Crow Wing County Republicans Wednesday expressed confidence Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney will rally the conservative base in November.
Doug Kern, chair of the Crow Wing County Republican Party, said Romney’s selection of Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., will help solidify right wing support.
“I think he’ll do very well, Kern said. “Hopefully, he’ll bring in conservatives and be the conservative he says he is. His running mate is energizing the party.”
Kern, 49, who said his personal first choice was Rick Santorum, said he’s looking for a conservative candidate and the selection of Ryan was a boost for Romney.
“I think it was making a statement that he needs conservatives, the chair said. “He showed it by picking Ryan.”
Herb Thiesse, a longtime Republican who formerly served on the Crow Wing County Board and served for 39 years on the Crow Wing Power board, said he thinks Romney will be OK.
“Any leader in this world today, needs to be a diplomat; diplomatic, firm and respectful,” Thiesse said.
Thiesse, 87, and a self-described conservative, said he’s not as active in the party as he was in previous years.
“At my age I’m kind of sitting on the sidelines,” he said.
David Allan Pundt, deputy chair of the Crow Wing County Republicans, said he was relatively new to being active in the GOP. Pundt was a radio journalist for many years until his retirement. In 2008 he ran for the Minnesota House as a Republican. He said his views are his own and do not necessarily reflect those of the county party organization.
“I think that Mitt Romney is one of those choices that is growing on people, getting more positive,” he said. “I think Mitt Romney is going to be a clear, positive, good step forward.”
Pundt, 66, said he thought there was a lack of “0bama-bashing” so far at the Republican National Convention.
The majority of the Minnesota delegation’s votes for the presidential nomination went to Ron Paul. Santorum was the winner of the Republican caucus poll in February.
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Add commentWOW ,There Actually are Mittster Supporters in MN
From the absolutely spectacular Mother Jones site we were advised to view yesterday. Thanks Southie !
It appeared that the entire MN delegation (33/40 Ron Paul) along with 140 others , gave the podium a one finger salute , verbalized their feeling and left the convention hall !
Guess these Crow Wing County folks must be from another part/branch of the Neo Con Party !
At least Ron Paul had the good sense to also leave Tampa and head back to TX , was surprised his kid from the KY branch stuck around and spoke ???
Democrats fall in love , Republicons fall in line.
The Liberal Con Party is
hitting hard on their hateful and racist agenda early, I see. The real Cons vote illegally for their party along with the dead and their pets.
Unbalanced One
Im afraid you missed the link ,the article (w pictures) and the point once again. You like color pictures dont you ?
Being color blind is nothing to feel ashamed about.
2008 GOP Convention estimated make up:
28 non-whites, 1,972 Caucasian. Not much diversity.
Why is that?
Why doesn't the GOP attract these members?
DFL platform:
keep 'm dependant and no chains needed. DFL= most KKK members ever. Obama Administration= women's pay lower and attacks GOP about hurting women? Nasty liberal attacks everywhere.
Why don't you two get together with your racist friend and come up with some new propaganda? Maybe you can be a star on the radio tonight.
Why is that?
Just what are you trying to imply southie? Could it be they simply chose not to attend? Minorities by definition are what?
Definition of MINORITY
1 a: the period before attainment of majority b: the state of being a legal minor
2: the smaller in number of two groups constituting a whole; specifically: a group having less than the number of votes necessary for control
3 a: a part of a population differing from others in some characteristics and often subjected to differential treatment b: a member of a minority group
Simply put, they're minorities. There's bound to be fewer of them.
Racial Makeup of Parties
In the 2010 Congressional Race, the GOP garnered 60% of the white vote, and 40% non-whites. In recent contests Democrats have garnered about 90 percent of the black vote, two-thirds of the Latino vote, and a clear majority of the Asian American vote. But as our population continues to grow, and minorities become the majority, they are choosing less and less either party. Between 1945 and today the proportion of Americans who choose not to identify with one of the two major political parties has more than doubled from 15 percent to 36 percent. Those who are either independents, or non-identifiers make up the clear majority of the Latino and Asian American populations. Almost thirty percent of blacks feel that the Democratic Party does not work hard for black interests.
At this point in the election, minorities can break or make Obama, who has been reported as saying he needs 80% of their votes to re-elect them. But on the other side of the coin is total apathy for either candidate, and in the end it may be just fate!
Paul Ryan lies about even unimportant things.
He said he ran his last marathon in under three hours, and his own brother called him on it. It was his only marathon, Granny's in Duluth in 1990, and he finished in over four hours.
What a little putz. That kind of attitude works when you are drinking at the frat house, but not at the White House.