Blueskygirl has been wondering when the Republican party would wake from its deep sleep and reclaim the party from the tea-stained fringe. It is happening in New Hampshire!
Thanks to correspondent Jon Ward and Huffington Post for this article published August 25, 2011, [emphasis added by Blueskygirl]:
New Hampshire Senator, Congressmen Support Removing State GOP Chairman Jack Kimball
WASHINGTON -- The lone Republican senator from New Hampshire and the state's two Republican members of Congress on Thursday put their names behind a vote on the removal of the state party's chairman, even as the Tea Party-affiliated leader continued to defend himself. ...
The letter to Kimball bore 22 names from the 36-member state executive committee in support of a vote on his remova.... Only 19 votes are needed to oust Kimball as state party chairman.
In a separate statement, the five elected leaders called the controversy around Kimball's tenure as chairman a "serious distraction" and said he should resign.
“We respect Jack Kimball, and appreciate all the personal time and effort he has made on behalf of the New Hampshire Republican Party. But to ensure that all of the party's energy and resources are solely focused on electing Republicans, we believe it is time to move beyond this serious distraction," the statement said. “Therefore, we call upon Jack to put the best interests of New Hampshire Republicans first and step aside as chairman of the party." ...
But, [member of Republican committee Bill] Foley said, "the Chairman continues to refuse to reach out except to a very narrow group of what I consider to be radical fringe element of the Party who have overestimated their value and importance in the last election...."
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