Dear Chairman Steele, For $20,000 you can buy the damn plane. [Steele charters plane for nearly $20K] Hugs, Reality

Good artists create, great artists steal, right?  [mirror image] Castellanos, a consultant to the Republican National Committee, offered poll-tested language that the party could use to kill President Obama’s health-care legislation in Congress. "If we slow this sausage-making process down, we can defeat it," he reasoned. RNC Chairman Michael Steele …

When meeting a soon-to-be member of Congress, it’s generally a good idea to be wearing pants – unless of course your name is Matt Lira and you work for Rep. Eric Cantor. Matt Lira, the guru for Republican Whip Cantor, likely didn’t wake up earlier this week figuring he’d read …

Spend a few minutes with your morning coffee and check out Todd S. Purdum’s take on the Palin campaign. Vanity Fair: It Came From Wasilla Despite her disastrous performance in the 2008 election, Sarah Palin is still the sexiest brand in Republican politics, with a lucrative book contract for her …

Dear RNC, Cufflinks don’t go on the jacket. Warmly, FDC

As part of C-SPAN’s "Students & Leaders" program showing next week, C-SPAN recently taped RNC chairman Michael Steele talking to students at Woodson Senior High School in DC. During Mr. Steele’s presentation, he tells Woodson students how we got kicked out of Johns Hopkins. He tells the students: "I partied …

Big ups to Team Nora over at Last Call. SHOT . . . "I’ve reached out to him several times, and I’m done" — RNC chair Michael Steele, on Obama (3/28). . . . CHASER "I appreciate the president giving me a shout out. I’ve given him a few over …

Arguably the most talented staffer at the RNC has turned in his letter of resignation.  [Cyrus Krohn ]

Dear RNC, We’d like to formally endorse Phillip D. Blake for Jr. RNC Chairman.  We have no idea whether or not he’s actually qualified, but since he had the sack enough to create a Facebook Group begging for a job – we figured that was worthy of our endorsement. If …

Danny Diaz, former RNC spokesman, has decided to break off a piece for himself.  Diaz, who’s known for faciliatating meetings without ever looking up from his computer, is starting his own consulting firm.  As for the name of the company – big props to Danny for the intense level of …

We’ll give them 7 out of 10 stars.  [viral dart throwing] h/t Anne

According to a tipster who just witnessed one of these being shuttled into the RNC – it seems as if Chuck Norris was just tapped as the new communications director at the RNC. Apparently Chuck wants to whip people into shape ASAP.  The Total Gym arrived via FedEx.

Well folks, here we are … Twitter is taking over the planet. Michigan Republican Chairman Saul Anuzis just announced his run for the National RNC Chairman on his Twitter page. Sanuzis RNC Chair…I’m at the Republican Governors Association meeting in Miami and officially announcing for RNC Chair on Twitter first!

RNC Break Make Out Sessions This email rolled into the FDC inbox late last night. Despite a rather somber mood on election night, not all was drab over at the RNC. At around 8:45, two (assumed) hill-staffers were caught making out in a car parked in Cannon’s lot 1 (parked …

Who wears $60 thousand dollars worth of jewelry…at a political convention?  This Republican douche. TMZ: There’s a Delegate on the Floor! I went to the Republican National Convention and all I got was … robbed by some girl I picked up at a hotel bar. … Gabriel Nathan Schwartz, an …