Arizona Republican Party Leaders Reject Anti-McCain Resolution
On Saturday, January 23, Arizona Republican Party leaders maneuvered to disqualify the “Anyone But McCain Resolution” proposed at the Party’s annual mandatory meeting. The same resolution passed by a large majority of Precinct committeemen just the week before at the Maricopa County Republican Annual meeting.
Using the services of a licensed parliamentarian, Republican National Committeeman Bruce Ash and AZGOP Chair Robert Graham protected the entrenched McCain from what was sure to be one more humiliation at the hands of the Republican grassroots. Graham had done all he could before the meeting to prevent the “Anyone But McCain Resolution” from being considered, but the opposition to McCain is growing and determined to bring an end to the abusive senator’s reign. Finally it was up to Al Gage, the party’s licensed parliamentarian, to come up with a convoluted argument during the proceedings to end the effort once and for all.