Seems the RSPC is still in full force on these discussions.

So, opinions on Rubio?

I don’t particularly want to debate semantics, particularly when I initially just wanted a simple explanation of Rubio’s chances in a statewide contest in Florida. If y’all would rather argue that we’ve been in a state of war with Iraq since 1991, well, we could do that, too.

You weren’t clear, it seemed you were saying the key to their wins in 2000 was support for the war.

LBJ used the Tonkin Gulf incident as a means to escalate our involvement in Vietnam. If the same standards had been observed regarding Iraq, we would have invaded much sooner.

To say there was no war in 2000, and prior years, is to admit that daily attacks on British and American air craft in the No-Fly Zones was an acceptable risk - no matter how many died as a result. Sounds a lot like Kerry in 2004 when he talked about acceptable levels of terrorism.

I don’t recall anyone credible saying the GOP was supposed to lose big in 2004.

Because they are so frickin stupid, the10% of the voters in this country that represent the swing group that decides elections need a clear distinction between the Parties.

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Hi Marco,

I live here on Brickell. I am a real conservative. I support you against Crist.

XXXXXXX (see below) is a good friend of mine — he is a CA / AZ lawyer and a West Point Grad and had considered challenging McCain in the AZ republican primary. He thoroughly understands the Precinct Committeeman urgency and how to articulate it.

We need to really ramp up this Precinct Committeeman movement in Florida to get real conservatives to outnumber the moderates.

I am going to become a Precinct Committeeman for the Brickell district if there are any vacancies.

Would you be my first signature (I believe I need 12)? I want to be involved and make a change.

I want to help you and you can count on me for a donation.

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Sincerely,

XXXXXXXXX

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Date: Tue, May 12, 2009 at 4:22 PM
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FYI, as promised.
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Subject: Re: CCM Meeting - RSVP
Hi Robert,
Thanks for all your efforts with the Coalition for a Conservative Majority.
As you learned last night, I’ve been recruiting Precinct Committeemen for the Republican Party. Conservative Precinct Committeemen. Only one third of the available slots are filled in Legislative District 17, for example, and in Maricopa County, over 4,000 vacancies exist. Those numbers are extremely significant when one learns that the conservative candidate for the Maricopa County GOP chairmanship, Rob Haney, in this last internal party election defeated the moderate candidate, Jerry Brooks, by only about twenty votes and the incumbent, conservative AZ Chairman, Randy Pullen, defeated moderate candidate Lisa James by only about twenty votes and, a year ago, defeated her by only FOUR votes.

If you want to see a shock wave go through the current elected officeholders, get 4,000 conservatives to join the Maricopa County Republican Party as precinct committeemen. Indeed, I believe McCain would change his mind about running for reelection.

So, as you see, if we could get conservatives (most of whom DO know the basics of the framework of our Constitution and Bill of Rights — they are, after all, conservatives) off their collective duffs and AT LEAST join the party as precinct committeemen, we could change the Republican Party back to its Reagan Era, conservative, winning ways. While conservatives, by and large, do know the basics about the structure of our government, what I have found is that most don’t know the first thing about the importance of being an actual, functioning, voting member of the Republican Party and how essential that participation will be for getting our country back on track. Nor how to become one. And the Republican Party does a horrible job of providing that information to the public.

I realize I’m preaching to the choir, but:

If we want to change the country, we have to change the outcome of the elections.

To change the outcome of the elections, we have to change the caliber of the Republican Party candidates.

So that those candidates are not an echo of the Democrat candidate for the voter, but a real alternative. A conservative alternative.

To change the caliber of the candidates, we have to change the outcome of the Republican primary elections.

To change the outcome of the Republican primary elections, we have to have more conservative Republican precinct committeemen influencing the amount of support the conservative candidates receive and, hence, the number of votes they receive.

I’m attaching the flyer I used at the Phoenix Tea Party and which I handed out last night. I will be handing them out on Wed. at the Obama protest that will held at Tempe Marketplace. Are you aware of it?

Here is a link to a discussion of The Committeeman Project at Redstate.com. Lot’s of good people at Redstate.com, but [critical comments omitted]).

http://www.redstate.com/martin_a_knight/2009/05/05/the-committeeman-project/

And here’s a link explaining what I did at the Phoenix Tea Party with video of my sign (and my son).

http://www.redstate.com/hawksruleva/2009/04/15/after-the-tea-party-whats-next/#comment-6

Sincerely,
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Not saying it’s necessarily good politics, but they’re playing the numbers game.