Friday, June 06, 2008

Indiana GOP Convention Ups & Downs -- Hoosier Access

Excellent commentary on winners and losers at the Indiana Republican Convention Monday by Hoosier Access, including the following "sound bites":


But what blogs have done is provided unprecedented transparency to a process that would have otherwise happened entirely in the shadows. Never again will a state party in Indiana hold a convention where delegates will be strong-armed. No candidate will want to risk the backlash that would come with being exposed... No contested convention campaign in Indiana is going to be able to ignore blogs in the future...

The Governor’s peeps... were utterly unable to deliver a victory for the man their boss had endorsed. Not only did they fail to deliver a victory to Jon Costas, but word of their apparent use of antiquated strong-arm tactics spread via the internet and caused a backlash that contributed to the impressive margin of Zoeller’s victory...

Hopefully, the Governor will learn from the bungling of his underlings before they ruin something else that can’t be so easily undone...

These are arrogant, bullying people who have yet to realize that they will get much further with the base of the party with friendship, respect, and persuasion...

The chairman of the Marion County GOP worked hard to deliver his county for the Governor’s man. He packed his delegate appointments with dependable votes... He also reportedly demanded loyalty oaths... In the end, however, his packing scheme failed to help Jon Costas carry the day and it caused a popular backlash on the internet and out in the rest of the state that probably more than offset the gains such tactics provided...

Indy Establishment... support seems to be the kiss of death in Indiana politics these days...


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