| At the 2006 State Convention, the Party Chair race was the main event. Stickers for Glen Maxey or Boyd Richie could be seen on nearly every delegate in Forth Worth. This year, with yet another's chair race upon us, there are several candidates challenging Boyd Richie. But you sure wouldn't know it from walking around the Austin Convention Center. The Richie campaign is out in full force. Even some of the most die-hard Glen Maxey supporters from 2006 (of which I count myself) seem to be supporting Richie. The candidacies of David Van Os and Roy Laverne Brooks (and anyone else who is running) are virtually invisible. If either one has significant support (which, at this point, may be a big "if") I sure haven't seen it. If how these candidates run their chair campaign is any prediction of how they might run the party, it is hard to justify voting for anyone other than Richie. How can we trust them to run a viable state party when they cannot even run a viable party chair campaign? UPDATE: I was just offered a David Van Os sticker and am starting to see a few on people walking around. But it is still clear that Richie is the overwhelming favorite at this point. The Van Os sticker says he is "100% for the people" and has the words "Change, Unity, Hope, Democracy." |
