RNC

The Associated Press is reporting that a key Republican National Committee panel has called the state GOP attempt to elect delegates "flawed, inadequate and unacceptable." They were also troubled by the "ineptness" of the state party.

This is too good for the lazy to miss. Read the full story here.

The Republican National Committee has a meeting today to consider a hybrid plan for a delegate slate for the Republican National Convention. The current plan being considered would accept the six delegates legally elected at the botched GOP state convention and the 24 other delegates that were appointed because the convention never finished.

Both the slate put forward by the Ron Paul Revolution and the slate of appointed candidates put forth by the Nevada GOP have been rejected by the RNC both initially last week and again on appeal yesterday.

"Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys." - P.J. O'Rourke

To anyone who has worked with elected officials, the truth of P.J. O'Rourke's statement is undeniable. Fortunately for journalists, the "whiskey and car keys" analogy now carries over to political campaigns thanks to the First Amendment.

Just about anyone can run for office. From the success of the "steak knife" tag we also see that even when lacking any semblance of common sense, just about anyone can serve.

And we can call them on it when they do.