Michael Steele’s Outfit: Style Trendsetter or Fashion Faux Pas?

OK RP Nation, time for you to weigh in on the Great Debate now engulfing the Internet tubes:

Is Contributing RP Michael Steele’s outfit (at left) a signal that he has emerged as a style trendsetter?

Is it a fashion faux pas, deserving of the most cring-worthy Joan Rivers insults?

Or is it a shrewd tactic to distract his opponents in the Recovering Politician Fantasy Football Bowl in his bid to capture the consolation bracket?

UPDATE (5:46 EST): Julie Rath, our resident expert and one of the leading style arbiters in the men’s fashion industry, weighs in:

I’m down with taking fashion risks (and wearing bright colors), but this is pushing it!

You decide in the comments section below: