Man, you know you're unpopular when your own national committee starts talking about exercising some independence.
Rebellion is brewing among conservatives on the Republican National Committee over President's Bush's attempt to "impose" Sen. Mel Martinez of Florida as "general chairman" of the party, who favors "amnesty" for illegal aliens.
Big deal; so some people on the committee don't like Martinez' immigration stance.
Except:
Unhappy committee members say that, in the past, Republican presidents and RNC leaders have successfully run roughshod over the rules, because the RNC officer presiding over votes at committee meetings have simply overruled points of order and other objections from the floor, with no accredited professional parliamentarians to exercise a check.
This time, the organizers of the rebellion say, their strategy will rely in part on having a parliamentarian present. And violations of Robert's Rules of Order and of the RNC's written rules -- adopted at the 2004 Republican National Convention in New York -- could result in legal challenges.
Further:
Mr. Pullen pointed out that Mr. Martinez, who served as Mr. Bush's secretary of Housing and Urban Development before winning a Senate seat, is not an RNC member. RNC rebels say the rules are clear that the person who heads the committee must be a member of the committee. "Outsourcing our leadership at this critical time is not an option," Mr. Haugland said.
Yes, you have RNC members openly discussing suing the RNC and the president if they don't cross every "t" and dot every "i" along the way. I have no idea if this is unprecedented, but it's certainly unusual: I can't recall the last time either the RNC or DNC faced something like this.
Meanwhile, back in Texas:
The Central Committee of the Republican Party in the president's own state of Texas has passed a resolution strongly urging the Texas Republican Party chairman, Mrs. Benkiser, and the two other Texas RNC members to vote against Mr. Martinez.
Et tu, Brute?
BTW, I love that the Texas Republican Party has a Central Committee -- just like the Soviets did.
immigration, Martinez, RNC, politics, midtopia
1 comment:
The immigration Bill is a bunch of Crap!!
If the Feds can't or won't enforce simple existing laws, How could they possibly enforce "comprehensive" and confusing new ones"
The RNC has no clue as to how many republicans are watching this one!!
ENOUGH!! THIS IS TOO BIZAAR!!!
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