The handsome gentleman at right is your new greater-of-two-evil-parties party chairman, Michael S. Steele. The former Lieutenant Governor of Maryland took over as chairman of the Republican National Convention last week, and looks to be more prominent and proactive than his predecessor Mike Duncan.

Judd Legum over at the Huffington Post would like to introduce you to Mr. Steele with his listicle 5 Facts About the New RNC Chairman Michael Steele. Our favorite, because it seems the most worrying, is number 5:

Steele defended former Gov. Bob Ehrlich’s decision to hold a $100,000 fundraiser at a country club that did not allow non-white members, saying that the club’s membership’s policies were “not an issue” because “I don’t play golf.”