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Republican National Chairman Steele's Spending Spree Angers Donors
Republican National Chairman Michael Steele is spending twice as much as his recent predecessors on private planes and paying more for limousines, catering and flowers -- expenses that are infuriating the party's major donors who say Republicans need every penny they can get for the fight to win back Congress.Most recently, donors grumbled when Steele hired renowned chef Wolfgang Puck's local crew to cater the RNC's Christmas party inside the trendy Newseum on Pennsylvania Avenue, and then moved its annual winter meeting from Washington to Hawaii. Time to drain the WHOLE swamp... I gently disagree on this one. People criticized Howlin' Howie Dean for spending money like mad in his first couple years as Dem Chair, but he was rebuilding the party. That worked for the Dems in 06 and 08. The party and the meeting are peanuts; it's what you do to get the insiders to play your game. What matters if if Steele's spending on candidates and infrastructure allows the Pubs to win in November. If they do all is forgiven, if they don't Steele will be kicked to the curb. Posted by: wr 2010-02-25 |
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