Cika wannan jumla:
Taron kasa na Jam'iyyar Republican na 2004, Steele ya ba da takaddun Jam'iyyar Republican ga jawabin Barack Obama na 2004 na Jam'iyyar Democratic National Convention; shi ne Steele na farko da ya fara nunawa. A watan Afrilun 2005, Shugaba Bush ya zaɓe shi ya zama memba na tawagar Amurka a bikin nadin Paparoma Benedict XVI a Vatican City.