August 17, 2006

Defeatism

Yep, area Republicans are as inept as expected.

Republican leaders hoping to preserve the party's hold on the district formerly represented by Tom DeLay disagreed Wednesday about a meeting scheduled tonight to seek consensus on a write-in candidate.

Fort Bend County Chairman Gary Gillen wrote a letter to prospective candidates in the county urging them not to attend the meeting, saying it excluded grass-roots Republicans. But his counterpart in Harris County, Jared Woodfill, said the gathering was the best way to unify the party behind a single Republican candidate.

The write-in option in 2006 is, at best, the longest of long shots anyway; it's amusing now to see them fighting over the crumbs of PR for 2008 that might be the only real benefit.

Posted by Alan at August 17, 2006 06:29 AM