Michael Steele, November 2009: It's "offensive" that critics dismiss Sarah Palin as a 2012 possibility. Quitting "was a smart move for her to make so she can focus on the future."

Michael Steele, July 2009: "I take 2012 off the table...I think that she's trying to focus on getting her house in order, her personal house in order."

This raises an important question: Palin-Steele 2012 or Palin-Beck 2012?