The GOP: Organizing From The Grass Roots Up

The Republican Party completely restructures itself every other year...all the way from the precinct level to the Republican National Committee. So it was that last Saturday the Hall County GOP held its County Convention. The incoming officers were elected, and Jim Pilgrim is the new County Chairman. Delegates were elected to the District and State GOP conventions where District-wide and State-wide officers will be elected, and where delegates will be elected to the national organizing convention. This is one of the major differences between the Republican and Democrat parties; the Republicans elect their party officials from the ground up, while the Democrats tend to select their leaders from the top down.

Studies of last year’s local and state elections indicate Hall County will vote conservative at about the 70% level, so one might think this group would be a bit laid back, but not so. With President Obama in office, Nancy Pelosi – as Speaker of the House – is taking America headlong into Socialism. There was a gritty determination at this local Republican gathering to turn things around at the national level. It reminds me of meetings of the GOP after Bill Clinton clobbered the first George Bush, and had a majority in the House. The Democrats passed a massive tax hike, and Bill turned Hillary loose to socialize medicine. Led by Newt Gingrich, the Contract With America, and a remarkably strong grass-roots organization, at the next election the GOP gained a majority in both the House and Senate. Will that happen again in two years? It could.

This is Gordon Sawyer from a window on historic Green Street.

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