tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9976574.post5639483787336788575..comments2023-10-18T08:38:05.570-04:00Comments on POLITICAL ILLUSION: Berks GOP endorsements have familiar ringTONY PHYRILLAShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18383642518928715216noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9976574.post-11169352262537281552008-02-20T10:33:00.000-05:002008-02-20T10:33:00.000-05:00Well, you need to know the party rules.First, ther...Well, you need to know the party rules.<BR/>First, there is a tremendous prejudice against endorsements in the Berks County party. some of us who come from areas with overweening party bosses and structures are in no hurry to return.<BR/>Second, as a concession to the pro-endorsement folks, rules have been negotiated that permit endorsements in races in districts that cross county lines (so as not to place a Berks County primary candidate at a competitive disadvantage vis a vis primary opponents from counties that have a more robust endorsement process.<BR/>Third, the anti-endorsement forces routinely do not object when a motion is made to suspend the rules to permit endorsements in unopposed races (in the past, candidates pitched a fit when they couldn't even get an endorsement in a race where they were unopposed).<BR/><BR/>On the other hand, if the party apparachiks had had their way, Brightbill would have won the endorsement over Folmer. Instead, Brightbill came in seeking to stagemanage the endorsement here similarly to the endorsements in Dauphin and Lebanon and was sent packing with a boot to the rear. It was the Berks County greeting.<BR/><BR/>I was the one that offered the motion for "no endorsement" in the presidential race. Many conservatives are still very uncomfortable with McCain and sending Arlen Specter and tom Ridge to do the "sales job" at state committee did not do anything to assuage our fears.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03568479072223162848noreply@blogger.com