Will Caroline Co. Republicans Have a Vote This Weekend?

By: Chris Guy
Published On: 11/10/2007 1:16:51 AM

In the run up to Saturday's nominating conventions for the Dec. 11 CD-1 special election, things are getting, well, weird on the GOP side of things. This sounds like something out of an Oliver Stone film. (Plus you know you're in trouble when your methods are considered too underhanded even for Shaun Kenney.)

From the Richmond Times Dispatch:

The GOP contest already is mired in controversy. The Republican Party of Virginia is looking into complaints that the Caroline County Republican committee held an improper mass meeting Saturday.

The hastily called meeting was held in a private aircraft hangar near Sparta in rural Caroline and started before its scheduled starting time. Signs along the road leading to the landing field said "No Trespassing." Representatives of two candidates complained it was over before they got there.
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Shaun Kenney, a spokesman for the state party, said the Caroline delegates' credentials may be challenged at the convention.

[UPDATE by Lowell;  Bwana has full coverage at Renaissance Ruminations]


Comments



There's more... (Bwana - 11/10/2007 8:01:47 AM)
I don't know if Caroline will have a vote due to the Sili shenanigans, but some old emnities are being exposed.  Rather than reprint a long post, see:

http://renaissanceru...

over at my blog.

What is happened in Caroline and in general is indicative of why I prefer primaries to conventions, a subject I have weighed in on several times at my joint.