very angry about the $2,000 the party spent at a hollywood sex club. the employee was summarily dismissed for going against our internal policies and finance. we have been putting great controls in place for the last few months, as a matter of fact, on some of our financing. those numbers that they talk about, you know, i m not staying at fancy hotels and the four seasons and flying around in corporate jets. well, steele also told good morning america he is not stepping down but some senior republicans aren t rushing to his defense. here s what senator jon kyl had to say when asked if steele should remain as rnc chairman. well, i m not in the position of the people who elect michael steele to either say he should step down or not. this kind of thing has got to stop or they won t get any contributions. the people that contribute to the committees both democrat and republican want to know their money is well spent for the cause and it needs to be that way. wow, that was the num
white house domestic policy council adviser melody barnes. plus, republicans could use a little domestic policy advice. michael steele under fire for that spending spree at a hollywood sex club. can steele survive? and we have msnbc political analysts mike barnicle and patrick j. buchanan this hour. good day. i m andrea mitchell in washington. no, the president is not chaneling sarah palin. today he did announce the first major change in offshore oil drilling policy, oil and gas drilling, in decades. is this an attempt to get republicans behind the rest of his energy policy? john mccain has already tweeted, drill, baby, drill! good move. where are reid and pelosi on this? melody barnes is director of the white house domestic policy council. joining us now from the white house. melody, we are going to talk to you about the first lady s event this hour. more on that in just a moment. i did want to ask you, though, the big news of the day obviously is the energy policy. the president