BREAKING: Iowa GOP Chairman Matt Strawn to step down next week
BREAKING: Iowa GOP Chairman Matt Strawn to step down next week
Embattled Iowa GOP chairman Matt Strawn will step down at the end of next week, he said this morning, citing competing priorities in his personal, business and political life.Strawn has come under heavy fire recently from presidential candidate Rick Santorums backers who think he deliberately refused to acknowledge Santorums victory in the caucuses. He said in a letter to Iowa Republicans this morning that Friday, Feb. 10 will be his final day.
The party is strong and has the resources in place for victory in November, Strawn wrote. Now is the time to transition to new leadership.
GOP party rules say that any vacancy in the chairman job is to be filled by the co-chairman and in this case, thats Bill Schickel, a well-liked former state lawmaker and former party secretary from Mason City. The next meeting of the GOP central committee, the partys board of directors, is Feb. 11.
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In his resignation announcement this morning, he doesnt mention the controversy over Iowas excruciatingly close caucus count an omission that could further irritate Santorums backers.
http://blogs.desmoinesregister.com/dmr/index.php/2012/01/31/breaking-iowa-gop-chairman-matt-strawn-to-step-down-next-week/
LETTER:
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/section/documentcloud&dckeyword=288460-letter-to-iowa-republicans
zbdent
(35,392 posts)and someone is stepping down to make sure evidence isn't made public ...
emulatorloo
(44,131 posts)Uncle Joe
(58,365 posts)Thanks for the thread, kpete.
itsrobert
(14,157 posts)It was manipulated to give the state to Romney. And it still could not pull it off.
quakerboy
(13,920 posts)which looks more likely, given the way things played out
Or they are just plain incompetent. Which is always a factor to consider when dealing with republicans.
onehandle
(51,122 posts)What a joke.