Could this be the end of the national joke known as Michael Steele? That’s what Politico is reporting:

Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele faces an all-but-impossible path to reelection this month, as a majority of the RNC’s 168 members indicate that they will not support the controversial chairman for another term.

A weeklong canvass of the party’s governing board by POLITICO revealed 88 members who have decided not to vote for Steele, either opting to support one of his opponents or simply ruling out Steele as a choice in the race.

It takes 85 members of the 168 to say no to Steele and that’s all she wrote. If Politico’s numbers are right then he is toast. That brings us to wonder who is next? I suggest they go with Sarah Palin, Christine O’Donnell or even Rush Limbaugh. We know that those crazies are the true R.N.C., so might as well make it official.