Big test for Maryland GOP next Saturday, illegal immigration stance pivotal

Update:  I’m just now seeing this story from the Baltimore Sun of two days ago about Dr. Wargotz getting out of the race, but it interests me to note that the supposed knowledgeable Sun political writer can never seem to mention the fact that Sam Hale, a Tea Party candidate is still in the running.

My fixation with this contest continues!

That old saw, people are policy, is true and next Saturday, December 11th, the MDGOP will set a ‘policy’ for the next four years with its choice for Chairman and other leaders of the, at present, floundering MDGOP.

Richard Falknor, writing at Blue Ridge Forum, has another insightful post on the topic which I urge you to read.   He cites two areas of critical importance for county central committee voters to consider:

1. The health of the future GOP in the Old Line State will depend on strict neutrality in all contested primaries.

[….]

2. Maryland is regrettably a “sanctuary state” for illegal aliens.  [Falknor then goes on to discuss the criteria for a leader who must not be soft on the issue.]

In that section on illegal aliens he says:

If the state central committee selects a new party chief employed by a national organization working for “comprehensive amnesty” (and the new chief does not repudiate amnesty)….

I’m guessing that is a reference to MDGOP chair front-runner Mary Kane who has been employed by the US Chamber of Commerce.  The US Chamber of Commerce is well-known to have supported amnesty and other methods of expanding the worker base.  Or, maybe he is referring to Alex Mooney who also has not been clear on where he stands on the illegal immigration issue, but I don’t think he works or worked for a group that supports amnesty, does anyone know?

When candidates make their presentations next Saturday, voters should ask each candidate to clarify his or her position on one of the hottest issues in Maryland—illegal immigration.

And, then this is Falknor’s last paragraph to entice you to visit his post.

The kind of home Maryland Tea Partiers and grass-roots conservatives will have in the state GOP organization will be clearly indicated by who is selected chairman when the state central committee acts next Saturday. These are watershed times for freedom in America, as well as for freedom in Maryland. National GOP elected officials and organizations are having to come to terms with Tea Partiers and the conservative grass roots faster and more fundamentally than they had ever expected. If the Maryland GOP wishes to become effective, it will have to embrace, not shun, these strong popular forces.

See Michael Swartz at Monoblogue yesterday to see who is still in the running.