About that Tea Party primary
by digby
The TPers just took another scalp:
An aide to Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s national political operation resigned late Tuesday after drawing heated criticism from the head of the Iowa Republican Party for questioning the state’s early role in the presidential nominating process.
Veteran Republican strategist Liz Mair told The Associated Press that she was leaving Walker’s team just a day after she had been tapped to lead his online communication efforts, citing the distraction created by a series of recent Twitter posts about Iowa’s presidential caucuses.
“The tone of some of my tweets concerning Iowa was at odds with that which Gov. Walker has always encouraged in political discourse,” Mair said in a statement announcing her immediate resignation. “I wish Gov. Walker and his team all the best.”
Mair had been the latest political operative tapped to join Walker’s growing political operation as he ramps up for a 2016 presidential bid. The Republican governor has intensified travel to early states in the presidential nominating process, including Iowa, which hosts the nation’s first presidential caucuses.
I wrote some analysis about this flap yesterday. I didn’t expect Walker to move quite this quickly.It will be interesting to see if Mair lands on a different campaign.
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