http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/white_will_run_for_gop_chair Comments for "White will run for GOP chair" en http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/white_will_run_for_gop_chair#comment-15447 <p>Before the (E-oMOBa v2.0) eMob starts its bombing run, scrambling up this comments section with their usual noise, I'd like to point out that Woody White makes this an excellent spread of potential chair-people for the NCGOP, after June, and the winner will be the one who builds the best grassroots connections, looks into the most number of justifiably cynical Conservative eyeballs and shakes the most hands.</p> <p>Woody should do well, if he leaves the people who recommended he go nuclear on Julia Boseman in 2004, which continues to rebound and rebound and rebound. Keep those guys in Wilmington, Senator. If you take them with you on the road, you are toast. </p> <p>As Bill Shatner used to say, when he first made the transition to advertising personality, "promise."</p> Mon, 02 Feb 2009 13:56:36 -0500 Prospero comment 15447 at http://projects.newsobserver.com http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/white_will_run_for_gop_chair <!-- Begin check for Blog Icon --> <!-- End check for Blog Icon --> <!-- Begin check for Teaser Toggle --> <div class="field-item"><p>Former state Sen. Woody White of Wilmington over the weekend announced his candidacy for the state GOP chairmanship.</p><p>White, 39, is a lawyer and former law partner of Patrick Ballantine, the GOP nominee for governor in 2004, Rob Christensen reports. </p><p>He has been weighing a bid for several weeks, but announced his candidacy in a letter sent to members of the state GOP Executive Committee.</p><p>State Chair Linda Daves has <a href="/under_the_dome/n_c_gop_head_wont_seek_another_term">said</a> she will not seek another term at the state Republican convention in June.</p><p>Also running is <a href="/under_the_dome/robinson_seeking_gop_post">David Robinson</a>, chairman of the Wake County Republican Party, and Guilford county stockbroker <a href="/under_the_dome/kindley_seeks_a_rematch_with_daves">Marcus Kindley</a>.</p><p><a href="/under_the_dome/white_considering_a_run_for_gop_post">Previously:</a> White considering a run </p></div> <div class="node-blog-teaser-footer"> <div class="node-blog-teaser-comments"><a href="http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/white_will_run_for_gop_chair#comment"><img src="http://www.newsobserver.com/images/front_new/icon_discussion.gif" width="11" height="7" border="0" /> Comments (1)</a> <!-- If permissions, display edit link at end of teaser --> <!-- End edit link code --> </div> </div> <!-- End check for Teaser Toggle --> <!-- BEGIN AUDIO ATTACHMENT CODE --> http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/white_will_run_for_gop_chair#comment David Robinson Linda Daves Marcus Kindley N.C. Republican Party Patrick Ballantine Under the Dome Woody White Mon, 02 Feb 2009 12:02:25 -0500 ryanteaguebeckwith 12019 at http://projects.newsobserver.com