Embarrased

I just re-read my last post and I was suddenly embarrassed when I realized that it's just wrong to pronounce Michael Steele a "token", at least right now. To vote for a black man to take on one of the top jobs of real responsibility in the Republican party speaks more highly of that party than that word. Steele will have real responsibility and that's not nothing. In the end what matters is what he does with that responsibility. Will he -- and the party -- really reach out to minorities? Time will tell. That will determine whether or not he's a token. For now, I think it's commendable that Republicans were able to elect him; at least some people realize they have a perception problem.

It was a bad, stupid post.