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It’d be a bigger PR disaster than Steele himself.

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What, at this point, would be a bigger PR disaster for the GOP than gaffe-machine/RNC Chairman Michael Steele? How about firing Michael Steele? Amidst rumors of Steele’s imminent ousting, the Washington Post’s Chris Cillizza lists five reasons why he will stay, including: “The last thing the party needs now is further chaos at the top”; As the party’s first African American chairman, “Pushing Steele aside just over a month into his tenure would send the exact wrong message about who the Republican Party is and where it's going”; and there aren’t really any better options.

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