Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I a ia e pakanga ana mo te United States Senate i te tau 2006, ko Steele tetahi o nga kaitohutohu nui o te Perehitini o George W. Bush. I roto i te kai o te kai o te kai, i roto i nga haora 24 i whakauruhia tona ingoa ki a ia, i kaha tana whakahe ki te whakahaere a Bush i te
Ko te Pakanga o Iraki me te mahi whakaoranga Hurricane Katrina. I kii ia ki nga kairipoata ko te tu hei Republican i taua wa he rite ki te waitohu, e kii ana "Kei a au he R i konei, he reta whero".