Run, Ronna, Run!

 

by Pa Rock

Citizen Journalist

Ronna Romney McDaniel, a Michigan princess who next week will have served as Chair of the Republican National Committee for six full years, is in the running for yet another term as the GOP's Big Kahuna.  This time, however, after three less-than-stellar election cycles for Republicans, Ms. Romney McDaniel is facing some serious opposition and could conceivably lose her privileged perch within the party apparatus.

Ronna, a granddaughter of former Michigan governor and failed GOP presidential aspirant George Romney - and a niece to Senator Mitt Romney of Utah, may find that her family's coattails won't carry her to another term as party chair as she faces her first serious opposition to retaining that title.  This year she is being opposed by fellow conservative Republican national committeewoman, Harmeet Dhillon, who was formerly the vice-chair of the Republican Party of California.

Both Ms. Romney McDaniel and Ms. Dhillon claim an unswerving fealty to Donald Trump, seemingly the number one requirement for leading the "modern" Republican Party.  ("My Pillow" guy, Mike Lindell, is also apparently running for GOP party chair.)

While Ronna Romney McDaniel has a prodigious record for raising large amounts of cash for the GOP, lots of which was funneled back to Trump through the party's direct hiring of members of his staff - and hosting large, lavish GOP events at Trump properties, she has not been nearly as accomplished when it comes to leading the party to election victories.

Since Ronna was first elected to lead the national GOP six years ago, she has presided over the loss of seven Republican governorships, three US Senate seats, nineteen seats in the House, and the Presidency.  And now, God love her, she wants two more years at the helm to continue her work with the party.  Others, however, particularly GOP committee people from the American South, seem to be developing doubts about Romney McDaniel's ability to ever lead the party to a significant victory.

Today's Republican Party may not stand for anything other than overt racism, homophobia, misogyny, and the denial of healthcare to working class Americans - and especially the denial of healthcare to women, but they do stand tall when it comes to representing their base - America's richest families and corporations.  

 Ronna Romney McDaniel is the epitome of today's Republican Party and she deserves the right to finish pushing it into the abyss.

Run, Ronna, Run!  You have my complete and enthusiastic support!