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We've been following the Republican Nevada delegate fiasco with great glee. It's finally been resolved, but not without some final inter-party shots being taken:
With little time to spare, the Nevada Republican Party has named its delegation to next week's national convention, resolving an embarrassing dispute with supporters of former presidential candidate Ron Paul in a state John McCain is struggling to win.
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The compromise list included at least four Paul supporters and nearly mirrored one recommended by a Republican National Committee panel asked to settle the dispute. The RNC Committee on Contests made the recommendation Wednesday in a report that slammed the Nevada GOP for appointing, rather than electing, its 34 delegates and 31 alternates.
The committee wrote it was "deeply troubled by the ineptness of the state party" and "rejects any process to select delegates and alternate delegates that restricts party grass-roots activists from participating in that process, as appears to be the case here."
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Nevada's delegation dispute began when Paul supporters were poised to win delegates at a state party convention in Reno in April. The party abruptly shut down the convention and later attempts to reconvene failed because it could not get enough Republicans to attend.
Meanwhile, the Paul supporters held a rogue convention in June and named their own delegation.
The RNC committee ruled that the June convention was unauthorized. "Only a state party has the authority to convene a state convention," the committee wrote.
Wayne Terhune, a leading Paul supporter, called the decision "tyranny." He said he plans to attend an alternative convention held by Paul's "Campaign for Liberty." - MercuryNews.com
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mark · 864 weeks ago
McCain doesn't need theatrics or distractions. He doesn't need to impress anybody by stagecraft or fancy speeches. He's spent a lifetime fighting for his country, five years in a prison camp, decades as a maverick in Congress holding the banner of reform.
His life story will contrast sharply with that of the man who came out of the Chicago machine, the South Side politician who eats with Bill Ayers and probably other terrorists we don't even know about, who attends church where the preacher says "God damn America!" and everybody jumps to their feet in wild adulation.
Obama promises "change" but what kind of change? Change for the worse. With the selection of Sarah Palin, McCain has once and for all solidified his claim on the mantle of Reform. For Obama the game is over, and his dream will fade.
If he's lucky his State will not judge him so harshly for how he's treated them during his time as a US senator. Elected to represent the people of Illinois, he instead thought it was more important to write another volume of autobiography and run for president.
In two years the people of Illinois will have their say and perhaps it will be "Change."
PeteCO · 864 weeks ago
Beryl 51p · 864 weeks ago