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Sen. Mel Martinez (R-Fla.) will resign as general chairman of the Republican Party today, saying he wants to spend more time on his work as Florida's GOP senator, Politico has learned.

Martinez, who took the job nine months ago as the public face of the national GOP, steps down during a tough time for the Republican party, out of power on Capitol Hill and trying to gain traction in the national campaign under the shadow of an unpopular, lame duck president. Martinez, who publicly parted ways with GOP congressional leaders earlier this year on immigration issues, will not be replaced as general chairman.

The day to day duties of running the Republican Party's political operation will be left to chairman Mike Duncan, the current chairman of the Republican National Committee.

I said last year that this was a bad idea. So now that we've all been proven right, can somebody please call Michael Steele?