Posted by Todd Zywicki:
Clueless Republican Establishment:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2007_05_27-2007_06_02.shtml#1180706580
Is it possible for the Republican Party establishment to be more
clueless than [1]this?
The Republican National Committee, hit by a grass-roots donors'
rebellion over President Bush's immigration policy, has fired all
65 of its telephone solicitors, The Washington Times has learned.
Faced with an estimated 40 percent falloff in small-donor
contributions and aging phone-bank equipment that the RNC said
would cost too much to update, Anne Hathaway, the committee's chief
of staff, summoned the solicitations staff and told them they were
out of work, effective immediately, fired staff members told The
Times.
Several of the solicitors fired at the May 24 meeting reported
declining contributions and a donor backlash against the
immigration proposals now being pushed by Mr. Bush and Senate
Republicans.
"Every donor in 50 states we reached has been angry, especially in
the last month and a half, and for 99 percent of them immigration
is the No. 1 issue," said a fired phone bank employee who said the
severance pay the RNC agreed to pay him was contingent on his not
criticizing the national committee.
Talk about blaming the messenger....
For the record, I personally don't have strong views on immigration. I
just find it amazing that the response to grassroots opposition is to
fire the telephone solicitors!
References
1. http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20070601-122909-8977r.htm
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