I’m just kind of wondering aloud, based on this apparent lack of GOTV action, coupled with how we’ve seen the “establishment” squaring off against the grassroots of the party, if there is not a general message being sent as a counter to the message we’re sending them.

If they’re too cash-strapped to fund GOTV .. one must ask what they are spending money doing, eh?

Mew

…but ascribing bad faith to professional politicians is my default position these days. Some rise above, and I give them credit when they demonstrably do so. But Steele and the people he works for haven’t shown me anything in which to base confidence in their intentions.

I sure would love to have my questions answered and my suspicions put to rest.

And we are no longer to simply ascribe “incompetence” as the explanation when “malfeasance” is at least as reasonable an explanation. I’m in a hanging sort of mood, so I am going to charge “malfeasance” and leave it to them to prove it wasn’t. And there’s nothing wrong with that because this isn’t a court of law.

Besides which, when the incompetents start to realize they might be going up on malfeasance, they may opt for jobs where they are less likely to get splatted.

you can try to fry the same egg six different ways…but it’s still the heat that fries it…

in other words…maybe the RNC didn’t fund the GOTV effort out of spite because people weren’t just blindly giving them money…or because they are short of funds and just couldn’t fund the GOTV efforts because people weren’t just blindly giving them money…the fault still lies with the RNC because it’s the snide and derisive way they have treated the base of this party that is the reason for the shortfall of revenues.

I have been told it takes years to develop a GOTV roots in a community, and while I worked with many energized people this past election, how long will that enthusiisam last without snaring these people into some kind of organized structure so they can continue to have confidence that they are making a difference.

The ONLY real members of the RNC are the delegates to it.

The Rules of the Republican Party govern the RNC membership. Sending $50 or $100 to the RNC (or whatever it takes these days) to get you “Sustaining Membership” or “Silver Membership” with your name embossed on a plastic card gets you no real “membership” in the Party or the RNC — all it gets you is $50 or $100 less in your pocket to spend on your local Rep. Party committee activities and that piece of plastic. It gets you absolutely no means for changing the RNC.

A while back I wrote the following in a comment to a AceInTX Diary:

Per Rule 1 (a), the members of the RNC consist of the national committeemen and committeewomen, one of each from each state Republican Party, and the chair of the state Republican Party of each state.

Who is eligible to be a member of the RNC? For that we must look at Rule 5 (a) (1): “A chairman and a co-chairman of the opposite sex . . . shall be elected by the members of the Republican National Committee.” So, if ya wanna vote to replace Michael Steele, you have to become a member of the RNC. (It gets better — bear with me.)

How does one become a member of the RNC? Well, as already explained, you have to either be the chair of a state Republican Party or one of the national committeemen or committeewomen. You have to look at Rule 2, which basically says each state Republican Party can set its own rules for electing the national committeeman and committeewoman and if they don’t have such rules, other rules kick in. And, as already explained, the state Republican Party chairman of each state automatically serves as a member of the RNC.

“When all else fails, read the directions.”

Gee, wouldn’t it be great if the RNC explained all this? You know, sort of a “how to become a precinct committeeman and why that’s important and how it can actually have an impact on who gets elected to the leadership positions within the Republican Party” online guide? I’ve looked for one on the net. Can’t find one. Can’t even find a layman’s explanation of all this on the http://www.gop.com site.

Gee, it’s almost like the RNC doesn’t want us to participate in the internal machinations of the Party. Wonder why that is? Maybe because they know that’s where the real power lies, and if enough conservatives figured this out, in every state, the RINOs now in charge would be history.

Here’s the link to the full comment and Ace’s Diary:
http://www.redstate.com/aceintx/2010/05/23/when-given-an-opportunity-to-speak-to-first-principles-steele-throws-rand-paul-under-the-bus/#comment-2108

Bottom line: the BEST way to get involved to help build “boots on the ground” GOTV efforts for 2012 is to become a precinct committeeman.

Bottom line: the ONLY way you as a Republican can have an effect on the outcome of the election of the RNC Chairman is by becoming a voting member of the Party — a precinct committeemen — because ONLY precinct committeemen elect the delegates who select the three delegates from each state who ultimately cast votes for the RNC Chairman candidates. The state party chairman and two RNC delegates from the fifty states elect the RNC Chairman. Those delegates will be chosen over the course of the next three months, after local committee members elect their leaders and the precinct committeemen elect their county leaders and delegates to the state organizational meetings. At the state meetings/conventions, state Republican Party chairmen will be elected. They in turn will join the RNC delegates in electing the RNC chairman.

If you became a “card carrying member” of the Party over the course of the last two years, as I’ve advocated you should, you’ll have the right to vote for the Party leaders. Otherwise, you’ll have no voice at all. Dems da cold, hard facts.

Thank you.

ColdWarrior

and a case can be made for either …

Mew

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