Ill. GOP Chairman: Coulson Thing a ‘Screw Up’
November 21, 2009 | Filed Under Chicago, Congress, Cook County, Elections, GOP, House of Representatives, Illinois, Republicans, State Government, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off
-By Warner Todd Huston
Jeff Berkowitz cornered Illinois GOP Chair Pat Brady and asked him if the invite to Beth Coulson to the state-wide meeting with national party Chairman Michael Steele was a defacto endorsement of Coulson’s 10th District candidacy? Brady says no, there was no endorsement.
At issue was a press release by Beth Coulson, candidate for the 10th Congressional District, that could easily be read as an announcement of support from the national party because Coulson was invited to a meeting with the GOP chair Steele.
Brady, however, denies that this invite equated to an endorsement by either the state party or the national party. In fact, despite what Politico said and what the Coulson camp is saying, the meeting had nothing at all to do with any specific District but was a general meeting of what the national party’s goals are state-wide.
Brady says that Steele is neutral in the 10th District race and that during the meeting the focus was “completely on a big picture approach to winning seats from top to bottom in Illinois.” Brady refutes a Politico report about the purpose of the meeting as focusing on the 10th District. “It was not as it was reported in Politico. They were completely, 100% wrong.”
So, how did this get all blown out of proportions? Brady thinks a Coulson staffer got over zealous with a press release.
I think it was an honest screw up, mistake by a staffer so that’s why I don’t want to hang anybody out to dry—too much.
Berkowitz and Brady go on for sometime about things, so go on over and see the whole interview.
The candidates for the 10th District are as follows:
Republicans
Patricia K. Bird (objection pending), businesswoman
William J. “Bill” Cadigan, attorney
Elizabeth “Beth” Coulson, current St. Rep.
Bob Dold, businessman
Arie Friedman, former Navy pilot and doctor
Dick Green, businessman
Paul Hamann, engineer
Democrats
Julie Hamos, St. Rep.
Elliot Richardson, attorney
Daniel J. “Dan” Seals, ’06 & ’08 nominee, marketing dir. & ex-Sen. aide
Milton J. Sumption, investment counseller
Green Party
Richard Benedict Mayers, known white supremicist (objection pending)
(D.C.’s Political Report has all the races detailed)
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Warner Todd Huston is a Chicago based freelance writer, has been writing opinion editorials and social criticism since early 2001 and is featured on many websites such as Andrew Breitbart’s BigGovernment.com, RightWingNews.com, CanadaFreePress.com, StoptheACLU.com, TheRealityCheck.org, RedState.com, Human Events Magazine, AmericanDailyReview.com, and the New Media Journal, among many, many others. Additionally, he has been a frequent guest on talk-radio programs to discuss his opinion editorials and current events and is currently the co-host of “Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Conservatism” heard on BlogTalkRadio. Warner is also the editor of the Cook County Page for RedCounty.com.
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