Salon.com > Aaron Wiener http://www.salon.com Sun, 19 May 2013 19:00:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Michael Steele calling it quits? http://www.salon.com/2010/12/13/steele_31/ http://www.salon.com/2010/12/13/steele_31/#comments Mon, 13 Dec 2010 15:14:00 +0000 http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2010/12/13/steele Two years ago, the campaign for the chairmanship of the Republican National Committee brought us “Barack the Magic Negro” and a whites-only country club. What does next month’s RNC election have in store for us?

Not Michael Steele, apparently. Tonight, the embattled RNC chairman will announce his decision on a re-election bid, and all signs point to his stepping aside.

On Saturday night, Steele sent an email to committee members, inviting them to join him for a private conference call at 7:30 tonight:

"Dear Members, Please join me for a private conference call, Monday December 13th at 7:30pm (EST). For your personal conference code please RSPV to ... Thank you, and I look forward to talking to you Monday evening. Michael."

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