By Dylan Matthews
When the GOP appears set to dump its first African-American leader mere weeks into his tenure in favor of a member of an all-white country club, it’s hard for schadenfreude not to turn into genuine pity and concern. Obviously, this was in large part Steele’s own doing, but it’s fairly tragic that he flamed out the way he did, and that Katon Dawson, of all people, is his natural successor.
