Ex-RNC Head: Steele Can't Win
The Hill reports:
Michael Steele's bid for a second term as chairman of the Republican National Committee (RNC) is doomed, according to a former head of the party.
Mike Duncan, who held the top RNC post from 2007 to 2009, told cn|2 Politics's Ryan Alessi he thinks Steele is effectively "out of the race."
"I think there have been so many people who have announced — particularly from his core group of supporters — that they won't support him again, that he probably falls by the wayside after the first or second ballot," Duncan said.
Steele faces four challengers in his bid for a second two-year term. Duncan wouldn't point to a front-runner to succeed the chairman. "It's probably wide open," he said.
Duncan added that former Missouri Republican Party Chairwoman Ann Wagner and Maria Cino, a former Bush administration official, are "extremely well qualified.This isn't the first time Duncan has criticized the man who now holds his job. In December, he questioned Steele's fundraising ability.
