Steele Calms Some of Rnc's Members ; New Chairman Airs 'Missteps' in Phone Call

The Washington Times › March 08, 2009

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Barely five weeks after his election as Republican National Committee chairman, Michael S. Steele pacified some of the 168- member panel during a 75-minute conference call Friday with about 100 of them but left a few still angry, according to participants and officials.

Participants in the call told The Washington Times that Mr. Steele said in opening remarks that lasted about 20 minutes: "I gave our opponents an opening to use against us. I felt very bad about this all last week. It won't happen again."

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Steele Calms Some of Rnc's Members ; New Chairman Airs 'Missteps' in Phone Call

Before Friday's conference call, at least one member - Ada Fisher of North Carolina - had called for Mr. Steele's resignation after he had said in an interview that conservative talk-radio star Rush Limbaugh is not the leader of the GOP but an "ente...

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