Voters across the United States are getting serious about the excessive spending our government plays a part in on a daily basis.  In fact, I believe they are sick of it.

They are looking for candidates who will use taxpayer money wisely, create jobs, and not overly burden the citizens of our country with excessive debt or taxes.

Suffice it to say that the two major political parties we have in control have both failed to stop the excessive spending, but the Democrats have outdone the Republicans in the last couple of years, so the election of 2010 may allow the GOP to gain some seats back.  Some say they may get the majority back in the U.S. House.

They won’t do that if they continue to spend campaign donations recklessly.  

As a leader of a political party, be it a national or local leader, one of the things you need to convey to your current party members as well as prospective party members is that you are thrifty with their donations.  You want assure them that you will spend their donations wisely and show them that you are a responsible steward of their hard-earned money.

Republican National Chairman (RNC) Michael Steele has failed to do the above-mentioned things.  The latest incident is that someone charged almost $2000 for meals at a “bondage-themed club” in Hollywood to the RNC.

It was approved (until someone discovered it).  The person who expensed the meals has been fired, although it appears he or she was just following the example set by Steele and his team.

Although Chairman Steele was not at the club, he and his people have a track record of spending enormous amounts of money on extravagant and expensive things.  This spending has eroded the confidence in the GOP as the party of fiscal discipline.

To win elections and to connect with the independent voters, the Republican Party cannot portray themselves as leading a “lifestyle of the rich and famous.”

The bottom line is if the Republicans really want to convey to voters that they are fiscally conservative and can handle getting this country back on track, then a good first step would be to let Chairman Steele go.