Michael Steele is the former lieutenant governor of Maryland under Gov. Robert Ehrlich. Steele became lieutenant governor in 2003 and served until 2007 when Gov. Martin O'Malley was elected. Steele ran for the U.S. Senate in 2006 for a seat being vacated by Paul Sarbanes, but lost to Ben Cardin. Steele was a candidate for chair of the Republican National Committee in 2009.
Michael Steele is the former lieutenant governor of Maryland under Gov. Robert Ehrlich. Steele became lieutenant governor in 2003 and served until 2007 when Gov. Martin O'Malley was elected. Steele ran for the U.S. Senate in 2006 for a seat being vacated by Paul Sarbanes, but lost to Ben Cardin. Steele was a candidate for chair of the Republican National Committee in 2009.
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Obama: No regrets about 'Recovery Summer'
The Swampby Mike Memoli Spinning this month's jobs report, President Obama announced he would detail a package of new measures aimed at stimulating the economy next week. "We are confident we are moving in the right direction but we want to......Tags: Barack Obama
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Gingrich: Contract with America round 2
The Swampby Mark Silva Newt Gingrich, the former Republican House speaker and purveyor of the GOP "Contract With America'' that helped his party win control of the House after President Bill Clinton's election, says GOP chairman Michael Steele has started work.......Tags: Democratic Party, National Government, Contracts, Newt Gingrich, Republican Party
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Health care: 2010 elections start here
The Swampby Mark Silva With the Senate's 60-39 vote to proceed to debate, after Thanksgiving, on a health-care bill that the president is seeking by year's end, the debate of the 2010 midterm elections has been joined: For the Democrats, in......Tags: Barack Obama, George LeMieux, George Voinovich, Politics, Local Elections
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GM's losses Obama's failure: RNC says
The Swampby Mark Silva In its most recent $1-billion loss, General Motors sees progress. Yet, with the report today that GM has lost $1.2 billion since leaving the protection of federal bankruptcy courts in July, the Republican National Committee chairman finds......Tags: Barack Obama, Chevrolet, General Motors Corp., Automotive Equipment, Heads of State
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GOP: '2012 yet? -- Visualize no liberals'
The Swampby Mark Silva With just 24 online shopping days left before Christmas, Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele has opened "the GOP Store,'' an online mart offering "all things Republican.'' There's a white elephant for sale, "Peppermint,''...Tags: Politics, Republican Party
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GOP's 'purity test:' Steele pondering
The Swampby Paul West In his first comments on an effort to impose a conservative purity test on Republican candidates in the 2010 election, Republican National Chairman Michael Steele stressed the counter-productive nature of litmus tests. At the same time,...Tags: Hawaii, Republican Party, Maryland, Washington (U.S. state), Indiana
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Steele to Obama: Drop health, push jobs
The Swampby Mark Silva Credit Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele for reading the White House schedule, the one that features President Barack Obama today proposing a new jobs-boosting program in the midst of pervasive high unemployment. Obama,...Tags: Barack Obama, Politics, Hawaii, Health, Medicare
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RNC launches 'Fire Pelosi' tour
The Swampby Mike Memoli While Democrats are ramping up efforts to tie Republicans to President Bush, the GOP is making clear who their midterm bogeyman is. Or bogeywoman, to be exact. Speaking at an RNC gathering in Kansas City today, party......Tags: Democratic Party, Republican Party, George W. Bush
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Unemployment spin: 'Bumps in the road'
The SwampDon Lee reports on the monthly jobs report: The employment picture in the U.S. remained bleak last month as the nation's payrolls fell for a second straight month, with private-sector businesses adding a disappointingly scant number of new jobs. The......Tags: Barack Obama, Business, Wages and Pensions, Career and Workplace, Politics
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Health-care: 'Promise, disappointment'
The Swampby Mark Silva With the Senate's 60-40 vote early this morning to move its health-care legislation to expected passage this week, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said the Senate had taken a "historic step'' toward delivering on the promise of......Tags: Barack Obama, Diseases and Illnesses, Colleges and Universities, Family, George Washington University
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Michael Steele to critics: 'Shut up'
The Swampby Mark Silva It's been a rough week for Michael Steele. First the Republican National Commitee chairman, flouting the tabu of never revealing the ending of a plot in a good movie review, conceded that his party will not retake......Tags: Oklahoma, Thriller (genre), Republican Party, Fox Broadcasting Company, ABC (tv network)
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Steele cool to Arizona immigration law
The Swampby Mike Memoli As Arizona voters cast ballots in the state's primary election, RNC chair Michael Steele appears to be distancing the national party from the state's efforts to curb illegal immigration. In a recent interview with Spanish-language...Tags: Wolf Blitzer, Minority Groups, Politics, Executive Branch, CNN (tv network)
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