January 30, 2009
by callmecrusader
I had been wondering about the NRC Chairmanship race and happened upon this article by Kevin Tracy. I share a brief part of it plus one comment. Reading words such as these gives me great concern about the Republican Party. It is one thing to wage battles with the Democrats. Just keeping the public aware of what Obama, Pelosi, Reid, Culver, and company are up to requires much diligence and effort. Now word filters down of continued problems with the Republican Party nationally. How many bail outs from party faithful will it take before those in power have a wake up call?
I don’t know but will share what I found on Twitter this early A.M.
One of these days, people will universally accept that I know what I’m talking about and do as I say. But until such a time comes, the GOP seems poised to continue punching itself in the face. My pessimism, as you may have guessed, comes from news that Chip Saltsman was forced to drop out of the NRC Chairmanship race yesterday evening after failing to secure just six endorsements from the 168 voting members of the RNC. It goes without saying that the ridiculous CD scandal cost him the opportunity to make it on the ballot. Saltsman was the hugely successful chairman of the Tennessee Republican Party and later served as campaign manager for Mike Huckabee before anybody knew the candidate’s name.
My endorsement now goes to Ken Blackwell… but I’m not nearly as enthused about him as I was for Saltsman. Steele is my second pick. If Anuzis, Dawson, or Duncan win the RNC Chairmanship, I’m formally terminating my ties to the Republican Party and becoming an independent.
I’m that serious about this.
And a comment left at the site:
Kevin,
I believe the same attitude that limited Chip’s candidacy and has now caused him to drop out of the race is the same attitude that limited Mike Huckabee’s campaign for President. The old guard of the Republican Party seem to be too blind, deaf, and dumb to realize we need someone with some new ideas and a drive to make it happen. Instead they want to just continue the status quo and as you said, that will do nothing but doom us in 2010. We have been saying it’s going to be a long four years with a President Obama and a Democrat controlled Congress, but I am beginning to believe it’s going to be much harder and much longer than just four years.
