GOP Delegates reject proposed platform

While the Reagan Network was very helpful in providing copies of the old platform to the delegates, there were many, many people opposed to just scrapping the old platform. Thanks to Fran & Sam for their help, but it was not them alone.

As a conservative Republican, I was disgusted at the convention today. Instead of working to elect Republicans, the Reagan Network chose to create imaginary conspiracy theories about phantom liberals usurping the platform.

Fran should just stick to supporting pro-abort candidates like she did in the 1st CD primary this year! What a fraud!

Jeb Bradley pro-abort? let's see, in Congress he voted to ban partial birth abortion, FOR parental notification, and for it to be a crime to transport a minor across state lines to circumvent parental consent laws? Hmmmm. How many VOTES has John Stephen cast?

Fran a fraud for supporting reformed Jeb because some deem him not "perfect" enough?
Does anyone challenge that Jesse Jackson, Walter Mondale, and Mike Dukakis are anything but RABID pro-choice? Then how about asking oh so pure John Stephen why he supported all three of them! OK for John to support rabid pro-choicers and not for Fran to reward Jeb for having a change of heart on major areas of the life plank?

I wouldn't say there wasn't any sort of "imaginary conspiracy theories about phantom liberals usurping the platform" at all. I had conversations throughout the week with quite a few Republicans asking about the new platform....not once was it Fran, Sam Pimm or anyone from the NH Reagan Network. They were likely talking with the people they talk to more frequently...just as I was. There were a large number of delegates who thought that there was no need to change the format of the party platform so drastically so quickly. Fran & NH Reagan Network were very helpful with providing copies of the prior platform in the case that the new version was not accepted. It wasn't. It was a little confusing for a while but hardly one faction against another. Actually, my impression was there are more Republican delegates that stand for the strong principles in our platform than I might expect. That was good to see....a room of hundreds of Republicans who overwhelmingly believe that we are the party of limited government, personal freedom, and personal responsibility.

Tammy, I'm surprised to read that you didn't talk to me last week, since you were on the conference call when I explained in detail what my strategy was and the 2 back-up plans in case we were not successful with the first.

Our working group had been meeting for weeks on the platform. I recruited Paul Mirski to be the floor leader and Steve Winter to be our parliamentarian. We made several hundred phone calls to inform the delegates what was happening with the platform.

Yes, there are many people and groups who can share the credit for saving the platform. But it was the result of a well organized effort, not a spontaneous, unplanned uprising.