I spent much of yesterday reporting a proper story on how the historically moderate Maine Republican Party came to pass a new Tea Party-backed platform at their convention this weekend. Curiously, it appears largely a spontaneous act by the delegates, many of whom had never had a chance to read it prior to its presentation to the floor.
You can read what I learned over at The Christian Science Monitor.
Here, also, are links to the new Maine GOP platform (Word document) and the old platform (which had been proposed for renewal.)
[Update: 1600 EST: Mainers may be interested in this peculiar side note from the Forecaster regarding how the group that sponsored the new platform -- the Knox County Republicans -- conducted themselves in the public school classroom they were loaned during the convention. Also, later, Bill Nemitz comments in his Press Herald column.]
[Update: 1700 EST: A sampling of national blogospheric thinking on this story from The Week, Red State, Politico, Washington Monthly, and Matthew Yglesias.]
Reason Behind Government Sanctioned Pirates
2 months ago
I'm at a loss.
ReplyDeleteSeriously, where did these bozos come from?
Knox County, apparently. Thumbnail bios of those who drafted the platform suggest they match recent survey data on Tea Party folks: they're white, middle-aged Republicans with above-average wealth and education.
ReplyDeleteThe poll results, for any who missed it:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/15/us/politics/15poll.html?hp