The choice of Steele represents a considerable failure for the social conservatives who dominated during the era of Tom DeLay and George W. Bush. These far right wingers - including Phyllis Schlafly, Tony Perkins, Richard Viguerie, and Ed Meese - all backed Kenneth Blackwell, who had one of the poorest showings in the election. |
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