Found in today's email:
Date: January 24, 2007 4:01:26 PM EST
To: Marj - Direct Title
Subject: Dear Fellow Republican -1-24-07.doc
Reply-To: m.morris@direct-title.com
Dear Fellow Republican,
We have now had the opportunity to read the candidate selection process that our Monmouth County Republican Chairman, Adam Puharic, recently announced in his Wireside Chat. It clearly reflects a tremendous amount of thought, debate, and the careful balancing of our Party’s missions. It also reflects our Chairman’s focus on re-unifying the Party.
Our Party’s ultimate mission is to get Republican candidates elected. To accomplish this, especially on a consistent basis, we must demonstrate our strong ethical values; we must open and create opportunities to serve; we must “build a bench,” and in the end, we must provide a process that elicits truly qualified public leaders and future leaders, who will be willing and able to serve as exceptional public officials.
Adam, with the help and counsel of many intelligent and concerned Monmouth County Republicans, has implemented important and pragmatic refinements to our candidate selection process. These refinements are carefully geared to achieving our Party’s missions - including that ultimate mission of getting our candidates elected, consistently.
I am writing to you to ask you to give our Party Chairman your full support in this important effort. Adam is doing a Herculean job. He is making tough decisions now, so that our Party can be strong in the future.
I am asking you to become an active advocate on Adam’s behalf - any time you find yourself among Republicans.
Thank you for your continued support of our Party.
Josh
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15 comments:
Josh. What next, Dan & Fred?
PAC Man. Very clever.
Tremendous paranoia. The spectacle of recent conventions and the accompanying carnage was not pretty. Neither were the electoral losses. If we mess this one up, Republicans will probably see 5-0 Democrat rule. We elected Adam because of his intelligence, honesty and integrity. He has excellent vision and a passion to bring people together. Let him do the job we asked him to do. Don't tie his hands before he has a chance to make the party the dynamic force it needs to be for the 21st century.
There is nothing wrong with having a screening committee. Most county parties have them. They simply prevent candidates with excess baggage from entering the convention process. The only people against them are candidates with excess baggage or skeletons.
If you're a Republican, would you rather have a flawed candidate run in November & lose, or would you rather have a flawed candidate be exposed in front of a 20 person screening committee?
Under normal circumstances, I would agree with much of "anonymous's" comments.
However, this years process as originally announced was clearly targeted at one incumbent who has rocked the boat and was just elected. It was latter expanded to all incumbents to avoid the appearance of singling the real target out.
And, this process has been announced as "only for this year"
This is not about getting rid of a "flawed candidate" It is about getting rid of a proven winner, who's major flaw is not following orders.
We agree on one thing. The way things are going we will see 5-0 Democrat rule in January 2009.
"Under normal circumstances, I would agree with much of "anonymous's" comments." WS
_________ bloggers such as William H. Seward is what exactly?
*hint (anonymous)
I bet we will see democrats in office by the end of this year if we do not have this commitee. Why are you always siding with the Democrats and helping them by trashing our chairman. When are you going to stop being so closed minded and start supporting adam for his ideas on this website.
_________ bloggers such as William H. Seward is what exactly?
*hint (anonymous)
And your point is?
My identity is the best kept secret since McGreevey's sexuality, before he came out.
I do support Adam. I just don't agree with him blindly on all things Republican.
I'm offering debate, as he encouraged in May; some of which he has responded to favorably, some not so favorably.
I've given his Wireside Chat's great visibility and I've given his buddy Josh's support far more visibility than he expected it would receive.
I think Adam is making a big mistake. A well intentioned mistake, but a mistake nevertheless.
Adam used this space to promote his candidacy for Chairman, and since elected has asked me to alter or include content on more than one occasion. He knows how to reach me.
I fail to see how this screening committee will give us better candidates. Let me see if I get the logic. This select group on the screening committee is collectively smarter then the 500 committee people who would vote on who they want the party’s candidate to be? I doubt it.
Further having a smaller group doing the screening magnifies the influence of any special interests within that group (and believe me there are plenty of SPECIAL interests in that group)
More people making the decision dilutes the influence of special interest groups.
I respect Adam but do not understand his rationale. This will not give us better candidates and may not give us worse ones but it will serve to preserve the power of certain elements within the party. I doubt that that is Adams intention but it will be the result.
Second item. I think it is obvious from prior posts that I am not a fan of this reaching out to everyone theory. There are just certain people you do not want to associate with. The old adage you are known by the company you keep is a wise adage.
So what is the deal with Adam teaming up with Fred’s funny money man? If I were in Adams shoes (and I am thankful I am not) I would get a restraining order that kept that guy at least 200 feet away.
More on this:
I think Adam is making a big mistake. A well intentioned mistake, but a mistake nevertheless.
At this point, I fully expect that Anna Little will not be on the ballot at the convention, and will not be on the ballot in June or November.
I think this is a big mistake, and that it will contribute to our defeat in November.
If I'm wrong...good.
the screening coommittee all 25 of then are being allowed to have a vote in legilative districts where they do live.
I thought we fought and won a war around 1776 over this issue of improper representation.
$50 says Anna switches parties when she is challenged & loses at the convention.
$50 says Anna switches parties when she is challenged & loses at the convention.
I'll take that bet.
Fredrick P. Niemann, chairman of the Monmouth County Republican Organization, said Wednesday that he was unaware of the existence of the seven new GOP committees.
"I don't know what PACs we have or how much is in them," he said.
Josh Elkes, finance chairman of the Monmouth County Republican Organization, said he was aware of the seven GOP committees but would not comment further about why they were established or how the funds would be used
I cannot believe that they would be stupid enough to take Anna off the ticket no matter how much they hate her. The mob would storm the palace and drag them to the Guillotine (figurativly speaking of course). Anna would never turn Democrat that would go against her core beliefs. She would run in a primary AND she would win.
No Barham,Carton Nieman et al might be arrogant enough but even they could not be that stupid.
No Barham,Carton Nieman et al might be arrogant enough but even they could not be that stupid.
I'll take that bet too.
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