Michael Steele the right Choice for the Waning RNC

The election of Michael Steele as the next chairman of the RNC is an interesting but probably the right choice. He is one of the most moderate and centrist of the Republicans who could move the RNC more towards the center and with the fast changing demographics of the country, he will need to do this.

Steele, the first African American to run the RNC, was chosen for one undemanding reason; the country’s fast changing ethnic vote demographics which will spell future doom for the republicans who are widely perceived as a narrow-minded party of mainly Deep South, rural and non-college educated blue collar whites. Obama handily won the Hispanic, Asian and the youth vote and trampled McCain with the black vote. In the next four years, the number of non-white and youth voters will continue to ascend and the white electorate overall will continue to decline.

Steele, however, has his work cut for him. He has to find away to unite an alienated and out of touch Republican Party. For one; one of his other four opponents for his job, Saltsman, was so bigoted that he thought it was amusing to lambaste Obama with the infamous “Magic Negro” parody. When he got some mild flack for it, not only did he defend it but he was displeased at the thought that others might not laugh it up too. Too many in the GOP didn’t utter a peep of protest, except the outgoing chair. Two, Steele is somewhat pro government, a centrist and socially active; all contrary of what Republicans profess to be.

Good Luck Mr. Steele.