Last night on Hannity & Colmes former Maryland Lt. Gov Michael Steele announced that he was officially running for the RNC chairman’s post.  This will surely be the most interesting election for the position in years.

From the Politico.

Former Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael Steele shook up the emerging race for
chair of the Republican National Committee Thursday, announcing that he
would join the contest in an appearance on Fox News’s “Hannity and
Colmes.”

“I want the gig. I’m ready to lead this party,” Steele said. “I think
we have been kind of wandering and doubting ourselves for far too long.
I think this past election was the culmination of that self-doubt which
has to end. We have a message, I think, of empowerment and ownership
and opportunity that resonates with Americans. We just need to get back
to that.”

With Republicans out of power in Congress and a Democrat in the White
House, the next RNC chairman could prove to be an unusually
high-profile leader for his party, with the opportunity to shape and
articulate a new vision for the GOP on a national stage.

Steele, who chaired the Maryland Republican Party and lost a 2006 bid
for Senate to then-Rep. Ben Cardin, also picked up the endorsement of
Sean Hannity, the popular Fox News host.

A quick check on Facebook shows two groups supporting Steele’s candidacy, one with 859 members and the other with 410.  This announcement should spark a surge in membership to both groups.

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