tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post8547662113174225987..comments2024-03-25T13:42:25.771-05:00Comments on Advance Indianaâ„¢: Bopp Ousted As Indiana's National GOP CommitteemanGary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-80097194364315977592012-06-10T09:28:50.449-05:002012-06-10T09:28:50.449-05:00New blood can be a good thing, unless this is a sw...New blood can be a good thing, unless this is a swipe at the tea party whom this columnist credits in the Wisconsin victory <br /><br />www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/06/08/walker_victory_this_is_what_the_tea_party_is_about_114416.htmlPete Boggshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12948800585492289789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-84669336545375998582012-06-10T09:10:58.397-05:002012-06-10T09:10:58.397-05:00I don't think it had anything to do with Bopp&...I don't think it had anything to do with Bopp's position on social issues. If that were the case, you would see the party dumping most of the elected Republicans in the state. A majority of the state committee supported Lugar's re-election, and I think there was some resentment that Bopp had used his influence to help Mourdock defeat Lugar. Part of it may have been a belief that it was time for someone else to hold the position since Bopp has held it for a number of years.Gary R. Welshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-9689184209269693742012-06-10T08:55:14.127-05:002012-06-10T08:55:14.127-05:00So what's your own informed take on this, AI? ...So what's your own informed take on this, AI? Does it signal some discontent with Mr. Bopp and his colleague maybe going a bit too far on social issues even for most conservative members of the GOP? Is there some fire where the smoke is?Morning Constitutionalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09938417864862058949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-66931958043606977762012-06-08T13:21:28.884-05:002012-06-08T13:21:28.884-05:00Dumb, dumb-dumb, dumb-dumb?Dumb, dumb-dumb, dumb-dumb?Pete Boggshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12948800585492289789noreply@blogger.com