he needs to do, raise money and recruit candidates for office. i have my personal criticisms with chairman steele that have been very vocal on the ed show on other outlets on msnbc. i think the chairman needs to frankly stay off the air and i disagree. i have immense personal respect and affection for the speaker. giving what we heard from steele yesterday about race and people criticizing chairman steele because he s african-american is ridiculous. stay off the airwave, do his job and keep his mouth shut. i think he s on a very short leash. i think the donors are fed up with hearing drip, drip, drip out of rnc. he needs to get his job done rather than come nating the headlines. michael steele s problems have nothing to do with the color of his skin, but the incompetence of his leadership of the rn krrc. the idea i love what newt said. let me tell you, i think republicans would much rather focus on democrats than the chairman. then the chairman ought to stop doing and saying such