This scandal will not soon pass. It is a huge blow at a time of otherwise gathering momentum, and the GOP’s elected leadership need to respond decisively, as do Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty, John Thune and Sarah Palin – the four Republicans most likely to seek the party’s nomination in 2012 and to have a shot of gaining it.
The RNC has two jobs right now – to raise money for the campaign ahead and to secure the presidential primaries against the almost-certain monkey-wrenching that President Obama’s most zealous supporters will try to effect come the first quarter of 2012.
There has been almost no attention paid to the latter issue, and the results on the search for funds have been mixed. Whatever progress had been made is now certain to be pulverized at least among the small donor category so vital to building a party’s grassroots. Who is going to sacrifice the cost of a night out at the movies with the family so that GOP staff and high rollers can party with the pole-dancers?
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