GOP State Parties Struggling
Posted by Michael Link on March 24, 2008 at 05:30 PM
We've talked a lot about the importance of the 50 state strategy, but not about what the Republicans still haven't learned, as far as why it's so important to build infrastructure across the country if you want to be a truly national party.
In the Politico today, it's reported that their state parties are "suffering from internal strife, poor fundraising, onerous debt, scandal or voting trends that are conspiring to relegate the local branches of the party to near-irrelevance." In Republican-heavy states and Democratic ones, there's a lack of enthusiasm and organizing happening on their side.
The strengthening of our state parties an important reason why we're winning in areas of the country nobody would have expected us to even compete, most recently in Hastert's old seat. It's going to be crucial to our chances to take back the White House in 2008, and the local organizing that's required has already begun.
At least on our side.
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