Comments on: Clubby GOP Conventions Should Not Choose Candidates for Voters http://www.rlc.org/clubby-gop-conventions/ The Conscience of the Republican Party Fri, 26 Apr 2013 21:19:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Steve http://www.rlc.org/clubby-gop-conventions/comment-page-1/#comment-3380 Steve Fri, 28 May 2010 15:58:35 +0000 http://www.rlc.org/?p=2292#comment-3380 These things can also work in our favor. When we have a motivated group, we can knock out establishment candidates at conventions. Look what happened in Utah. If we can get our people to show up (and I know, sometimes that's like pulling teeth) then RLC + Campaign for Liberty + tea party people can hold the majority at most conventions. There's a huge disconnect between the party leaders and the party activists. The activists are truly sheeple, led along by fear, ignorance, or misplaced loyalty. But if you give them an alternative at convention, they'll go for it. Its the casual primary voters that choose from amongst the Romneys and McCains they're presented on Fox News. These things can also work in our favor. When we have a motivated group, we can knock out establishment candidates at conventions. Look what happened in Utah. If we can get our people to show up (and I know, sometimes that’s like pulling teeth) then RLC + Campaign for Liberty + tea party people can hold the majority at most conventions. There’s a huge disconnect between the party leaders and the party activists. The activists are truly sheeple, led along by fear, ignorance, or misplaced loyalty. But if you give them an alternative at convention, they’ll go for it. Its the casual primary voters that choose from amongst the Romneys and McCains they’re presented on Fox News.

]]> By: Christina Jeffrey http://www.rlc.org/clubby-gop-conventions/comment-page-1/#comment-3378 Christina Jeffrey Fri, 28 May 2010 12:22:49 +0000 http://www.rlc.org/?p=2292#comment-3378 Aaron is right, but the clubby interference in primaries is just part of the whole clubby nature of politics today. Frankly, the use of the word "clubby" is kind, because it sounds almost grown-up. The actual behavior of political operatives, and especially legislators, is reminiscent of middle school. The breakdown of manners you see in a state that prides itself on good manners, that is, in my state of South Carolina is a good example. Witness the treatment of gubernatorial candidate Nikki Haley as a case in point. I am grateful for grownups, like the Republican Liberty Caucus which endorsed me yesterday. Aaron is right, but the clubby interference in primaries is just part of the whole clubby nature of politics today. Frankly, the use of the word “clubby” is kind, because it sounds almost grown-up. The actual behavior of political operatives, and especially legislators, is reminiscent of middle school.

The breakdown of manners you see in a state that prides itself on good manners, that is, in my state of South Carolina is a good example. Witness the treatment of gubernatorial candidate Nikki Haley as a case in point.

I am grateful for grownups, like the Republican Liberty Caucus which endorsed me yesterday.

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