As sympathetic as I am to the anti-bailout angst, I gotta wonder
whether the insurgent RNC members aren't opening a big can of
worms. From the Washington Times
article:
Nonetheless, not all RNC members -- including some of Mr.
Bopp's fellow conservatives -- are pleased with the idea of
having it make policy instead of simply minding the campaign
fundraising store.
Fellow RNC member Ron Nehring, chairman of the California GOP,
expressed more reservations.
"We have to be careful not to confuse passing resolutions for
action, or creating a situation where people interpret the lack
of some resolution as an excuse for inaction on an important
issue," he said.
Nehring makes a good point, and I'd add that turning the RNC into
a vehicle for routine policy debate would completely change
internal RNC politics; suddenly ideology would matter as much as
organizational competence. I'm not sure that would make the party
more effective.
