In the Right

Just for the record, according to the Rule 5(a)(1) of the Republican Party, "The chairman or co-chairman may be removed from office only by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the entire Republican National Committee."

There are 168 members of the Republican National Committee -- a state party chairman, a national committeeman and a national committeewoman from each of the 50 states, and the same three officials from the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands. (Yes -- odd as it may seem, an RNC member from Guam has the same voting rights and the same influence as an RNC member from Maryland, even though Guam has neither a representative in the House, nor a senator in the Senate, nor an electoral vote in the Electoral College. Go figure.)

With 168 members, a two-thirds vote requires 112 votes to pass.

Michael Steele won the RNC chairmanship by a vote of 91-77 on the last ballot against Katon Dawson, the former South Carolina Republican Party Chairman who was his last rival standing.