Governor Mark Sanford, meet GoPac Chairman Michael Steele.  Mike, Mark Sanford.

You two need to talk – MS to MS.

You have a lot in common.  Both unabashed conservative Republicans, both recently getting national attention.  Both WAY out of the old GOP mold.

And what with the Governor being named Chairman of the Republican Governor’s Association and Mike being rumored as the next Chairman of the Republican National Committee, you’re both in prominent positions in the Party right now.

Yeah, there’s stuff you need to discuss.

Governor, Mike here was Maryland’s Lt. Governor.  Yep.  A REPUBLICAN Lt. Governor in Maryland!  And he made a heckuva run for the Senate against Ben Cardin.

He’s quoted as saying:

I get a question all the time, ‘Are you going to run again for office?’ And I’ve thought about that, and I’ve come to realize that there’s still some Democrats out there that I haven’t ticked off yet. So, yeah, we’re gonna do it again. We’re gonna do it again, and all I have to say is, they haven’t seen anything yet.

But, since you’re such a devoted reader of The Spy, you’ve read about Mike here and here, so you’re no doubt aware of his credentials.

Mr Chairman, the Governor is an unrepentant fiscal conservative who bucked the trend last month and testified AGAINST a new stimulus package.  On deficits, he’s said:

Politicians in our nation’s capitol were unable–or unwilling–to control spending. Federal borrowing to cover the deficit was competing with the capital available for the private sector, which consequently was making it tougher for me to earn a living. The more money the politicians sunk into their schemes, the more expensive it got for the rest of us to borrow money. The more I thought about it, the more it bothered me. I couldn’t expand my businesses because the politicians kept expanding theirs.

Yeah.  Y’all got stuff to talk about.  Like how to re-engineer the Republican Party into the successful GOP of Ronald Reagan.  How to capture the ideas and needs of the majority of the American citizenry and package them into an honest and viable party platform.  The two of you – both touted as “the future of the GOP” – need to start now devising a plan for that future as a counter to the coming socialism of a rejuvenated Democratic Party.

Have your people call your people.  Maybe lunch at the Blue Marlin in Columbia.  Mike, the shrimp and grits alone are worth the trip.

And Governor, The Spy will pick up the tab.

Maybe y’all could invite the other MS – Ms Sarah.