Watkins said 15 unit chairpersons took a straw vote a few months ago, with 10 voting in favor of a convention.
Today, after Hurt went up to DC to beg the NRCC to do more to help his campaign:
ifth District GOP Chairman Tucker Watkins said Wednesday that he didn’t know how many committee members were leaning toward a convention or how many might prefer a primary. A third possible nominating process, called a party caucus, doesn’t have much support, Watkins said.
So in just days Tucker has gone from knowing that 10 out of 15 unit chairpersons favored a convention to having no idea.
Coincidence? I think not. The NRCC is trying to shove a primary down the throats of the 5th District in order to get Hurt nominated. And Tucker is folding under their pressure.
The Lynchburg Tea Party has an email campaign going right now to try and influence the Republican committee chairs to choose a convention over a primary. I'm working on a blog post on the LTP blog with some of the replies folks have gotten from these people. Folks have received some pretty nasty responses from some of the committee chairs. I guess the R's don't believe you catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.
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