What passes for a grassroots uprising within the Republican party is being led by what Buzzfeed's Zeke Miller characterizes as "key figures in the conservative movement and on the committee" including "Virginia delegate and longtime RNC member Morton Blackwell, a former Reagan aide who founded a conservative training academy called the Leadership Institute." Some of these blades of grass look suspiciously like trees, in other words.
According to Blackwell, "These rule changes are the most awful I've ever seen come before any National Convention."
"This is the biggest power grab in the history of the Republican Party because it shifts the power to select delegates from the state party to the candidate," said Indiana National Committeeman Jim Bopp in an email to RNC members late Sunday, calling it an "overreaction" to Ron Paul. "And it would make the Republican Party a top down, not bottom up party."Organizers are trying to force a roll call on "minority report" amendment to the Rules Committee report; to get the roll call they must have majority support from six state delegations. As you might imagine, the Romney campaign will be putting considerable pressure on delegates to prevent this from ever coming to a vote.
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