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<font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">I know that many of you dont
give a big ripe red one about how the Republican Party operates <br>
or dysfunctionalizes into a thin dull brownish entropic goo.<br>
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But considering that the Only Presidential Candidate likely to bring a
swift end to the War is running as a Republican, it may be of some
interest to see how the deck is being stacked to deny it.<br>
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Democracy, yer donkey.<br>
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<td>IL GOP bosses push Presidential Delegate power grab</td>
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<td>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 10:24:30 -0500</td>
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<td>Doug Ibendahl <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:dibendahl@ilryp.org"><dibendahl@ilryp.org></a></td>
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<div>Thought you might find this of interest.</div>
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<div>From: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.republicannewswatch.com/"><font size="4">www.RepublicanNewsWatch.com</font></a></div>
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<div><strong><font size="3">IL GOP bosses push Presidential Delegate
power grab</font></strong></div>
<div>By Doug Ibendahl</div>
<div>August 29, 2011</div>
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<div>The consolidation of power continues within the Illinois GOP. At
the Illinois Republican Party's quarterly meeting on August 18th in
Springfield, the 19 members of the State Central Committee were asked
to sign-off on a big change to the way Presidential delegates and
alternates will be chosen next year.</div>
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<div>If the plan is adopted, Republican Primary voters would not elect
delegates representing the various candidates for President, as has
been done in the past in Illinois. Instead, the State Central Committee
would pick the majority of delegates and alternatives after the
Primary. (A few at-large delegates would also still be selected at the
State GOP Convention in June next year. That has typically been a very
pre-rigged affair.)</div>
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<div>As 99.99% of Republican voters have absolutely no say in choosing
the members of the State Central Committee who would be doing the
choosing of delegates, our State GOP's plan should be a serious concern
to every Republican, and especially to the campaigns of the various
Presidential candidates.</div>
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<div>As is the case with nearly all material business our State Party
conducts these days, the new proposal was presented in secret while the
State Central Committee met in closed executive session last week. The
only reason I know the details is because a friend who was at the
meeting was given a copy of the proposal which I've since reviewed.</div>
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<div>Part of the proposal dealing with allocating delegates
proportionally is necessitated by a Republican National Committee (RNC)
rule change. I have no problem with that change for Illinois. I have no
particular attachment to the "winner take all" system our state has
used in the past.</div>
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<div>But what our State GOP is attempting to do is piggyback a power
grab along with the reasonable change. Although allowing the State
Central Committee to pick the delegates appears to be legal it most
certainly is <span style="text-decoration: underline;">not</span> a
change that's necessitated by any rule or law. State GOP officials are
simply trying to select the alternative that would give the
undemocratically selected State Central Committee the maximum amount of
power possible.</div>
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<div>As is too often the case, we have too many GOP officials in
Illinois more concerned with what they <span
style="text-decoration: underline;">can</span> do as opposed to what
they <span style="text-decoration: underline;">should</span> do. They
think of themselves first and what's best for Republicans and our
Party a very distant second, if at all.</div>
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<div>No vote was taken on the plan at the August 18th meeting but it's
likely to be voted upon by the State Central Committee via phone
conference later this week.</div>
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<div>As word has trickled out about the proposal I've received several
phone calls over the past few days from a variety of Republicans,
including a couple of GOP County Chairmen, rightfully concerned about
what the State Central Committee appears poised to do.</div>
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<div>Republican delegates and alternates will travel to Tampa, Florida
next summer for the Republican National Convention, August 27 -30, 2012.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>It's at the National Convention where the Republican nominee for
President is officially chosen. That's when the delegates from across
the country come together and vote. The nomination doesn't happen until
then.</div>
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<div>It's likely the probable Republican nominee will be pretty much
known by the time Illinois' March Primary comes around. A number of key
states have their primaries before us.</div>
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<div>On the other hand, the field is more fluid at this stage relative
to past Republican races for President. Anything can happen in
politics, and maybe there will be a horse race for the nomination all
the way to Tampa next August. One just never knows.</div>
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<div>But regardless of who is still in the hunt next year, the Illinois
GOP's old guard has figured out a way to be the ones at the dance in
Tampa no matter who those pesky Republican voters pick in March.</div>
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<div>Once again it's "heads" the bosses win, and "tails" Republican
voters in Illinois lose.</div>
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