GOP State Parties Are In Dire Straits

[RamboLiberal]

Source: CBS News

At a time when the GOP presidential nominee will need more assistance than ever, a number of state Republican parties are struggling through troubled times, suffering from internal strife, poor fundraising, onerous debt, scandal or voting trends that are conspiring to relegate the local branches of the party to near-irrelevance.

In some of the largest, smallest, reddest and bluest states in the nation, many state Republican organizations are still reeling in the aftermath of the devastating 2006 election cycle, raising questions about how much grassroots help the state parties will be able to deliver to presumptive GOP nominee John McCain.

The state party woes are especially ill-timed since McCain will face a Democratic nominee who may be considerably better funded and organized, and since Republicans will be facing an energized Democratic party that is shattering primary election turnout records.

“After twelve years of being in power, you tend to get fat and lazy, and in some cases arrogant with respect to your positions,” said Saul Anuzis, chairman of the Michigan Republican party. “There is no doubt that we have had people who have gotten caught up in both illegal activities and immoral activities and none of that helps the party as a whole.



Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/03/24/politics/politico/main3961610.shtml

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:rofl: GOOD!

[LakeSamish706]

1. Thats great, and what they get for following George W blindly for all these years. n/t

[Greyskye]

2. Mark Knopfler's gonna be pissed!

:hide:

[tridim]

3. Money for chicks, and nothin' for free.

[guitar man]

5. :D

:spray::spray::spray::spray::spray::spray::spray:
:spray::spray::spray::spray::spray::spray::spray:
:spray::spray::spray::spray::spray::spray::spray:
:spray::spray::spray::spray::spray::spray::spray:

[Binka]

6. *SNORK*

:loveya: DUzy for sure!

[INdemo]

26. dont mean to be dense but what is that suppose to mean

[Greyskye]

29. pop culture reference

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dire_Straits

Dire Straits were an English rock band, formed in 1977 by Mark Knopfler (guitar and vocals)...

[Blue_In_AK]

4. I'm not surprised to see Alaska's Republicans mentioned here.

It's been a real treat watching them implode over the last couple of years. Randy Ruedrich in particular is a fool to insist on remaining the head of the state party, when his nemesis, Sarah Palin, continues to have about an 85% approval rating up here. He and Sarah have been at odds since she blew the whistle on him for his corruption when they were both members of the Oil and Gas Conservation Commission during the Murkowski administration.

He could have done his party a big favor by stepping down, but his ego prevented it. I admire Sarah for being a "new" kind of a Republican and for calling out Ted Stevens and Don Young, something that would have been unthinkable from a fellow Republican before 2006.

[Tempest]

11. Murkowski's aide is turning state's evidence

His testimony before the election will be a big blow to the Alaska GOP and will propel Begich over Stevens.

[Blue_In_AK]

15. That's the plan, at least.

We were all pretty surprised about Clark pleading guilty. He swears Murkowski is clean, but we really all doubt it. The FBI investigations are far from over up here. VECO and Bill Allen have been a true gift for Alaska Democrats.

[kestrel91316]

7. I hope they are forced into bankruptcy. Seriously. I'd buy a bottle of champagne to celebrate.

[FatDave]

8. The world's smallest violin

[stlsaxman]

39. no, it's a noisy booger playing "my nose bleeds for you" n/t

[Orsino]

9. And yetr we're told that McCain is some sortof threat in November.

When Republicans are low on money, smile. They never had anything else.

[defendandprotect]

24. RIGHT ... !!! That was what I was here to say . .. . what crap that McCain is a threat . . .

except from another GOP steal ---

steals which have been going on since the mid-1960's when the computers began coming in -- !!!!

[wordpix]

41. we'll see how far he gets with his BushMcCain wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and upcoming, Iran

[aquart]

10. Told ya so.

[NewJeffCT]

12. I'm so disappointed in this development

what a shocker!

:rofl:

[Acadia Blue]

13. Why poor fundraising? The Corporatist pigs own these piglets.

[Yavin4]

45. Because They Got Greedy Under Tom DeLay

They went from taking bribes to being extortionists. They armed twisted lobbyists into more and more payments and favors. Corporatists don't like to be extorted.

[sasquatch]

14. The exhaustion of conservitism

:thumbsup:

[Kurovski]

16. I'm so sorry to hear this. What can I do to help?

[izquierdista]

36. Use their business reply envelopes

and tape them to bricks. :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Kurovski]

46. Would anvils be better?

I'm beside myself with a terrible kind of worry over all of this.

[santamargarita]

17. NEVER, NEVER feel sorry for a Republican!

Bastards!

[aggiesal]

18. This is great news, but lets' not get so arrogant ourselves, ...

McInsane was in La Jolla this morning for a $1000 a plate luncheon,
and it is completely booked. La Jolla has loads of money and Republicans.

There were protesters at the La Jolla Marriott, just to show McInsane
how welcomed he is in SD.

[DinahMoeHum]

19. Methinks the word is getting out: Republicans Suck Like A Hoover. . .

and no one likes to hang out with such losers.

:nopity:

[newburgh]

20. Yet they will still win because the Democrats have done zilch about

the hackable voting machines and the computerized voting rolls run by the same voting machine companies. * didn't win the last two elections. So, what does it matter who "wins", it only matters who counts the votes. Yet again, the "smart" Dems will blame Nader, not themselves.

The primary in New Hampshire was a joke, as was New Jersey. Time has run out.

[defendandprotect]

27. Yeah, but like the Democrats told you .... Gore lost because of Nader . . . !!!

Not because of steals ---
Not because of fascist GOP rallies to STOP the vote counting in Florida --
Not because of pals on the Supreme Court ---
Not because Gore didn't carry his own state ---
and certainly NOT because we don't have IRV voting ---
and certainly NOT because the DLC pulled Gore off his populist message ---

so there was nothing for them to do, after all --- !!

[defendandprotect]

28. Remember . .. there is a lot of right-wing money around ... especially

from the warprofiteers and homeland security profiteers ---
it's right-wing and its regrouping and it is searching for a permanent
fascist majority ---

[Oslo]

21. Couldn't happen to a better group of people n/t

[yorkiemommie1]

22. BOO F***** HOO!

:nopity:

[Plucketeer]

23. This is SUCH great news!

What's senator Craig's stance on this? :rofl:

[Indigo Walrus]

35. Wide...

...no doubt. :shrug:

[lifesbeautifulmagic]

25. don't count them out just yet, they may not have money

but they have the media, ie Al Gore invented the internet, the Dean scream, Obama's a black militant, Hill is a lesbian, and so on.

[juno jones]

30. Music to my ears

Like so many others I've watched the conservative wave crest and break over us these last miserable thirty years. that there is even a chance that these guys could be on their sad way out delights me. If we can just stop the end of the world from happening, we could be on the path to rebuilding and even improving our situations.

[Lasher]

31. Here's a graphic I put up a coupla days ago.

Might post it about 4 thousand times between now and November.

[madrchsod]

32. they sent the milk nazi in the illinois 14th over a million

and the three time loser lost again. they had an actual moderate republican to run but the dumb shits ran the worse candidate they could find. there`s no money coming from the national party in the november election so it looks like foster will win again. this time we make sure by putting more money and work to make sure foster retains the 14th for the democrats.

[Hawaii Hiker]

33. Good - I hope the fucking Republican party goes bankrupt

:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

[KamaAina]

34. Even here where they somehow managed to elect a governor

they've been steadily losing ground in the legislature. The count currently stands at 43-8 in the House and 21-4 in the Senate; there has been one recent repuke-to-Dem conversion on each side! In the Senate especially, they have trouble covering all the committee hearings! :rofl:

[progressoid]

37. "fat and lazy" "arrogant" "both illegal activities and immoral activities"

No shit.

[nam78_two]

38. GOOD-some of the best news I have heard recently

I will be SO happy if the 2008 election is a conclusive rejection of that whole DISGUSTING party...

[struggle4progress]

40. I await the day DU can give the entire GOP a granite chiclet

[wordpix]

42. fat, lazy, arrogant Michigan GOP, as your state goes down the tubes with shrinking jobs

Keep eating at the trough, you pigs. :rofl: Boohoo :nopity:

[Andrea]

43. Lovely, happy bedtime news!

The whole article is great. I love the part at the end where they planned a meeting in Vegas for Palm Sunday to discuss how to save themselves and then southern state chairs wouldn't go because it was in Vegas on Palm Sunday. "We're the values party." Ha Ha Ha!

I can't wait to see them utterly collapse.

[Yavin4]

44. The Republicans Desperately Need Hillary To Win The Nomination

Hillary, far more than either McCain or Obama, will re-awaken the Republican party. The Republicans had their best funding years during Clinton's presidency.

[Lochloosa]

47. Saul Anuzis, chairman of the Michigan Republican party has it figured out.

Move toward the light Saul. Climb out of that dark hole you are living in.

“After twelve years of being in power, you tend to get fat and lazy, and in some cases arrogant with respect to your positions,” said Saul Anuzis, chairman of the Michigan Republican party. “There is no doubt that we have had people who have gotten caught up in both illegal activities and immoral activities and none of that helps the party as a whole.

[Virginia Dare]

48. Time to go out and steal more money..

and more elections.

This is the best news I've heard in a while....:woohoo: :party: