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Michael Steele's 'nazi' Problem?

Byron York has a good piece on GOP insiders quickly losing patience with their new party chairman. Here's a remarkable bit:

Adding to the problem, these insiders say, has been Steele's high profile on television. Steele made headlines for his appearance on CNN last weekend in which he characterized Limbaugh's program as "incendiary" and "ugly."  Limbaugh hit back hard, and Steele later apologized, saying his words did not reflect his true feelings.  But some Republicans who were not particularly upset by Steele's references to Limbaugh were appalled when Steele, during the same program, sat quietly while CNN host D.L. Hughley said that last year's Republican National Convention "literally looked like Nazi Germany.  It literally did."  GOP insiders who saw the performance unanimously agreed that Steele was seriously, perhaps unforgivably, remiss in not challenging a television host who compared Republicans to Nazis.

Hard to blame them. Skip to about 1:25 here and watch for yourself:

--Michael Crowley