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  • Say “NO!” to State Committee Endorsements

    01/23/2012 8:52:24 PM PST · by Bill Russell · 2 replies
    Free Republic Has it First! | 01/24/2010 | William T Russell
    Say “NO!” to State Committee Endorsements The easiest way for the State Republican leadership to guarantee the re-election of Senator Bob Casey is to endorse one of the candidates in the Senate race before the Primary. There is a too-long standing tradition on the part of the Republican Committee of Pennsylvania to pick a favorite, channel the resources of the party behind that candidate and shut out the other challengers, all in the name of selecting the “best candidate with the highest probability of victory.” The arguments for endorsement generally focus on the need to unite the party behind a...
  • GOP picks Lazio for gubernatorial run; Levy fails to get on the ballot

    06/03/2010 3:34:19 AM PDT · by Scanian · 5 replies · 327+ views
    NY Post ^ | June 2, 2010 | BRENDAN SCOTT
    The state GOP committee voted today to nominate former Congressman Rick Lazio as its candidate for governor, while keeping Democrat-turned-Republican off the ballot after he failed to garner enough votes. Nearly 60 percent of the GOP faithful gathered at the Sheraton Hotel & Towers voted to make Lazio their standard-bearer in the race against Democrat Andrew Cuomo in November. Lazio served in Congress from 1993 to 2001 and lost to Hillary Rodham Clinton in the US Senate race in 2000. Levy, the Suffolk County executive favored by party Chairman Ed Cox, came in second with 28 percent. In a separate...