A couple of details that filtered back to me about the Republican Convention on Saturday. Lisa James, obvious leftist sell-out, was nominated by fellow Marxist travellers Len Munsil and Trent Franks. I can see why Republicans would reject this oh-so-obvious comiesymp Trojan horse.
Speaking out in favor of winner Randy Pullen: Ron Gould. This was Pullen’s […]
Randy Pullen - 408
Lisa James - 404
This will be fun!
So, who do they get to take Pullen’s spot on the RNC? Rob Haney?
The trick now is that we don’t let them self-immolate so quickly that he is replaced before the next election.
A Republican told me (yeah, they still talk to me. I must be too easy on them) to watch for attendance at tonight’s Chairman’s Dinner that the Republican Party puts on before their State Convention. Some big donors and firms that usually buy whole tables are now only buying a ticket or two. The word […]
According to the folks over at Sonoran Alliance, the latest jab at Randy Pullen comes from former State Representative Laura Knaperek. Once again this goes back to the $100 contribution that Pullen gave to Harry Mitchell, then a candidate for State Senate.
If you buy into Knaperek’s theory, that contribution to Mitchell led to a series […]
As a snarky Democratic activist, I love the struggle for the Republican Party Chairmanship. Ours turned out to be so darned dull. I mean, Randy Camacho got elected to a lower office and is singing David Waid’s praises now. What fun is that?
A Republican State Committeeman has a choice on Saturday: either Lisa James, who […]
The best part about the race for chair on the Republican side is that they hold their election a week after we do, so I get to make fun of them for seven days after our bloodletting is done.
One of the things you’ll hear from the conservative activists that support Randy Pullen is that their […]
Saturday I, and I’m assuming other members of the State Committee, recieved my first communication from David Waid. It was a letter detailing his accomplishments as chair including an impressive fundraising effort (four times as much as the Republican Party) and an increase in vote by mail applications by 30%.
I was suprised to get a […]
Both Lisa James and Randy Pullen have their sites up for their races for Republican Party Chairman. Both of them, of course, have supporter lists up. Being from Baja Arizona, I noted which Southern Arizonan’s were on the lists. James features NRA chief Sandy Froman, Rep. Jonathan Paton, Rep. Jennifer Burns, Sen. Tim Bee, Mike […]
A bit of an update from before: Lisa James’s website is now up and active. Since it is still new, the “news” section is a bit thin, with only two entries.
One is a rather interesting choice: a post from ThinkRight Arizona that endorses James’s candidacy. Why would it be odd to put up a lauditory […]
Lisa James, the designated “establishment” candidate for State Republican Party Chair, has reserved a domain name for a campaign website. The address is lajamesgop.com. There is nothing there right now, but I’m pretty sure there will be soon.
One of the knocks against her over at Sonoran Alliance is the allegation of some shenanigans about how […]
I spoke to a Republican activist up in Phoenix and he seemed to feel that Lisa James had some momentum in the chairmanship race. His take: despite whatever problems the activists have with the consultants and the hierarchy, Randy Pullen is being seen in some quarters as someone who is looking at the chairmanship as […]
Matt Salmon, as quoted in yesterday’s Political Notebook column:
I think it’s very, very important for Republicans to pick people who can win in the general. I have lots of respect for the candidates who ran. But Jim Kolbe represented (District for years and years and years, and I believe someone who was more in […]
The Republicans are gearing up for a fight for State Chairman. They lost two US House seats and more legislative seats than any observer would have expected even a few months ago. At least judging from the blogs, I don’t hear as much grousing about the governor’s race as I do about the legislative and […]
Espresso Pundit has been writing much about the possibility of former Governor J. Fife Symington III running for chairman of the District 11 Republican Committee. Seems like a bit of a step down for a guy who a little more than a decade or so ago was proclaimed as a possible presidential candidate by no […]
The Arizona Republican Party site is back up! So I can get back to posting about something real instead of being petty by complaining about the pettiness of other folks.
The always classy Matt Salmon issued a statement on Jim Pedersen’s resignation as Arizona Democratic Party chairman:
“This institutionalized disorganization within the Arizona Democrat Party is why […]
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