GOP chairman pondering ‘purity test’

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In his first comments on an effort to impose a conservative purity test on Republican candidates in the 2010 election, Republican National Chairman Michael Steele stressed the counterproductive nature of litmus tests.

At the same time, Steele attempted to play down the controversy, which has focused media attention on a topic guaranteed to produce negative publicity: another rift between moderate and conservative Republicans.

‘Litmus tests as a rule are not good, and I think everybody in the party appreciates that,’ Steele said in an interview. ‘I don’t think that that is an appropriate approach for us to take down the road.’

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-- Paul West