Neerman lashes out at Cathie Adams...

Dallas GOP Chairman Jonathan Neerman is not a fan of Cathie Adams (link). Excerpt follows...

Dallas County GOP chair Jonathan Neerman says the party needs "serious leaders with serious ideas," and Adams apparently doesn't fit that description. "She has been part of an issue group that has gone after Republicans, and I don't know how she can shift gears and go from being an issue-group leader going after Republican candidates and elected officials to now being one where she has to try and grow the party."

Neerman says there's "a crisis of confidence" in the state party, claiming elected officials don't feel like the party has been there for them or has been working for them to win elections. "You've seen the state party take positions on issues where there's no uniform agreement amongst Republican elected officials. So what they've done instead of trying to grow the party is formed a circular firing squad to go after Republicans."

He has some okay points I think... we do want a big tent and we do not want a circular firing squad, and we do want to keep big donors around...

At the same time though I think the Republican Party is searching not so much for purity per se but more for an identity.... values... meaningful principles...

I also would not be so sure Cathie Adams is going to go around purging people or jolting the party to the right dramatically... I think she carries herself a lot more professionally and objectively than some people might realize... she also has a flair in her that can fire up the base...

We will see... I do know Cathie to be a hard worker, and I think the Republican Party of Texas needs a workhorse not a show horse...