Former Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele thinks Donald Trump is going to get the party’s nomination. Michael Steele also thought people didn’t like him because he was “streetwise,” but there it is just the same.

Michael Steele, the former one-term Republican lieutenant governor of Maryland, has a new job on television! No, not at Fox News. That network has abandoned him ever since his tenure as head of the Republican National Committee only netted their party 63 seats in the House of Representatives last year. Instead, Steele will be picking up his analyst checks at MSNBC, home of the cable news Left.

When Bill Maher brought up Senator Jon Kyl's intentionally false statement about Planned Parenthood's propensity to perform abortions on last night's Real Time, panelists Ed Schultz and Michael Steele disagreed with each other about the egregiousness of Kyl's fib. It was contentious, yes, but boy oh boy was that just the tip of their shouty iceberg!

On Friday, Michael Steele was defeated in his effort to lead the Republican National Committee for another term. Worse, he lost to a guy named Reince Priebus! Tonight, Jon Stewart summarized the day's events—and mocked Steele—in farcical fashion.

The Michael Steele Era of Politics is over. "Reince Priebus," the Wisconsin GOP chair, has won the Republican party chairmanship. His challenging job going into 2012: Shut up and smile! Michael Steele struggled with this.

Did you wake up early today for CSPAN's coverage of the Republican National Committee leadership election? It's thrilling. The candidates build secret coalitions and screw each other over all day. Who will win? Anyone but current chair Michael Steele.

Yesterday, the Republican National Committee held a debate between its prospective future chairpersons. As we pointed out, things didn't go too well! Tonight, Jon Stewart took the plethora of schadenfreude-filled content form the debacle and had at it. Watch inside.

Candidates for Republican party chairperson debated today! You all probably have it Tivo'd, so we don't want to spoil too much. But one lady candidate responded to a question about her "favorite bar," even though that question was never asked.

Embattled RNC chair Michael Steele will announce this evening whether he's running for reelection. Fox News reported yesterday that he won't. But Fox News reported today that he will! We'll see. Either way, Fox News was correct.

The Republican National Committee's political director, who's actually named Gentry Collins, resigned in protest this morning — with a vicious four-page letter about chairman Michael Steele ruining the party's finances. If only they'd landed Gentry for chairman instead, amirite?

The exciting-to-everyone race for Republican National Committee chair appears to be "on." The notably comical incumbent, Michael Steele, has a challenger: Saul Anuzis, former head of the Michigan GOP. And he already has quite the winning campaign slogan!

Since being elected as Republican National Committee chairman almost two years ago, Michael Steele has survived constant calls for his resignation, only to preside over historic GOP congressional wins. His reward? Probably losing his job.

The Republican National Committee only has $5.5 million on hand as mid-term elections heat up. The DNC has almost twice that. This explains why Michael Steele has been giving speeches wearing nothing but a barrel held up by suspenders.

Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele had a nice conversation with a donor last week about the possibility of a leadership challenge from former Minnesota Senator Norm Coleman. Except: The "donor" was a conservative blogger. Who published the whole conversation.

Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele has a party fundraising event coming up in August that is scheduled to feature a very special guest: Conservative media activist Andrew Breitbart, according to a copy of the invitation exclusively obtained by TPM.

The political world is wrapping up this latest, fruitless "Will Michael Steele Quit?" cycle, with the RNC chair telling a crowd today that he "ain't going anywhere" after calling the Afghanistan war stupid. Ann Coulter agrees! Sorry, Sarah Palin.

Apparently "there's talk in GOP circles" that Sarah Palin should replace Michael Steele as RNC chair, after Steele made the terrible mistake of calling the Afghanistan war stupid. This will not happen, because Sarah Palin is a terribly unpopular person!

Politicians on both sides of the aisle have put aside their differences to collectively humiliate Michael Steele for his "Obama's war" gaffe. First came the Dems with their stupid press release. Now it's John McCain and Co.'s turn.

Political operatives of all stripes are furious at RNC chair Michael Steele today for his anti-Afghanistan war comments. Now everyone must "spin" and "clarify" instead of taking a half-day! Republicans are calling for Steele's resignation, while Democrats are being stupid.

Hilarious RNC chair Michael Steele apparently doesn't know his party's position on the Afghanistan war. Yesterday, Steele called the war one of Obama's choice that's unnecessary and not winnable. Agreed! Steele's flacks have now taken to mop duty.