Jun 27 2008
Rift Widening In Dorchester GOP Over Rose and Collins
Former newspaper publisher Bill Collins announced earlier this month that he was collecting signatures to run against former Sen. Mike Rose as an independent in November. Rose defeated Sen. Randy Scott in the Republican primary.
Collins said he would join the Republican caucus if he wins the election. He then announced several locations where people could sign the petition, including Mr. K’s Piggly Wiggly on Cedar Street.
Some Republicans started urging people not to shop at any place that had one of Collins’ petitions. They were motivated by a resolution the Dorchester County Republican Party’s executive committee unanimously passed urging Republicans to oppose the petition by “all legal and ethical means.” The resolution urged opposition “by all means possible” before some party leaders said that was too much and toned it down.
Can somebody clue the Dorchester GOP into what a Representative Republic is. You don’t own that Senate seat! The man has a right to run and these childish antics by members of the county Republican Party are going to alienate voters against them. Collins is a third party candidate. Odds are he’s going to lose. The odds are really, really good that he’s going to lose because third party candidacies rarely catch on. Right now the Dorchester Republicans are helping to lessen those odds and their state party chairman is encouraging to keep it up!
