WASHINGTON, May 10 (UPI) -- Michael Steele's first 100 days as head of the GOP has featured fights with Rush Limbaugh on the right and moderate Sen. Olympia Snow of Maine, analysts said.
Steele, the first black chairman of the Republican National Committee, took over when the party had just taken a drubbing at the polls in the 2008 presidential election. In addition to electing Barack Obama, the first black U.S. president, Democrats increased their majorities in the House and Senate.