Is the RedState homepage really the best place for state-level intra-party fighting to be discussed?

I thought this is why we had a “Get Local” section. I don’t live in Virginia and I really don’t care if we capture their Governor’s race enough to be flooding the phone lines to b*tch about the RVP Chair.

I always get the sense when I see posts like this that we’re only getting one side of the story anyways, and we’re supposed to get all ginned up and outraged and flood the phone lines over this kinda thing?

Excuse me while I take a bath now, cuz I’m feeling used and dirty.

that if it wasn’t for all the Terry McAuliffe ads, many Virginians wouldn’t know there was election coming.
Most of us living in ROVA (rest of va) as opposed to NOVA (northern va) will show up on election day and vote McDonnell campaign ads or not. Where we are getting killed is NOVA and a few urban areas like Richmond.
I’m not really up to speed on the party insiders but I will be contacting Rep. Forbes to see what I can do to help.

A couple of points.

1. Virginia is the only swing state w/ state-wide elections this year. The Governor will have a huge impact on re-districting. What happens in this race will determine how the congressional lines are drawn.

2. Frederick is a power hungry egomaniac who does not care what is best for the party.

3. Since Frederick took over RPV, the GOP has enjoyed decreased fundraising, and increased election losses. He has broken nearly every campaign promise.

4. There are questions concerning his handling of the RPV money and funneling donations through his technology company, taking 7% off the top.

As a Virginia Republican I’m VERY concerned about this year and have zero confidence in having Frederick at the helm.

Jeff Frederick should do the right thing for once for his party, put his ego and pride aside, and step down, not blast our nominee for Governor.

and I still do not know who is running for Governor. That is if I had not come to Redstate on a regular basis. So, Mr Frederick is doing something very wrong in attempting to win the election this year. There is nothing more to say about his incompetence!

I was not one of the Frederick bashers from the git-go. But I have seen nothing from him to be happy about.

I received a letter from him shortly after he became Chairman talking about how he had a “new vision” for RPV and was planning a brand new website and a more robust infrastructure. The new website arrived…six months later. Right before the election. And Frederick’s RPV ground game not only let us lose the Presidential contest for the first time since ’68 (that is not solely his fault, of course) but also lose VA-11, VA-02, and VA-05 – the last of which is simply unforgivable. There is no way Tom Perriello should have won that district. He has been verbal gaffe machine and despite Morgan Griffith’s protestations to the contrary, I believe he had a large hand in the collapsing of the deal that was going to give us back the state Senate. There is too much on the line this fall. We have a six seat majority in the House of Delegates and absolutely cannot afford to lose it. In truth we have a great opportunity to gain seats as well as take back the governorship, but I have my doubts as long as Frederick is in charge.

Bravo for RedState. I lived in Virginia during the heights of Republican control and it’s painful to watch the depths to which the Party has fallen to recently. Having not lived in VA for a couple years, I didn’t know who the current chairman of the VA party was. That was until I read the articles about Frederick’s twitter exploits and then shortly thereafter I saw the video of him disparaging Charles Darwin on his birthday on several other blogs.

My assumption is that any other day his remarks would’ve been less than newsworthy. But he chose words and a forum that made him appear like a serious ignoramus. To the extent that this is emblematic of the other challenges Frederick has created for the Party in Virginia, I have to believe a state filled with so many talented and capable political people can do better than this guy.

I am disappointed with the effort to remove Jeff Frederick. I admit I do not know the merits of the issue, but I think it is an unnecessary distraction.

I personally like receiving his e-mails. I feel excited about the RPV. I am looking forward to attending my mass rally in Fairfax County. I hope to be selected as a delegate to our convention. I am very glad that we will be having a convention rather than a primary.

If you are republican in Virginia and you do not know who the candidates for Governor and Lt. Governor are, they have yet to chosen. McDonnell and Bolling have announced for Governor and Lt. Governor and they are unopposed. There are three candidates for Attorney General. The state convention is in May.

Get active. Get informed. I get regular email updates from RPV. They also have an excellent website. http://www.rpv.org/

I am just an ordinary Virginia Republican voter. I have no desire for more petty infighting. Let us work at taking back Richmond and deal with Jeff Frederick at the end of his term. He has only been Chairman for 1 year from what I can see the party is actually improving. That is not to say I was impressed with what happen in the last election cycle.

I am however, unwilling to believe that we must get rid of Chairman Frederick when the 2006 election cycle was nothing to praise either. Was 2008 really the fault of the man who took over in 2008? I for one want to give him and the RPV more time to see if the changes coming about are an improvement. So far, to me they seem like step in the right direction.

For the first time in years, 2009 has seen competitive races in Northern Virginia. Let us keep our eye on the ball. Removing the chairman will prove to be a devise distraction when we have more important matters to contend with.