Steele: Republicans Are Making a Comeback

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May 19, 2009, 3:33 pm
Steele: Republicans Are Making a Comeback
By Adam Nagourney

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – If Michael W. Steele, the chairman of the Republican National Committee, declares that the Republican Party has turned a corner, does that make it so?

That question is about to be tested now that Mr. Steele made just that declaration in a buck-up, cheer-up speech to Republican National Committee members here on Tuesday. His speech came at a time when poll after poll shows public support for the Republican party dropping, and when the party has suffered a series of setbacks – including a loss of an upstate special election for a Congressional seat in a Republican district that Mr. Steele had proclaimed as a top target for his party the last time the committee met.

Nonetheless, for 30 minutes, he told party members that things had changed, and that a new chapter had begun for Republicans and their chairman ...

And finally: “A Republican renaissance has begun!” (The exclamation point was included in the prepared text of his remarks that was handed out) ...

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/19/steele-republicans-are-making-a-comeback/

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1. the GOP turned a corner and went back again

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2. Michael Steele Can't Drive 55! n/t