Embattled Montgomery County Republican Party Chairman Ken Davis made it official.
In a letter to county GOP leaders dated March 7, 2008, Davis said he will not seek a third term. You can exhale now.
Not since Lyndon Johnson announced in 1968 that he will not seek or accept his party's nomination for a second term as president has such a clueless political figure admitted what everyone around him already knows. His future in politics is over.
If Davis had run for another term, he would have ended up with 3 votes. His own, Turncoat Jim Matthews and their puppet master, National GOP Committeeman Bob Asher.
In his letter, Davis says he has decided to "leave the arena." It's more like being thrown out the door by an angry mob that has watched the steady decline of GOP fortunes under Davis.
As I mentioned in an earlier post, "Death March Continues for Montco GOP," the Democrats have made enormous gains in voter registration in the past four years.
And as I mentioned in another post, "Bob Kerns Backed by Montco Republican Row Officers," under Davis' leadership, the Republican Party lost five county row office elections in November 2007.
The Montco GOP also failed to provide support for Congressional, gubernatorial and presidential candidates under Davis.
Davis and Asher are also among the few Republicans who have stood by Jim Matthews as he snubbed 85,000 voters and installed Democrat Joe Hoeffel as vice chairman of the Montgomery County Board of Commissioners.
Davis' tenure as party chairman has been marked by dissension from Day 1 despite his promise to help unify the party. He never lifted a finger to bring factions together. Instead, Davis fractured the party even further to the point where unity is nearly impossible as long as Davis-Asher-Matthews supporters have any say in party matters.
"We simply cannot understand how the once-proud and stoic Grand Old Party in one of the most affluent counties in the state has deteriorated to this point," The Times-Herald in Norristown wrote in a recent editorial. See another blog post, "Newspaper: Montco GOP its own worst enemy."
Instead, Davis blames his downfall on bloggers, calling them "self-important know-nothings." If you want to see what the problem is with the Montco GOP, take a look in the mirror, Ken.
Toward the end of the 2-page, self-serving letter, Davis admits "stumbles and errors" were made over the past four years. That is the understatement of the century.
Stumbles and errors? Davis destroyed one of the most dominant political organizations in the country. The Montgomery County Republican Committee will never be the same after the damage Davis has done.
Tony Phyrillas
Tony Phyrillas is a columnist for The Mercury in Pottstown, Pa. He received a first place award for Best Opinion Column in 2007 by Suburban Newspapers of America. He was also honored for column writing in 2006 by the Society of Professional Journalists.
Copyright © 2005-2008, THE CENTRIST Blog; All Rights Reserved.
In a letter to county GOP leaders dated March 7, 2008, Davis said he will not seek a third term. You can exhale now.
Not since Lyndon Johnson announced in 1968 that he will not seek or accept his party's nomination for a second term as president has such a clueless political figure admitted what everyone around him already knows. His future in politics is over.
If Davis had run for another term, he would have ended up with 3 votes. His own, Turncoat Jim Matthews and their puppet master, National GOP Committeeman Bob Asher.
In his letter, Davis says he has decided to "leave the arena." It's more like being thrown out the door by an angry mob that has watched the steady decline of GOP fortunes under Davis.
As I mentioned in an earlier post, "Death March Continues for Montco GOP," the Democrats have made enormous gains in voter registration in the past four years.
And as I mentioned in another post, "Bob Kerns Backed by Montco Republican Row Officers," under Davis' leadership, the Republican Party lost five county row office elections in November 2007.
The Montco GOP also failed to provide support for Congressional, gubernatorial and presidential candidates under Davis.
Davis and Asher are also among the few Republicans who have stood by Jim Matthews as he snubbed 85,000 voters and installed Democrat Joe Hoeffel as vice chairman of the Montgomery County Board of Commissioners.
Davis' tenure as party chairman has been marked by dissension from Day 1 despite his promise to help unify the party. He never lifted a finger to bring factions together. Instead, Davis fractured the party even further to the point where unity is nearly impossible as long as Davis-Asher-Matthews supporters have any say in party matters.
"We simply cannot understand how the once-proud and stoic Grand Old Party in one of the most affluent counties in the state has deteriorated to this point," The Times-Herald in Norristown wrote in a recent editorial. See another blog post, "Newspaper: Montco GOP its own worst enemy."
Instead, Davis blames his downfall on bloggers, calling them "self-important know-nothings." If you want to see what the problem is with the Montco GOP, take a look in the mirror, Ken.
Toward the end of the 2-page, self-serving letter, Davis admits "stumbles and errors" were made over the past four years. That is the understatement of the century.
Stumbles and errors? Davis destroyed one of the most dominant political organizations in the country. The Montgomery County Republican Committee will never be the same after the damage Davis has done.
Tony Phyrillas
Tony Phyrillas is a columnist for The Mercury in Pottstown, Pa. He received a first place award for Best Opinion Column in 2007 by Suburban Newspapers of America. He was also honored for column writing in 2006 by the Society of Professional Journalists.
Copyright © 2005-2008, THE CENTRIST Blog; All Rights Reserved.
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