RNC Chairman Michael Steele ruffling some republican feathers

Recently I read a March 13, 2009 post on CitizenJanepolitics.com. The blog talks about a recent interview done by GQ with RNC Chairman Michael Steele (when you get to the web site it should be on the front page, if not click on “the republicans” under topics; you should also be able to link to the full GQ interview). It seems that the new RNC chair is still ruffling feathers of the core Republican party. In the interview he says that abortion is an individual choice, homosexuality is someone’s nature and he can’t change that, and that the Republican Party doesn’t appeal to minorities because the party hasn’t gone out of its way to change the perception that it doesn’t care about minorities.

Is this the signal of a new Republican Party or of a power struggle waiting to erupt? Do core Republicans really want to show they are a party of diverse views or will they continue to speak in one voice to the few? If Chairman Steele has his way, the party is heading in a more inclusive direction. Only time will tell if he has enough will to pull off this new direction or bow to the will of the tried and true.