Apologies to Christopher…
His piece was in my in-box about 30 minutes before I published the rest of CATS. You should have this today even though I missed it earlier! Jim
Christopher Freind, DelcoTimes: “No Secret Ballot For GOP Endorsement Is Same As Union Card Check”
“…The GOP has vigorously opposed Card Check because it would cavalierly discard
that most fundamental American value: free and fair elections….so it seems extremely
hypocritical that the Republican State Committee refuses to allow secret ballot votes
on Party endorsements.
“And now, on the eve of the endorsement meeting, that issue has become a firestorm
that is only growing in intensity.
“The big question centers on whether the Party will endorse millionaire Steve Welch,
who voted for Barack Obama in the 2008 Democratic primary and supported former Congressman Joe Sestak…
“In an email to PoliticsPA this week, Sestak wrote of his meeting with Welch: “He
expressed support of me and what I stood for. He seemed nice and, separately, supportive of the Democratic Party and its efforts.”…
So would the Party really risk massive damage to itself by endorsing an Obama-voter,
and make the sin mortal by doing so without a secret ballot?
If so, it will become known as Republican State Committee, Local 666….”
http://www.delcotimes.com/articles/2012/01/27/opinion/doc4f2292210f044034806401.txt