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On the surface this resolution may seem OK, but this resolution actually, has some hidden controls. (I hate controls).

Why did I vote against this resolution?

1. Let's take a close look at part on the resolution:

"The North Carolina Republican Party shall target publicly any state Representative or Senator who campaigned as a Republican, but who votes for Democrats for leadership positions, if Republicans are in the majority."

We are on a mission to weed out RINOs, yet we have no qualms about forcing elected officials to vote for someone simply because they ran on the Republican ticket. [Hail! Hitler!]

2. As Freeper Huber pointed out, The Plan of Organization forbids this type of action:

"Any registered Republican influencing the outcome of any election against a Republican Nominee... may be declared ineligible to hold office under the State Plan of Organization at the State, District, and Precinct level for Party disloyalty by 2/3 vote of the State Executive Committee. Charges of Party disloyalty may be brought by petition of 50 members of the State Executive Committee, or by resolution of a County or District Republican Executive Committee. The State Executive Committee may declare a Republican found to have engaged in Party disloyalty as ineligible to serve in any office under this Plan of Organization for a period of time between 6 months and 5 years."

Playing devil's advocate, what if:

We were in the future in a situation where the party is divided roughly equally on an issue. Let's say half of the elected Republicans cut a deal with the Dems giving leadership of the "Outreach" committee to the Dems in exchange for Republican leadership of the "Judicial Review Committee".
The other half of the Republican officials are furious at this deal, because they wanted leadership of the "Outreach" committee, not the "judicial" committee.
With the help of the NCGOP executive committee, they bring a petition against all Republicans involved and permanently oust them from party politics, further weakening the party in the state of NC.

The plan of organization now gives discipline power, over any Republican, to the NCGOP executive committee.

3. The intent of this resolution was to humiliate the "Morgan 5" without giving them a chance to explain their position. (I hate what they did, but I would have liked to hear what their position was). There was even an attempt to "name names" in the resolution, which would have been even more despicable.

4. The last and most important reason that I voted against this movement: This type of resolution makes the entire party look petty and unprofessional and makes us the laughing stocks of the mainstream media.

Frankly, I was embarrassed to be forced to vote against this (especially with the Morgan group voting my way) at all.

Furthermore, setting ourselves up to be ridiculed,does not help us recruit folks to our way of thinking.

TaxRelief, I vehemently disagree with you on this. The Morgan 5 are despicable vermin. You wanted to hear their side of the story? Well, they weren't there, were they? Morgan was probably on the phone with Jim Black, working on redistricting to elect more Democrats and pit conservative Republicans in the same district to force one out in a primary. Think I'm joking? I'll post the inside tidbit from NC Spin to that effect. They distributed material at the convention defaming the conservative leaders of the NC House; those leaflets were picked up before most delegates saw them, but maybe they should have been left as proof of what scumbags Morgan & Company are.

Secondly, it's not Nazi to make someone WHO CHOOSES TO RUN AS A REPUBLICAN vote for a Republican nominee chosen in caucus. Perhaps you should rethink your comparison.

Any registered Republican influencing the outcome of any election against a Republican Nominee

This refers to the general election (nominee), and is not in conflict with the resolution to "oppose" publicly in those so-called Republicans who vote for Democrat leadership, presumably in primaries. In fact, the two complement each other, making it clear that such opposition will take place in primaries or in non-electoral matters (such as publicity).