Should Jeff Frederick Be Held to His Own Standards?

November 22, 2008 by Cato  
Filed under Republican Campaigns, Virginia, Virginia Politics

Political consultant and former Reagan operative Kenny Klinge is calling for Jeff Frederick to resign as RPV chair.  Like the rest of us, he has a right to his opinion.

Norm Leahy asks the right question – Are these intramural spats going to help Virginia Republicans win elections?  As someone who is now an outsider looking in, I have to agree that forcing Frederick to resign now is not in the best interest of the RPV … any more than Frederick’s campaign against John Hager was beneficial for the party.

Is it accurate to blame Frederick for 2008’s disasterous election?  NO!  However, Frederick does have some explaining to do.  Using the same standards he claimed that Hager should be held to, Frederick should be run out on a rail to the Potomac and then thrown in (the Potomac River belongs to Maryland up to the mean low water mark).

Regardless, Frederick and his supporters don’t believe that he should be held to the same standards he spoke of when attacking his predecessor.  Now the argument appears to be populist “us vs. the elites” pablum.

If Virginia Republicans are serious about winning back the Governor’s mansion and keeping one house of legislature, this can wait.  Maybe, given time, Frederick will prove himself.  If not, the time will come to oust him.

Right now is not that time.