2012 GOP Debacle Watch

When she seeks reelection, conservatives want to deprive Sen. Olympia Snowe of the GOP nomination. The Democrats are then likely if not certain to win the seat. GOP Chairman Michael Steele understands that a moderate Republican will do better in a state such as Maine. But does the rogue Alaskan, who helped botch a similar situation in upstate New York and ensured that the GOP would lose the formerly safe Republican seat?

Palin's Fault?!

ABC News:

"If you don't live in the district, you don't vote there, your opinion doesn't matter very much," [RNC chairman Michael] Steele said while assessing the intra-party strife that resulted in a Democratic pick up of a seat held by Republicans since the Civil War.

Hat tip to Mike Cheever