RNC Committeeman Quits, Slams Steele
NH RNC member Sean Mahoney resigned his post today, taking aim at chairman Michael Steele in a strongly-worded protest letter over the committee's profligate spending.
"Not only has the out-of-touch, free-spending culture of Washington come to completely dominate the United States Congress, but I have watched with growing unease as the same mentality has seeped into our own national party," Mahoney said in a letter to Steele.
The letter is not entirely altruistic. Mahoney, a wealthy businessman from Portsmouth, has been considering a bid against Rep. Carol Shea-Porter (D) for months. Party rules say Mahoney would have to resign his post as national committeeman before he makes a bid official.
And the letter, first posted by the New Hampshire Union Leader, isn't necessary in the first place. National committeemembers are elected by state parties; anyone who resigns would by rule have to submit their resignation to a state party rather than a national party, suggesting Mahoney wanted the press hit.
Certainly, parts of the letter read like a declaration of candidacy. "The powerful in Washington will belittle [Tea Party activists marching on DC on April 15] and dismiss their list of legitimate grievances," Mahoney wrote. "As for me, I would prefer to stand with the hundreds of concerned taxpayers in Manchester, New Hampshire who have courageously cut back their family budgets to make ends meet rather than with a crowd of self-important politicians who spend other people's money with reckless disregard."
If he does run, Mahoney would face a host of other contenders, including ex-Manchester Mayor Frank Guinta (R), a favorite of national GOPers.
"Today, our party leaders point fingers and lament out of control spending," Mahoney added. "[B]ut they fail to acknowledge that Republicans are part of the problem, Republicans got this ball rolling."
Mahoney cites TARP legislation passed just weeks before the '08 election, repeately pointing to George W. Bush as the problem. But, he implied, Steele deserves some of the blame too.
"The recent scandal involving RNC funds being used to entertain a small crowd at a Los Angeles strip club is the straw that broke the camel's back. The scandal represents a pattern of unaccountable and irresponsible mishaps that ought to unnerve every fiscal conservative," Mahoney writes. "Mr. Chairman, do I need to remind you that the Republican Party is supposed to be the conservative party?"
Read Mahoney's whole letter here [pdf].
Updated: In an interview with Hotline OnCall, Mahoney said he has not decided whether to run for Congress. He will attend Tea Party rallies next week, but he said that's the only thing on his calendar so far.
"The resignation was independent of any decision I may make about public service this year," Mahoney said. Asked whether he regretted voting for Steele in last year's election, he dodged: "I've been disappointed. I've been very disappointed, actually, in some of the early statements that were made. ... It was story after story over the last year of inappropriate expropriations of money that should have been spent electing Republicans."
Mahoney said he spoke with NH GOP chair John Sununu a few hours ago, and the 2 had a good conversation. "He was very supportive and grateful for my service to the Republican state committee," Mahoney said.
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