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   Michael Steele Book Tour: Not Sure GOP Ready To Win Or Lead (VIDEO)   
      
   AP/Huffington Post   
   Updated: 01- 5-10 09:57 AM   
      
   WASHINGTON ? Republican Party Chairman Michael Steele offers a simple   
   explanation for why the GOP all too often lost touch with typical   
   Americans since the Ronald Reagan era: "We screwed up," he claims in a   
   new book offering a blueprint for the party's resurgence.   
      
   That "we" includes the last two Republican presidents and the most   
   recent Republican candidate for president.   
      
   In "Right Now: A 12-Step Program for Defeating the Obama Agenda,"   
   released Monday by Regnery Publishing, Steele says the GOP should   
   acknowledge where "we most glaringly compromised our principles" in   
   the past decade and hold its elected officials accountable.   
      
   "We must support Republican officials who assert these principles," he   
   writes. "When elected Republicans vote against Republican principles,   
   the voters must withhold their support ? withhold it vigorously and   
   consistently."   
      
   Promoting the book on Fox News on Monday, Steele told Sean Hannity   
   that Republicans couldn't retake the House of Representatives in 2010   
   and added that he wasn't even sure they were ready to lead.   
      
   Asked if GOPers will take back the House, Steele said, "Not this   
   year."   
      
   "I don't know all the candidates yet," Steele continued. "We still   
   have some vacancies that need to get filled, but then the question we   
   need to ask ourselves is: If we do that, are we ready?"   
      
   "You don't think so?" Hannity asked.   
      
   "I don't know. And that's what I'm assessing and evaluating right   
   now," Steele responded. "Those candidates who are looking to run have   
   to be anchored in these principles.... because if they don't, then   
   they'll get to Washington, and they'll start drinking that Potomac   
   River water, and they'll get drunk with power and throw the steps out   
   the window."   
      
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