And Over At The RNC...

Michael Steele, out.

Reince Priebus, in.

OXON HILL, Md. — The national Republican Party, coming off huge election victories but facing a $22 million debt and an internal war over identity, ousted chairman Michael Steele Friday and chose Wisconsin party chief Reince Priebus to lead in the run-up to the 2012 presidential race.

The embattled Steele dropped his re-election bid halfway through an afternoon of balloting when it became clear he could not win another two-year term after a first marked by verbal missteps and financial woes.

Given the tactics it took in Wisconsin to send former Democratic Senator Russ Feingold home packing, we should be looking at an interesting two years.