Is Black the "new" Black? (Thanks Shakeia)

So as a a sign that is to usher in the new Republican party, Michael Steele, was elected the first African American chairman of the Republican National Convention. Steele, is the former Lt. Gov. of Maryland. He was elected after 6 rounds of voting, after winning a majority of the votes. Yay for the GOP? or something like that..

I'm not trying to take away from this moment for the Grande Ole Partay, or Mr. Steele, but... one has to wonder, was he really the right choice for the job? I mean, it took SIX rounds of voting which to me means there wasn't overwhelming support. Or was this all a ploy to get much of the vote they lost in the 2008 election? 90% of the minority vote went to then Senator Barack Obama. Are my Repubs trying to regain their once prosperous grassroots organization by electing a Black chairman? Is Black the "new" black?

I'm watching now to see what's going to happen. The GOP is a party divided and party that is getting ready to lose many generation Xers and Yers and any other generation folks who find their recent shinanighans OBSURD. Michael Steele is a conservative, who is more toward the middle, and if Sarah Palin really is being groomed to become the GOP candidate in 2012, and she's so far to the right.... how will this work? Will they gain votes from moderates and staunch conservatives? Can the GOP rebuild in 4 years?

What about Rush Limbaugh? Is he the boss? Lately, Rush has been talking out the side of his neck in an effort to "challenge" the GOP to stand up to President Obama. Is there a separate division of the GOP that follows Limbaugh? How will the GOP unite the party and gain those states that "went blue"? I've long ago stopped listening to Rush's foolishness and I hope my conservative counterparts have done the same because he's not doing the party or anyone else any good at the moment.

Brown...out!