Black Political Zone

Michael Steele, the African American Maryland Lt. Governor who recently lost in a highly publicized bid for a U.S. Senate seat, wants to chair the Republican National Committee. The Washington Post writes:

Steele, who lost to Democratic Rep. Benjamin Cardin by a margin of 55 percent to 44 percent of the vote, said he believed it was time for the GOP to rethink its views in wake of losing both chambers of Congress in last week's midterm elections, which he described as a "tsunami." Steele said the electorate "was very clear."

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