Mike Steele's Punch-Out!!

Like just about everyone else, I found myself agog at the sight of Michael Steele associating himself with Don King and Mike Tyson, the latter being his ex-brother-in-law, among other things. Of course, he's done this before, during the last presidential campaign, so this is not a mere lapse in judgment. You would think there would be plenty of black athletes that Steele could draw upon for support -- athletes, while usually apolitical, tend to be conservative when they do enter public life. On the other hand, even Charles Barkley, perhaps the most politically outspoken of contemporary athletes, has disavowed his ties to the GOP, so perhaps ex-felons like King and Tyson were the best Steele could do. If I were him, I'd stick with Russell Simmons.

(Thanks to Mike Raia for the photo.)

UPDATE: The Sun's coverage of the event is, I think, appropriately skeptical.