Gop Party Chair Forum Kirsten Hughes vs Rick Green

Yes­ter­day in Gard­ner at Williams Restau­rant I attended the GOP party forum with two of the can­di­dates for party chair Kris­ten Hughes and Rick Green in attendance

A pretty good crowd turned up, snow not withstanding:

I talked to some of Kirsten Hughes sup­port­ers just out­side of the restaurant:

Then did a pan of the crowd:

The for­mat was an open­ing state­ment by each can­di­date Rick Green

then Kirsten Hugues

Then came the Q & A with ques­tions sub­mit­ted in advance, the mod­er­a­tor was For­mer Ma3 can­di­date Jon Gol­nik. They cov­ered a vari­ety of topics

Reach­ing out to the Unenrolled:

and activist groups like the tea party and lib­erty (Ron Paul) groups

RTC & RCC struc­tures and build­ing them

The pri­or­ity of Money, Issues and Organization

If the party lead­er­ship should be “clear­ing the field” for favored candidates

Their own fundrais­ing skill

and the out­reach to minori­ties and cities where the GOP is weak

How we should change the GOP website

And the big ques­tion, exactly why the Democ­rats win, is it organization?

A ques­tion about regional offices

And then clos­ing state­ments by both Can­di­dates. First Rick Green:

Then Kirsten Hugues

After the event I inter­viewed both can­di­dates first Kirsten Hugues:

Then Rick Green

finally I spoke to Jim from the Rabid Repub­li­can Blog for his opinion:

This choice is going to say a lot about the direc­tion this party is going to go in the state.

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