The GOP's new chairman, Michael Steele, has been making the media circuit rounds over the last few days. One of his TV tactics has been to throw red meat at the conservative wing of the Republican Party. Take a look at this FOX News interview where Steele reveals he's open to retribution for Republicans who are brave enough to choose the best interests of their constituents over obstruction:

Specifically, Steele singles out Senators Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania and Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe of Maine, and suggests that these elected officials were likely to face primary opponents should they continue down the horrible, terrible, and awful road of bipartisanship. The nerve!

Here's what SEIU's national political director, Jon Youngdahl, said to Greg Sargent over at The Plum Line about Steele's diss:

"Threatening Senators Snowe, Collins and Specter at the ballot box for doing right by their constituents and voting in favor of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is exactly the sort of out-of-touch partisan maneuver that got his party in the electoral position it's in now."

"Hundreds of thousands of families in Pennsylvania and Maine consider the tens of billions in aid secured by Senators Snowe, Collins, and Specter a much-needed lifeline in a time of unprecedented economic instability."