After the defeat of the valiant Randy Pullen’s attempt to inject some sanity into the Republic National Committee’s deliberations on the immigration issue a year ago, we at VDARE.com formed a negative view on the moral fiber of the Committee members (a man and woman from every state). The idea of Senator Mel Martinez (R - Cuba)being Chairman fitted.

We may be wrong. Choice of Martinez sparks GOP rebellion By Ralph Z. Hallow THE WASHINGTON TIMES January 16, 2007 indicates

Rebellion is brewing among conservatives on the Republican National Committee…”I will be voting against Senator Martinez if he is nominated for any chairmanship of the RNC,” Tina Benkiser, Texas Republican Party chairman, told The Washington Times yesterday.
Bill Crocker, the elected national committeeman from Texas, says that when the RNC convenes here tomorrow, “Absolutely, I will vote against Martinez.”…

Naturally, issues of principle are avoided for procedural ruses

“I have also requested that the RNC employ the services of an independent certified parliamentarian to assure that breaches of the rules are avoided,” North Dakota RNC member Curly Haugland said

(Vdare.com likes Haugland)

but our old friend Randy Pullen did not pull punches:

Martinez’s support of [Arizona Sen. John] McCain’s immigration bill on amnesty for illegal aliens is causing a lot of concern among our base,” said Mr. Pullen. “I happen to know that people — our $25 and $35 donors — are writing on the back of our RNC solicitations for donations: ‘When you close the border to illegal aliens, we’ll open our checkbooks.’

Terry Graham’s reminder could not be more timely.

Keep calling !- the vote is now reported to be on Friday.