From The Morning GrindIt was Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael Steele, who made the
not-so-flattering remarks about President Bush during a luncheon with media types on Monday.
The story was the buzz in Washington yesterday and the Grind expects the debate over whether this helps or hinders Steele's senate campaign to continue for the foreseeable future. Questions to ponder as you consider this story: Did Steele plan to unleash this bomb at the lunch? Or was it an unintentional slip up? And if it was planned, did the White House know it was coming?
As for how this affects Steele's campaign, a senior Republican operative summed it up this way to the Grind, "In the near term, it is a net negative."
