Utah GOP Passes Rule Would Could Expel Romney

[RandySF]

UtahPolicy.com: “You may have thought the internal workings of the Utah Republican Party were really screwed up before.”

“But now get this: If former U.S. GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney continues gathering signatures as part of his U.S. Senate run this year, he may well be kicked out of the Utah Republican Party via a bylaw change adopted Saturday over the objections of party chairman Rob Anderson.”

“Romney has already announced that he’s taking the signature route, as well as attending the April convention.”


https://politicalwire.com/2018/02/25/utah-gop-passes-rule-expel-romney/

[Me.]

1. What? How? Why?

[ProudLib72]

4. It does not look good

Go here for the full article: http://utahpolicy.com/index.php/features/today-at-utah-policy/15935-chaos-in-the-utah-gop-party-hardliners-adopt-rule-change-that-chairman-rob-anderson-says-is-unconstitutional

[Me.]

6. Well, Well, Well

He may be done for and serves the hypocrite right...that said...it seems counterproductive to be so stringentbut...it's a power play so we'll see how it works out.


Thanks for the link

[RandySF]

3. Click through to UtahPolicy.com

[Proud liberal 80]

5. Yeah

I did that after I posted my comment. I was confused at first. Thanks.

[gratuitous]

7. The proving ground for national party skullduggery

Synopsis: The Utah Republican party has a core of about 50 ultra-conservative hard-liners. While the party Central Committee comprises a few hundred members, these 50 folks can and have called snap CC meetings that the rest of the CC members don't always want to attend in remote corners of the state. As such, these hard-liners have been screwing around with the party by-laws in order to support the candidates they like and screw over the candidates they don't like.

Anyway, this is the way Republican hard-liners operate: They can't win through conventional means, like majority rules, so they fuck the system over to give themselves the advantage without having to do the hard work of building a coalition or promulgating workable ideas.

[SoCalMusicLover]

8. I'm Guessing The Democrats Chances Are Worse With Romney?

If Romney can't run, I assume they'll nominate an even bigger nut job, but that's not a good thing if they should win.