The RNC of Reince Priebus and the Brooklyn Republican Organization of Eaton, Golden, Berardelli, Gallo, along with several other of their most dedicated Executive Committee Members are completely and absolutely not on the same page — And they probably never will be !
Whether you agree with findings and recommendations of the RNC’s “Growth and Opportunity Project” Report or not, Brooklyn GOP activists need to become familiar with the report (See “Growth and Opportunity Project” Republican National Committee - www.gop.com, 3/18/13 [http://growthopp.gop.com/RNC_Growth_Opportunity_Book_2013.pdf]). And be able to respond to it.
I think it’s fair to say that the current reality of anyone active with or involved in the workings of the Brooklyn GOP reflects little of the positive direction and many of the negative observations contained on the pages of the RNC’s “autopsy” report on the national GOP in the 2012 cycle. Given that, it is no wonder that the recent meeting in Brooklyn of RNC and NYS GOP Chairmen Priebus and Cox with Brooklyn community and religious leader, Rev. A.R. Bernard, as a prelude to the release of the RNC report, had no place at the table for Brooklyn GOP Chairman Craig Eaton.
Many leftish commentators have focused on the most negative data generated by the RNC surveyors — "Asked to describe Republicans, they said that the Party is 'scary,' 'narrow minded,' and 'out of touch' and that we were a Party of 'stuffy old men.' This is consistent with the findings of other post-election surveys," the report states. Another main stream media outlet indicated that the Republican task force that released the report, made a remarkably hard-headed diagnosis of the GOP’s many liabilities, such as: ideological rigidity; a perceived preference for the rich over workers and the middle-class; a general separation from and alienation of minorities; an emphasis on what many consider reactionary social policies; and an institutionalized repression of internal dissent and innovation ( “The Republican Autopsy Report” by Thomas B. Edsall, 3/20/13, NY Times - Opinionator [http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/20/the-republican-autopsy-report/]).
Although the RNC report is skewed by a national establishment GOP bias, it is nonetheless a formal “internal GOP review” of the current state of the GOP nationally, and it is in the nature of a “self-critique.” After reviewing the findings and recommendations in the “Growth and Opportunity Project” Report of the RNC, local Republicans in Brooklyn – whether they agree, disagree or are completely unmoved by it – should do a similarly rigorous self-examination of the Brooklyn GOP; and then talk about it with their fellow Brooklyn Republicans.
4 comments:
Stop whining about losing Presidential election by a few points. Romney was a weak candidate.
This only drives the point home. Republicans like Marty Golden, Craig Eaton, and Eric Ulrich supported Romney and worshipped him during his 2012 campaign.
"Whining"? Maybe, a little bit. AND "Worshipped" [sic]? More like whoreshiped as much as necessary under the circumstances, in 2013 it was a very little bit. Especially in Brooklyn.
So that's what the “Growth and Opportunity Project” was worth, a couple of bits.
But you're missing the point -- it's the Brooklyn GOP that's sick and dying, that's on Craig Eaton and Eaton's guys; and it's it's the Brooklyn GOP candidates who ALL were weak, that included State Senator Martin Golden. It's the Brooklyn GOP that needs to look at itself, have lots more whining and a lot less worshipping of guys like Eaton and Golden, who are both past their "sell by date" ....
Are there any Brooklyn Republicans left ?
The problem isn't that Brooklyn isn't on the RNC' page and that Eaton and GOlden aren't on the same page.
The problem is that there is nothing on any of the Republicans' pages that anybody cares about now.
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