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March 15, 2005

Trouble in GOP-land?

One of the things that struck me about getting involved in local Democratic politics is, well, the politics. I just assumed that the more local you got the less those kinds of things took place. So I don't find this story too surprising other than that it made the paper. Better them than us I suppose. The thought that just as we're getting more organized they're having some problems bring a small amount of joy to my heart.

But mostly I'm surprised to see Brian Hornback be elected as their County Party Chair. I actually met Brian last year at a candidate forum held by the 5th District Democrats. They held a short debate between him and his non-partisan challenger for his School Board seat, Karen Carson. I didn't know either of them and didn't ask around about their party affiliation and by the end of the forum, didn't care. Karen came across as genuine while Brian was smug and annoying. Karen had my vote. I didn't even know for sure until this story came out that Brian was a Republican.

From what I heard after the election, he campaigned like his reelection was a lock. I was happy to see him get beat. Now I see this guy is running the local party. Unless I caught him on a bad day, this was not a good PR move by the local GOP. The first story about his tenure would seem to confirm that idea too.

Posted by Paul Witt at March 15, 2005 09:55 AM

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