Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Florence GOP Meeting: Good Crowd, But None of the Teams Show.


See.. We Have Our Share of Kooks in Flotown Too..
We had the last meeting before the Primary on Saturday last night. It was well attended compared to the usual count we have, but none of the official camps showed up for it. I guess it's not a surprise... Michigan is today, so McCain, Romney and Huckabee are all there, Giuliani is in Florida, and Thompson came through earlier in the week. I was a bit stunned that none of the local people came. Each candidate had a local citizen speak on their behalf, rather than a paid staffer.
It is tough to get the candidates here for the meetings. We have our meeting at the same time as Charleston County, where 200 attendees are not uncommon, so that's where the guys go. We made due despite it... State Reps. Crawford and Lowe gave us an update on Columbia, and City Councilman Brand spoke on city matters. None of the County Councilmen showed.
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5 comments:

Anonymous said...

glad to see them in florence now when are you going to take over that local party

Anonymous said...

Speculation from Radio Free DC is that Michigan Dems will corssover, since their delegates will not be seated, thank you Howard Dean, so the McCain-Kennedy-Fenigold-Clinton-Graham vote may sink Romney...

Thoroughbred 401k said...

We'll find out in an hour or two..

Anonymous said...

Was that Dr. Buddy Witherspoon's truck?

Anonymous said...

aside, Charleston usuaully sets a low quorum, becuase, absent a significant main event, 40 or less is frequently observed