Update from Brian: Added the pic above because the best thing about Michael Steele is that he is the uncle of Mike Tyson's kids.
Reading all these articles about Piyush "Bobby" Jindal giving the Republican response tomorrow, made me wonder just what the GOP thinks the lesson of the 2008 election really was. First they select one of their few (only?) prominent elected African-American members, Michael Steele, as the new RNC Chair. Then they choose Jindal, an Indian-American, as their public face for the national address.
The Democrats look at their big wins in 2008 and see it as a vindication of their push for more progressive policies, competent leadership, and responsible government. The GOP seem to have looked at the 2008 election and thought "Our policies were great. We just needed less white guys".
This is a great time though to be one of the few elected minority leaders in the GOP - you are basically guaranteed lots of airtime and your choice of major roles.
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