"Failing to address the least of us"

I'm having a very hard time grasping this statement. Is Steele arguing that conservatives are both the "Silent Majority" and a minority at the same time?

He should also brush up on his vocabulary. He's "addressed" the GOP many times. Just because you plug your ears and scream over his words doesn't mean that he's not talking to you.

OMFG. I think it's very possible that MLK Jr. rolled over in his grave with Steele's statement.

Here's a black man giving his opinion that one of the greatest black men in history would be disappointed in our black president, who he claims isn't providing leadership to the "least of us?" OMFG.

Really? is right...

This man is incredibly ignorant. I get the impression that he is not aware of the words coming out of his mouth.

I am guessing he thought this was a good way to create ire toward the president among the african american community and as it was completely lame, I doubt it has had the desired effect.

Steele is a 'perfect' representative for the republican party of today based on the ignorant tea partiers, birthers, limbaughtomized, etc.

No, they're not blocking anything. They're fighting for things to stay the same...

Yeah except Steele is just a token chairman, nothing he says or does has any effect on any elected republican anywhere.

I suspect that at some point in the not too distant future, Steele will revise and extend his remarks.

Will someone please get this Sambo off the stage? And yes, I meant this statement as a racial slur. He's a disgrace to his race. He's a disgrace to ANY race.

You know, this is really unfair to Michael Steele, and a complete misrepresentation of his comments (out of context, too).

Michael Steele doesn't understand what a filibuster actually is, so when he said "up or down vote," he meant 60 votes up or 41 votes down. This is obvious to anyone who's not a Communist.