RNC's Steele Open to Challenges for 3 Turncoats

The new Chair of the Republican National Committee, Michael Steele, stated on Monday that he is open to primary challenges against the 3 GOP turncoats who voted in favor of the Obama pork-fest--Arlen Specter, Olympia Snowe, and Susan Collins.

This is the topic of my column for today at Columbia Conservative Examiner.

No doubt Specter, Snowe, and Collins are intensely disliked among most GOP faithful across the country, but the question is, can a more conservative candidate fly in states like Maine and Pennsylvania?

And what about other questionable GOP Senators, such as South Carolina's Lindsey Graham?

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Steele--The Wrong Choice for the GOP

Michael Steele became the new Chair of the Republican National Committee on Friday as the RNC decided it was time for 'a new direction.'

Unfortunately, that new direction is the wrong one.

The choice of Steele is historic in that it is the very first time Republicans have selected a black man to be its point man. And Steele certainly has at least some qualities that are admirable, such as his desire to target the Northeast and the West for new recruits to the Party.

However, Steele is also known as one of the 'moderate' Republicans who are largely responsible for the mess the Party is in today.

Conservatives particularly take issue with Steele on some of his views concerning gun rights. He is no friend to gun owners, although he is certainly no arch-enemy, either.

While he generally gives lip-service to 2nd Amendment rights, he also supports gun control measures that characterize the views of the more liberal Republicans of the Northeast. This stance will certainly gain him no friends among conservatives.

Thus, the Party continues in its quest to marginalize conservative voices.