Another one of those weird opinion articles at thegriot.com, where in the name of diversity of opinion they promote a weakly reasoned article on Michael Steele’s alleged “success” as RNC chief.

First, let’s not forget that the RNC race for chairman became largely about Race given the election of Barack H. Obama. Politico’s “RNC Race is all about Race,” mentions this problem.

Secondly, it’s worth remembering that the RNC and DNC roles are primarily titular in nature as opposed to being real positions of strength and strategy. As a result, it is difficult to tell how good or bad a job a person is actually doing. If anything, to evaluate the role you need to determine how good or bad the opposition is doing currently and historically in the same position electorally.

But despite these headwinds, signs abound that Steele may be hitting his stride. The RNC enjoyed its best fundraising month under Steele in February, Republicans are energized and focused after big wins in Virginia, New Jersey and Massachusetts, and a “Fire Nancy Pelosi” money-bomb campaign has raised more than $1 million in a few short days.  Javier E. David @ TheGrio.com

So, while Mr. David cites the above as evidence of Steele’s “success,” the facts remain that Virginia Governorship has historically gone to the party out of presidential power, and ignores Republican congressional special election losses.  Worse, David ignores the DNC raised 2 MM in 72 hours.

Unfortunately, there’s simply not much evidence for stating that Michael Steele has done anything more than a marginal job at RNC chairman from a fundraising perspective.  From a public relations standpoint, Steele has been a nightmare — numerous gaffes, personal books and speeches for cash and random embarrassments.

I’m kind of surprised (honest!) that Tea Party members would allow the more rowdy of their protesters anywhere near Democrats. When tempers flair near the end of a legislative “victory” for a partisan side, there is often little recourse other than engage in the worst of behaviors. Unfortunately for Tea Party Republicans, this allows Democrats to really shift the focus of the complaints about the bill to the behavior of the protesters. For example here’s some information from CNN.com

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Missouri, released a statement late Saturday saying he too was called the “N” word as he walked to the Capitol for a vote and that he was spat on by one protestor who was arrested by U.S. Capitol Police. Cleaver declined to press charges against the man, the statement said.

Protesters also hurled anti-gay comments at Rep. Barney Frank, D-Massachusetts, who is openly gay, as he left the same health care meeting that Lewis attended in a House office building.

A CNN producer overheard the word “faggot” yelled at Frank several times in the lobby of the Longworth building. Frank said he heard someone yell “homo” at him.