Michael Steele: ‘Lot Of Interest’ In Eric Cantor Serving As RNC Chairman

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Va., speaks with reporters in his Capitol Hill office in Washington, Monday, Sept. 12, 2011, about jobs, as Congress waits for President Obama to submit the jobs plan. (AP Photo/J... House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Va., speaks with reporters in his Capitol Hill office in Washington, Monday, Sept. 12, 2011, about jobs, as Congress waits for President Obama to submit the jobs plan. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) MORE LESS
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Eric Cantor, next Republican National Committee chairman?

Former RNC chair Michael Steele thinks it’s a possibility after the House majority leader was defeated Tuesday in a Virginia Republican primary.

“With the upcoming presidential election, there’s a lot of interest in Eric Cantor serving as national chairman of the RNC,” Steele said Saturday on MSNBC’s “Up With Steve Kornacki.”

“In fact I think he’d be interesting because he started dialogues on poverty and some other issues that were sort of outside of what Republicans have traditionally talked about. So he could bring a very interesting voice into that space,” he said.

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