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Handicapping the Republican National Committee chair race

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Less than two days before the vote to select a new chairman of the Republican National Committee takes place, uncertainty still reigns in a race more defined by who won’t win than who will.

What’s become clear as the race has matured in the new year is that current RNC Chairman Michael Steele has no path to victory.

And yet, Steele remains the central mover in the race, not only because the campaigns of the other four candidates — Wisconsin Republican party chairman Reince Priebus, former ambassador Ann Wagner, former RNC official Maria Cino and former Michigan Republican party chairman Saul Anuzis — are positioning themselves in various ways as a rebuttal to the Steele’s tenure but also because the main unanswered question in the race is where the incumbent’s support will go after the first ballot.

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