RNC Weakens Steele's Spending Ability

[Are_grits_groceries]

It's been a bad day for RNC chairman Michael Steele, with his authority having now been seriously weakened.

The Republican National Committee has now imposed new controls on Steele's spending, requiring him to set up competitive bidding on contracts costing over $100,000 and to get a second signature on those contracts.

The RNC also also voted to postpone until January any vote on the formation of a special ethics committee, which Steele had proposed as a way to ensure transparency. "My concern is with members appointed by the chairman, as he wanted to do, you potentially don't have the transparency he promised when running for chairman," said North Dakota chairman Gary Emineth.

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/07/rnc-weakens-steeles-spending-ability.php?ref=fpb

Another spat exposed. I'm surprised they waited this long.

[formercia]

1. How is Steele going to buy all that Fried Chicken? n/t

[JNelson6563]

2. I think it's funny.

Yeah they needed a person of color to counter Obama (women, people of color, we're all interchangeable). But they can't bring their racist selves to actually let a black man have the reigns. This is why I laughed whenever people mentioned Condi as a Prez. candidate. Black and a woman?? The GOP would never go for that.

Julie

[Stinky The Clown]

3. That's **exactly** what came up for me, too.

"Their racist selves," indeed.

[baldguy]

4. He's a figurehead with no power, just like Bush.