Alas, we must now bid a sad farewell to the Man of Steele

[KamaAina]

RNC chair Michael Steele, who has provided us lefties with a nonstop 2-year stream of pure comedy gold, withdrew from his race for re-election after trailing badly to several complete unknowns in early voting.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110114/ap_on_el_ge/us_gop_chairman

GOP Chairman Michael Steele has dropped his re-election bid after falling behind in balloting for the leadership of the Republican National Committee.

He asked his backers to give their votes to GOP operative Maria Cino.

Steele got a standing ovation after his announcement following a rocky two-year tenure that saw Republicans notch huge victories last fall.

After four rounds of voting, Reince Priebus (Ryns Pree'-bus) was leading. Cino, Ann Wagner and Saul Anuzis also were competing.

So let me see if I've got this straight: The Man of Steele takes back the House and several Senate seats for his party, and gets axed. Meanwhile, Tim Kaine presided over the most ignominious massacre in the history of midterm elections, yet remains employed. :eyes:

[NightWatcher]

1. *cue* it's so hard to say goodbye to yesterday

[EFerrari]

2. Bizarre, isn't it? Failing upward being institutionalized before our eyes.

[Blue Owl]

3. Save the last gaffe for us, Michael...

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