State Committee in Maine - Ron Paul committeewoman voting for Romney Chair

[paulbot24]

It is surprising there are still conservatives that say they are/were Romney supporters. They've been so busy backstabbing and backpedalling at the same time. If you can get them to the point of remembering they only "backed" Romney because he was "electable", it's a start. Then remind them that electablility should mean competence, and when we choose poorly and unprincipled, we all have to deal with something called accountability.

 

[compromise]

Who is Cebra? Is he a Tea Party/fiscal conservative guy or an establishment Rockefeller Republican? Is he antagonistic towards RP supporters or not?

 

[parocks]

Who is Cebra? Is he a Tea Party/fiscal conservative guy or an establishment Rockefeller Republican? Is he antagonistic towards RP supporters or not?

He's been a 10th Amendment guy. Which is good. The point isn't that Cebra is bad, but that Beth is good.

 

[Mr.NoSmile]

The other side may argue that Cebra is good, though. Again, nothing points toward Cebra coming off as rabid anti-Ron Paul or corrupt or even really evil. Plus, we don't know how he would function should he become the Chairman. If enough people actually do believe O'Connor can pull it off, not just on the basis of her being a Ron Paul supporter, but that she would function better than Cebra, then that should be what ultimately leads her to victory.

Here's something quite telling, though. This article about the election mentions Matt McDonald of Belfast, who said the following:

"I think both Rich and Beth - both of them are very friendly toward the liberty supporters - Ron Paul supporters. Both of them can work with traditional Republicans as well."

http://www.mpbn.net/News/MaineNewsArchive/tabid/181/ctl/ViewItem/mid/3475/ItemId/24875/Default.aspx

So there doesn't seem to be a good or bad here. It can be argued that O'Connor would probably be more approachable by Paul supporters, but that may be because they're more familiar with her than Cebra. I don't know the vibe over in Maine, so it looks like, without looking at any polling data myself, this could go either way.

 

[parocks]

The other side may argue that Cebra is good, though. Again, nothing points toward Cebra coming off as rabid anti-Ron Paul or corrupt or even really evil. Plus, we don't know how he would function should he become the Chairman. If enough people actually do believe O'Connor can pull it off, not just on the basis of her being a Ron Paul supporter, but that she would function better than Cebra, then that should be what ultimately leads her to victory.

Here's something quite telling, though. This article about the election mentions Matt McDonald of Belfast, who said the following:



http://www.mpbn.net/News/MaineNewsArchive/tabid/181/ctl/ViewItem/mid/3475/ItemId/24875/Default.aspx

So there doesn't seem to be a good or bad here. It can be argued that O'Connor would probably be more approachable by Paul supporters, but that may be because they're more familiar with her than Cebra. I don't know the vibe over in Maine, so it looks like, without looking at any polling data myself, this could go either way.

People don't really know. I'd like to think that the 31 state committee people that were on the Ron Paul list in Augusta in May would vote for the candidate who was endorsed by Ron Paul.

If the people who were put on the list aren't going to vote for the candidate endorsed by Ron Paul, what's the point of having a list anyway?

 

[parocks]

bump

 

[sailingaway]

People don't really know. I'd like to think that the 31 state committee people that were on the Ron Paul list in Augusta in May would vote for the candidate who was endorsed by Ron Paul.

If the people who were put on the list aren't going to vote for the candidate endorsed by Ron Paul, what's the point of having a list anyway?

that would be my first conclusion as well, but I don't know the people involved.

 

[cpike]

Could be a Romney person who will get shit done, but will be fair and isn't hostile to Ron Paul. That'd be better than a Ron Paul chair that doesn't do anything productive at all. Impossible to say without knowing what the situation is.

 

[Agorism]

Could be a Romney person who will get shit done, but will be fair and isn't hostile to Ron Paul. That'd be better than a Ron Paul chair that doesn't do anything productive at all. Impossible to say without knowing what the situation is.

Trust issues with these people..