Michael Steele: “This is a clean slate. So I think everybody has to understand politically how Republicans are looking at this.”

The devil is — more than a devil — in the details.

You're expendable because you're a federal employee. And when they want to cleave 2 million federal employees from the rolls, where do you think that's going to come from?

From my perspective, senator, the three nominees are up this week are wholly unqualified.

No, the leadership is not prepared to do that.