Michael Steele just can’t stop.
We’re previously reported that Steele has gone back and forth on the question of whether the Republican Party would support primary challenges or decline to help out pro-stimulus Republicans. Now, in an appearance on right-wing talk radio, he’s reiterated that this is a possibility.
Steele was pressed today by Laura Ingraham, who very much wants the party to cut off any wobblers, about whether the party would refuse to raise money or give money to GOPers who back the stimulus and earmark spending:
Said Ingraham: “Will you make good on that pledge that the RNC will not raise money and give money to Republicans who continue to put a stick in the eye of fiscal conservatism?”
“As I said, that is something that is absolutely on the table for me,” Steele replied. “I’m not backing down from that. I’m not backing down from that.”
Steele did add that this is ultimately up the state parties, citing his own past experience as a state GOP chairman. So if those state chairs want to revolt against an incumbent — say, Arlen Specter in Pennsylvania — it looks like they’ll have a friend in Chairman Steele.
Here’s a question: If earmarks alone are a cause for withdrawing support, is Mitch McConnell next?
(Via Think Progress.)
