Cumberland County Update
The Sentinel’s John Hilton wrote an article about the Cumberland County Republican Commissioners’ race. Here is how the artrcile starts:
With each passing day, Karen Gunnison is looking more like she is running a solo campaign for Cumberland County commissioner.
There are two interesting things about this article. GOP County Chairman Vic Stabile gave plenty of evidence why PoliticsPA ranked him as the worst county chairman. Here are some of the highlights of Stabile’s comments:
Current GOP Chairman Victor Stabile said the breakaway group does not represent mainstream county Republicans.
“There’s a reason why they’re gone,” he said of Gwin and Lewis. “The kind of politics that they practice is the kind of politics that the people of Cumberland County and America no longer want to tolerate. It surprises me that two people who were former chairmen would so cavalierly ignore the endorsement process.”
Don’t worry it gets better:
The PAC members “should carefully weigh the accusations and what they’re saying. This was an open and fair process” to endorse Gunnison/Barclay.
During his public remarks to committee members, Stabile said the turncoats will be remembered post-election.
“I am proud to support our endorsed candidates. To those who don’t — raspberries to them,” he said to chuckles. “And there will be an accounting once this is over.”
I hope Chairman Stabile will be the first to line up when the accounting comes after Gunnison loses.
The other interesting part of the article was AG Corbett’s comments:
But even AG Corbett could not ignore the “Barclay/Eichelberger” signs dotting the Carlisle Pike.
“I’m not wild about seeing those signs. I think that’s just sour grapes,” he said to a crowd of about 50. A primary campaign “is like a battle among family. I believe the endorsement means a lot. If we don’t do endorsements, what are we going to be as a party?”
I’d like to take a stab at answering Mr. Corbett’s question - First of all, it’s not what the party is going to be, the grassroots of the party has their head straight on their shoulders. It’s the party leadership that is the problem. Maybe the party leadership could give up endorsements, especially for poor candidates. The party would be better off for it. It would be nice if the party leadership and certain elected officials starting trusting the judgement of the grassroots instead of trying to tell people what to do and how to think.
May 16th, 2007 at 2:44 pm
[…] Remember your own words Mr. Chairman? Let me remind you of what was quoted in the paper: During his public remarks to committee members, Stabile said the turncoats will be remembered post-election. […]
May 16th, 2007 at 2:47 pm
[…] Remember your own words Mr. Chairman? Let me remind you of what was quoted in the paper: During his public remarks to committee members, Stabile said the turncoats will be remembered post-election. […]