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New PAC focuses on GOP basics
by Outspoken on Thu Nov 20, 2008 5:22 am
New PAC focuses on GOP basics
Dean Scontras and other activists will take a lesson from Democrats.
By DIETER BRADBURY
Political Correspondent
Portland Press Herald
Former Republican congressional candidate Dean Scontras and other party activists are starting a political action committee to re-emphasize traditional GOP principles while taking a page from the Democratic Party's election playbook.
Scontras, a businessman from Kittery who lost to Charlie Summers in the GOP primary in June, said the Republican Project will emulate some of the strategies the opposition used to good effect in the election. Those efforts include the use of social networking sites for communication and fundraising.
He said the Republican Party must reaffirm its commitment to the "three-legged stool" of fiscal restraint, national security and social conservatism.
"We've all got to make it work under the same tent," Scontras said Wednesday.
On its Web site, the PAC said it will build a network of conservative activists, seek to influence political policy decisions, support conservative candidates while opposing liberals, and hold elected Republican officials accountable for supporting the GOP platform.
In addition to Scontras, the committee includes Ted Ropple, chairman of the Casco Town Republican Committee; Gordon Davis, an accountant who was treasurer of Scontras' campaign; and Jane Faulkner, a GOP state committee member who has worked on numerous campaigns.
The chairman of the Maine Republican Party, Mark Ellis, said the formation of the committee demonstrates that Republicans are re-evaluating their direction in response to the party's losses in the 2008 elections.
However, he said that the new PAC does not have a monopoly on party values, and that Republicans elsewhere on the political spectrum can lay claim to GOP traditions.
"As state chairman, I look forward to working with all of them," he said.
Scontras, who has a background in sales and management in high-tech companies, said it's important for the party to focus on using technology more effectively, especially to attract youths.
http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/story.php?id=223049&ac=PHnws
Dean Scontras and other activists will take a lesson from Democrats.
By DIETER BRADBURY
Political Correspondent
Portland Press Herald
Former Republican congressional candidate Dean Scontras and other party activists are starting a political action committee to re-emphasize traditional GOP principles while taking a page from the Democratic Party's election playbook.
Scontras, a businessman from Kittery who lost to Charlie Summers in the GOP primary in June, said the Republican Project will emulate some of the strategies the opposition used to good effect in the election. Those efforts include the use of social networking sites for communication and fundraising.
He said the Republican Party must reaffirm its commitment to the "three-legged stool" of fiscal restraint, national security and social conservatism.
"We've all got to make it work under the same tent," Scontras said Wednesday.
On its Web site, the PAC said it will build a network of conservative activists, seek to influence political policy decisions, support conservative candidates while opposing liberals, and hold elected Republican officials accountable for supporting the GOP platform.
In addition to Scontras, the committee includes Ted Ropple, chairman of the Casco Town Republican Committee; Gordon Davis, an accountant who was treasurer of Scontras' campaign; and Jane Faulkner, a GOP state committee member who has worked on numerous campaigns.
The chairman of the Maine Republican Party, Mark Ellis, said the formation of the committee demonstrates that Republicans are re-evaluating their direction in response to the party's losses in the 2008 elections.
However, he said that the new PAC does not have a monopoly on party values, and that Republicans elsewhere on the political spectrum can lay claim to GOP traditions.
"As state chairman, I look forward to working with all of them," he said.
Scontras, who has a background in sales and management in high-tech companies, said it's important for the party to focus on using technology more effectively, especially to attract youths.
http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/story.php?id=223049&ac=PHnws
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