[sphinx]

What do you mean, "caught in the act." The Republican Party is a confederation of the state and territorial parties. Each of these is largely autonomous. Each of them has three members on the RNC: the national committeeman, the national committewoman, and the state chairman. These people are elected by their state and territorial parties according to their own rules. RNC members disagree about candidates and issues all the time.

The point is, the RNC is not a top-down organization. Its members are simply duly elected representatives of their local parties. The Democrats, by contrast, took a bit step away from a representational and coalitional structure in 1968, when they instituted their superdelegate and quota systems. That is part of their problem.

[hoosiermama]

Exactly that is why there was two parts to my post. Read the second

[bigbob]

Yeah, well, when the national chairman is present at a meeting where a plot is hatched, it becomes defacto national organization policy.

[abb]

You are correct. I was once a member of the Louisiana GOP State Central Committee, and had a vote in the selection of our state chairman and the two national committee members.

I ran for the office in a partisan election and won. We battled the Country Club Republicans at every meeting. That battle is still ongoing.

This is why it behooves people to elect conservatives to the local political offices.

It matters.