First the rebel army attacked the MA GOP Empire/Party during the March Presidential Primary, defeating scores State Committee incumbents.
The rebels are an odd blend of libertarian, social conservatives who have achieved the highest level of cognitive dissidence by advocating for no government regulations of markets, while demanding for government controls on our bodies and personal behavior.
But then, the Empire Strikes (struck) Back and the GOP establishment thwarted the rebel alliance as they attempted to defeat GOP stalwart Kerry Healy as RNC member last month.
But yesterday the Rebel Army scored another victory at the caucuses to elect delegates to the Republican convention. You can catch a flavor of the battle per at RedMasssGroup
But the summary is this: The Rebels challenged the Romney/Emperor-backed delegate slates under the ironically named “Ronald Reagan Unity Slate”. (The irony being, the tax raising, deficit creating Ronald Reagan of the 1980’s would never have passed the litmus tests on today’s rebel fringe of the GOP).
According to Rob at RMG, the rebels won 17 of the 27 delegate slots and defeated both Kerry Healy and Minority Leader Brad Jones.
Fortunately my Star Wars metaphor runs out of gas at this point, because as we all know, the next three Star War movies were prequels. But we’ll be able to continue to watch future episodes of the civil war that is in full pitched battle within the state GOP.
If the rebels succeed in their efforts; civil war may not be an appropriate term to describe these events. A “purge” will be the most likely outcome and the relevance of the GOP will be even more obscure in Massachusetts.
Fixed this for you:
They surely knew their audience and how to elicit a Pavlovian response.
… still not lacking in irony.
First he loses for Governor and now he can’t even successfully run for Alternate Delegate to the National Convention.