The Racial Two-Step

As the RNC chair plays racial politics with Harry Reid, Jonathan Martin shows how such politics are binding the GOP with regard to Steele:

“I don’t think there is any chance he’s going to be dumped before the next election for the obvious reason,” said one of the party’s most influential strategists and a key player on presidential campaigns. Asked why that would be, the Republican, who is not on the party committee, shot back: “You’re not going to dump the first African-American chairman. That’s the only reason. Otherwise, he’d be gone.”