Texas GOP Chair Tina Benkiser Resigns to Work for Perry

Tina Benkiser

Texas GOP Chair Rina Benkiser has announced plans to resign effective October 5th so she can serve on Rick Perry’s campaign for governor.

The Texas State Republican Executive Committee (SREC) will be filling the vacancy within the next 30 days.

Though a replacement has yet to be chosen by the SREC, right now is a great time for the Liberty movement to pick someone to fill this position during the next state convention.

During the 2008 convention, incumbents Tina Benkiser and Robin Armstrong were challenged by Ron Paul supporters Paul Perry and Debra Medina for the GOP Chairman/Vice-Chairman positions. Perry and Medina garnered nearly a third of the vote.

Fast forward a year, Debra Medina is now running for governor against Rick Perry and Kay Bailey Hutchison in the Republican primaries and Paul Perry is serving as the Vice-Chair of the Republican Liberty Caucus of Texas.

Who will we choose in 2010? The answer is unclear right now, but I can assure you that we will be prepared and ready when the time comes.

Source: The Austin American-Statesman

http://www.medinafortexas.com/

Does the GOP Need a New Leader?

Party of Sheep?

This whole argument about whether the leader of the GOP is Rush Limbaugh, Dick Cheney, Mitt Romney, or Sarah Palin is ludicrous. Who ever said the GOP even needs a leader. The Republican Party has had leadership over the past eight years, and it has sunk them down into the ground. I would argue that they don’t need anymore leaders, they need more followers. They need people who know how to follow the Constitution.

Speaking of people who follow the Constitution, Lindsey Graham recently said, “Ron Paul is not the leader of our party…and I’m not going to give this party over to people who cannot win.” Funny, considering that he still has McCain fever. Who lost the presidential election? Oh yeah, McCain. Hmm, in fact, who is the only Republican presidential candidate that was actually successful at winning an election in 2008? Ron Paul. He won the Republican primary for Congress with 70.2% of the vote. Ron Paul is so popular in his district, the Democrats refuse to even run someone against him.