GOP Leadership Race Gets Nasty
November 9, 2006
| 3:12 PM
Not unusually nasty, but....
From Bulletin News: .... ,
Pence is being assaulted by Boehner friends in emails to members. One suggested that while Pence has done a good job with the RSC, his staff is isn't up to the job and certainly not as able as those of past GOP leaders like Newt Gingrich, Dick Armey or Tom DeLay. Boehner's staff, some of which have worked for DeLay, generally get good grades. Said one anti-Pence email, Pence "is a nice man. And a conservative," but it went on to criticize his staff. "Boehner actually does not have great staff, but they have at lease run a committee before and know floor procedures and Boehner is tough," it continued. A Pence backer dismissed the charge, though, as a dirty campaign tactic.
The Pence team, meanwhile, found Boehner's announcement letter to be mighty similar to Pence's own.
Checking in with both the Pence and Boehner teams today, we find that neither are yet to ready to release lists of supporters. Both camps concede that members aren't committing as readily as they might once have. Both Boehner and Pence will have spoken to all 200 odd members of the GOP conference by the end of the week.
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