The voting for RNC Chair has been fascinating. After a few ballots, Duncan, Blackwell and Anuzis dropped out. We're left with Steele and Dawson. Blackwell endorsed Steele. If Blackwell's voters follow his lead Dawson will have to sweep almost all the other unaffiliated voters to have a shot.
It's not a done deal yet but I'm going to say now that it looks like Michael Steele will be the next RNC Chair.
Follow the voting here.
Update (3:41) - Fifth ballot was Steele 79, Dawson 69 and Anuzis 20. Anuzis dropped out without endorsing leaving his 20 voters to decide the election. The endorsement by the conservative Blackwell of Steele will likely cause at least 6 Anuzis voters to go for Steele which wins it for him. Dawson has to win 16 of the 20 available votes to win. We'll know the winner momentarily but, as I said above, I'm calling it for Michael Steele.
Update (3:45) - Just a reminder that I endorsed Steele over 2 months ago. The candidates have changed some since my initial thoughts but I continue to think Michael Steele is the best person to lead us back.
Update (3:47) - Keeping my fingers crossed that we don't see an 84-84 tie.
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