Republican National Committeeman of Maine Mark Willis is running to be chairman of the national Republican National Committee, but he might not be allowed by the leadership to run. His crime? They think he might have supported Ron Paul in the 2012 presidential election.
Willis was listed on the Maine general election ballot as a declared write-in running mate to Congressman Paul. Current committee members are questioning whether or not he supported Romney in the election, which is an absolute must according to party rules. Willis claims that he did his Republican duty -- he supported Romney for President. He told The Daily Caller that he had "nothing to do with being listed as a write-in candidate on the ballot." He said, "I had no knowledge of it. No consent. I found out about it after the fact. After it had been done."
RNC leaders don't care if Willis had nothing to do with tying himself to Paul in his state of Maine, they feel that he should have publicly denounced the idea and separated himself from the rock-star Texas congressman. The RNC views Ron Paul as an enemy who must be defeated and forgotten. It has made no effort to reach out to the millions of energized freedom-oriented voters who supported him in 2012. The RNC leadership is afraid that Mark Willis' promise of a "fresh, innovative approach" might include Paulian policies that increase freedom. They are afraid when he means serious change when he says he offers "solutions that I believe are timely and vital to restoring good faith and success in the Republican Party." The RNC cares a lot about power, not so much about freedom -- or winning if this requires Ron Paul supporters.
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Comments: 5
Mark Willis can deny his affiliation with Ron Paul from now to doomsday, but the RNC hierarchy are no fools.
As for Ron Paul being defeated and forgotten, I think the first part has been taken care of. One failed attempt at the White House as the Libertarian candidate, two failed attempts to win the Republican nomination, a dismal record as a legislator (620 bills sponsored, 4 that made it to a House vote, only 1 that passed), and being listed as one of the Most Corrupt Members of Congress by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington.
So I'd say all that adds up to "defeated", but I doubt he'll be forgotten, at least by his most hardcore supporters, any time soon. Especially while his son Rand is in the Senate saying silly things.
And maybe grandson William will consider a future in politics, if getting arrested for being drunk and assaulting a woman doesn't nip that possibility in the bud. And really, if he's an angry white guy who abuses women, I would imagine he's just the kind of person Lindsay Graham is looking for to try to keep the Republican party alive.