And even now, as Steele implements another shake-up in personnel, these critics are skeptical that real change will come because, in their view, he is simply replacing one set of close political allies with another set of operatives tied to his days as Maryland lieutenant governor and unsuccessful Senate candidate.
His new chief of staff charged with cleaning up the mess, for example, is Mike Leavitt, the campaign manager for Steele’s losing race in 2006 against Democrat Ben Cardin, and a former senior aide in the Maryland Republican Party…
“Pathetic,” was how one former RNC official summed up the situation, and another told POLITICO that the recent personnel shifts amounted to little more than Steele “circling the wagons” by bringing in a new team of cronies.
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