Black guy vs. the racist guy

Mr. "I didn't notice there were no negroes at my country club" had not dropped out of the race for RNC chair.  In fact he survived the first couple rounds of voting getting more votes each round as others dropped out.

After five rounds it came down to racist Dawson vs. the black guy Steele.  Should have been an easy one, right?  Well, there was a "we'll show them" backlash that almost got the racist guy elected.  Steele ended up winning 91-77. 

NBC's Chuck Todd summed it up:

The GOP averted a P.R. disaster after the race came down to Steele and Dawson. It was a pretty obvious choice: Pick the African American or the guy who had to quit an all-white country club. Had Dawson not had that negative mark on his resume, he would have won because he was a party insider. (Will this lead to him and other southern Republican politicians to end these country club restrictions? It's very retro in this day...)