I have to admit that I wasn't expecting much to come out of D.L. Hughley's new CNN show but it's already inspired one of the best examples of what is wrong with the Republican party. On the show, RNC Chairman Michael Steele came out and said that Rush Limbaugh isn't the de facto leader of the GOP. He even went so far to call Limbaugh's words "ugly" and "incendiary"

Well, all it took was a couple of days and one Rush rant for Steele to make like the Republicans before him who've called out Rush: he took it all back. CNN is now reporting:

"There was no attempt on my part to diminish his voice or his leadership," Steele said. He added, "There are those out there who want to look at what he's saying as incendiary and divisive and ugly. That's what I was trying to say. It didn't come out that way."

What? How do you go from calling Limbaugh an entertainer and saying, "Yes, it is incendiary. Yes, it is ugly" to suddenly copping a plea like "My intent was not to go after Rush -- I have enormous respect for Rush Limbaugh," Steele told Politico in a telephone interview. "I was maybe a little bit inarticulate ... There was no attempt on my part to diminish his voice or his leadership." If that's really what he meant then I think that the first thing that Steele needs to do is organize a public speaking class for Republicans. After this and Bobby Jindal's debacle, the GOP should at least brush up on their communication skills.