Below The Beltway

In a truly bizarre twist, the people behind the plot to oust Jeff Fredrick as RPV Chairman have admitted they don’t even know who they want to succeed him:

In the coming weeks, there will undoubtedly be a confrontation between Frederick and his enemies before the State Central Committee. The chairman has made it clear he will not resign and, privately, organizers of the “Dump Frederick” effort concede they do not have the two-thirds committee vote necessary to oust him.

If he is forced out or resigns, several names have been mentioned as potential replacements for Frederick, among them former Loudon County Party Chairman Randy Minchew, former state party official Shaun Kenney, and Northern Virginia businessman Earle Williams, who lost a bid for the Republican nomination for governor in 1993. Not one, however, has made any concrete moves toward waging an actual race for chairman.

When I pressed one of the Frederick’s foes about who he and his allies had in mind as a potential chairman if the incumbent goes, he said: “No one yet. We haven’t thought it through that far. Right now, getting Frederick out is the main idea.”

See guys, here’s the problem…..

If you’re going to remove the Chairman of the Republican Party of Virginia, it’s probably a good idea to have a replacement ready to take his place. Especially when a fight over the Chairmanship at the party convention could split the party in two in an election year where, so far, they seem to have a fairly decent shot a taking back the Governor’s Mansion.

I happen to be among those who think that Frederick needs to go for reasons I’ve stated elsewhere, but if they don’t have a replacement in mind what exactly do they think will happen after they remove him ?

Stupid guys, really just stupid.

H/T: Tertium Quids