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NY 23 fallout: Steele v. Palin | Michael Tomasky

Source: The Guardian

Nov 04, 2009

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Check this out, from George Stephanopoulos' blog:

RNC Chair Michael Steele was in a feisty mood this morning, but the Democrats weren't his only target. How intentional was that message to the Palin wing of the GOP?

My colleague, ABC News' David Chalian has more...As any party chairman should, RNC Chairman Michael Steele took the opportunity this morning to crow about GOP victories in New Jersey and Virginia.

But he also seemed to deliver a bit of a rebuke to potential 2012 presidential aspirants in his party such as Sarah Palin, Tim Pawlenty, and Rick Santorum, all of whom immersed themselves in the NY-23 special House race with their endorsements and support for conservative Doug Hoffman who came up short last night.

"If you don't live in the district, you don't vote there, your opinion doesn't matter very much," Steele said while assessing the intra-party strife that resulted in a Democratic pick up of a seat held by Republicans since the Civil War.

How might Sarah respond to that one?

Another fun fact. According to the Watertown Daily Times, Owens raised m

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