Dawson Makes It Official

In news that was about as surprising as the sun coming up, South Carolina Republican Party Chairman Katon Dawson announced over the weekend to the AP that he will be a candidate to lead the GOP at the national level.

To wit:

Dawson told The Associated Press on Sunday that he would begin his formal campaign for the position immediately.

Interestingly enough, we actually got a phone call from Chairman Dawson the other day, in which he informed us of his intention to seek the post but told us to “hold off” on publishing anything.

Which is sort of like a duck in mid-migration asking you not to tell people that he’s flying South for the winter.

Anyway, Dawson also asked us to, let’s see … how do we put this … “show him some love.”

Apparently a few of Dawson’s media advisers up in Washington read our little website regularly, and have determined that we’re something of a “blind spot” for Katon’s candidacy – which we’re presuming means that we’re not among those internet sites paid by companies receiving fat contracts from Dawson’s SCGOP.

But that’s neither here nor there.

We’ll admit been rather harsh on Dawson in the past … and at times deservedly so.

He’s never struck us as having all that much in the way of substance, which would make him not at all unlike the party he leads.

Let’s face it, the GOP in this state might as well be the Democratic Party, and Dawson has repeatedly demonstrated a preference for kissing rather than kicking ass when it comes to standing up to these left-of-center Republicans.

Put another way, if South Carolina’s “Republican” politicians are supposed to serve as the GOP’s road map, we’re looking at an extended stay in the political wilderness, people.

Having said all that, though, it’s hard to lay the blame for South Carolina’s current RINO infestation squarely at Dawson’s feet, although ironically that’s just what the state’s RINO Grand Master, Warren Tompkins, is attempting to do.

Tompkins and the rest of the former Mitt Romney presidential apparatus do not want Dawson to run the national party, and they’ve made it clear that they’re going to do everything within their power to stop him.

Frankly, that almost endears us to Dawson’s candidacy, although we still struggle with his rapid-fire twang and tendency to speak of himself in the third person.

Irrespective of the worthlessness of the party he represents here at home, though, Dawson is at the very least a capable advocate for South Carolina’s interests as they relate to the Republican Presidential Primary – an important source of revenue for this state.

In fact, on that front he’s been an amazing advocate, someone who has kept South Carolina’s “First in the South” primary on track despite numerous challenges from other states.

He also seems to have his head on straight at the moment regarding what the GOP needs to do, at least if a recent interview he gave to the Washington Times is any indication.

From the article:

We’re going to have to start working for and talking to the taxpayers – that’s a constituency we had. It’s going to be up to our party to erase the confusion about what we’re for, and that is limited government, economic opportunity for all, for people who want to build a small business, work hard and create the American dream.

That’s actually very well-said … although as we’ve learned the hard way at both the state and national level in recent years, Republicans have a way of saying one thing and doing another.

Anyway, time for us to shut our pie holes and see what you think …

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