM if I am right). That fact did seem to have an adverse effect on Romney's chances of winning deep south states in the primary season.

Republicans are so intolerant of others they can't even accept variation within themselves. Im enjoying watching them destroy themselves.

"Remember, it was the base that rejected Mitt because of his switch on pro-life, from pro-choice to pro-life," Steele told the caller. "It was the base that rejected Mitt because it had issues with Mormonism. It was the base that rejected Mitt because they thought he was back and forth and waffling on those very economic issues you're talking about."

Steele is making a career out of apologizing to Republicans. But it doesn't mean that what he said isn't true.

The Republicans reject Romney for EXACTLY those reasons – because he's a Mormon and because he's anti-abortion. The right-wing religious had a better, more closely identifiable candidate in Mike Huckabee, who's stated campaign goals were to change the Constitution to more closely reflect the Bible.

It had nothing to do with some big boogie man liberal media conspiracy to tank Romney's campaign. There's no probable cause for them to do so. The companies that OWN the media support Romney's hard-core supplyside vision of the economy, and would have nothing to gain by purposefully going against him. But there's no room in the mind of the tragically misinformed for ideas like that, so they persist with the "liberal media" lie.

Isn't it funny how every Republican that loses doesn't look to themselves as to why they lost (Romney, Palin, Coleman, McCain, Huckabee), but will point fingers first at the easy demons?

We're a centrist country. The Republicans are catering to the shrinking 20% hard right and ignoring the fact that if they stop pandering to an increasingly small and increasingly unreasonable crowd they will start winning elections again. If 50% of this country is potential conservative, which I believe that it is, then that means that Republicans are sending that non-hardline, 30% of the conservative population of this country over to the Democrats.

Stickig with a group of people who don't reflect American values, no matter how wonderful and traditional and quaint they may be, will guarantee that you LOSE EVERY ELECTION.

i think Romney should leave the GOP because no way a Mormom will be a candidade if he is a mormon in the GOP. Romney, come to the Democratic Party, a party for all faiths.

I happen to think Steele was correct – I didn't vote for "the Mitter" in the primary because I think LDS is a cult and not a legit, main stream conservative religion.

Let the in-fightin' sort themselves out. The least said about it , the better.

Steele wants approval and recognition and will say anything that he believes his present audience wants to hear.

His selection as a black representative as head of the RNC is as transparent as Palin's pick as the VP candidate.

He will never get elected.He lies more than a fisherman and flops more than a bass in the boat.Tell us how those magic BVDs work again Mitt.

Oh the Infighting I LOVE IT!

Way to go Mr. Steele. Way to knock down the only guy in the Republican Party that's got a shot against Obama in 2012. The reason romney lost is because huckabee remained in the race longer than he should of. McCain never won a primary by more than 35%. It was the republican base that was split between romney and huckabee and mccain was just collecting the trash. THINK before you talk michael!

Steele strikes Back!

What a stupid thing for Steele to say. How does this kind of talk help the Republican party, which he is supposed to be working for?

The caller like all ditto heads like to blame the "liberal media" for all the ills of their party. If Romney was such a strong candidate, he would have been the nominee not McCain whose campaign was left for dead in the summer of 2007. During the primaries Republicans could vote for their candidate, McCain, Romney Rudy etc what happened? Remember operation Chaos led by your leader Limbaugh? Guess it's true what they say the pit you dig for someone else you fall in. Enjoy the wilderness

The Republician Party is funnier than Saturday Night Live anymore.

Grab a beer and some popcorn and watch them go down the tubes.

Steele is not too smart and a name caller. If he can't speak intelligently then he has and will resort to name calling. All I can say, the RNC better watch out, Steele's an opportunist of the worst kind I have ever seen.

Ah gotta love the infighting

Watching Republicans go at each other is more fun than watching a dog trying to eat peanut butter.

I don't agree with much that Michael Steele says these days, but he is absolutely right on this. The republican base did reject Romney because of his views on abortion or ex-views and his mormanism. John McCain sold out ot the republican party and compromised his "maverickness" if you will to be the nominee. Furthermore, Mitt Romney did stand a chance against Obama. Though it would have been interesting to see how the republicans spin Obama being a so called muslim vs Romney being a morman.

Ah, yet another GOP three-ring circus! While they may not have given the middle class and the poor a break while they were running the country, they are certainly giving us a great soap opera to follow now!

Why does it matter what Steele says; isn't Limbaugh running the show?

Forget Mitt it's Mike Huckabee that's who the Republican Party needs. A candiate who is pro flat tax rate, term limits. representatives get no federal pension plan they get a 401 K no federal health insurance they get a HSA If they overspend on budget they lose 2% of thier income. MIKE HUCKABEE he's the MAN!!!!!!!!!

Romeny is an opportunist just like all the other Repubs who are trying to cast themselves as leaders. The whole group is an old bag of tricks that have been rejected and discarded by the public since 2006. Along with Rush Lambaugh, this group of followerless leaders are like fans of the losing team; all they can do is complain about the negative calls.

I agree with Steele. I was surprised when Romney dropped out so early in the primaries. I think he would have been a much better candidate than McCain and will be a good candidate in 2012 except that he doesn't please the Republican base, which has been shown to be a narrow minded minority but still runs the GOP show. Unfortunately, the better Republican spokesmen are being overlooked in favor of the Cheneys, Gingriches, and Limbaughs of the right wing. I don't think it's in insult to Romney, but rather to the party. Specter was right when he said the party left him. I think Romney is in the same boat.

Unfortunately, Steele is right on the money. The Religious Right was very uncomfortable with Romney's faith ( does anyone remember Huckabee's gentle critique?), and there was a feeling that his background as a venture capitalist wouls not sit well with Blue-collar Republicans/Reagan Democrats. Had Romney won the nomination, his background would have been the kiss of death for the ticket.

The last thing the Republican need is a man who cost thousands of people their jobs when he was in the private sector (because he wanted to make money for himself).

Michael Steele is a moron!!

Yes!!! More GOP infighting. To be honest of you, everytime I think of Mitt Romney, I think of HBO's sitcom Big Love.

Seems like Steele's shot from the hip actually hit the target squarely.