Michael Steele is still chairman of the Republican National Committee. Well, at least on paper.
The Washington Post reports:
But even as the RNC seeks to restore confidence to major donors, there were fresh signs of discontent Tuesday. Sean Mahoney, an RNC member from New Hampshire, resigned, calling the nightclub scandal “the straw that broke the camel’s back.”
The scandal represents a pattern of unaccountable and irresponsible mishaps that ought to unnerve every fiscal conservative,” Mahoney wrote in a letter to Steele. “Overspending on private planes, limousines, remodeling, catered parties and high-priced junkets demonstrates a complete lack of respect for RNC donors; a lack of respect that was spelled out all too clearly in a leaked PowerPoint presentation that mocked our Committee’s own donors.”
In the blaxploitation classic, “The Spook Who Sat by the Door,” the CIA realized their first mistake was letting a black man in. That mistake was compounded when they let him out.
The RNC made a mistake when they let Steele into their inner sanctum. But they’re not about to compound it. So they will let Steele act like he’s chairman.
