Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - 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 tētahi kai kōrerorero kore-tuhipoka, i roto i ngā haora e 24 i tāpiritia ai tōna ingoa ki reira, i kaha whakahē ia i te whakahaere a Bush i 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".