The so-called purity test touted by some in the Republican party as a way to ensure they field conservative candidates hit a major hurdle today. The Republican National Committee’s State Chairman’s Committee voted unanimously to oppose a purity resolution that some members of the GOP wanted to use to decide whether candidates culd get party funding, CNN is reporting.
The chairman’s committee rejected a resolution requiring that GOP candidates to prove they hold conservative positions on eight out of ten key conservative positions, such as opposing President Obama on health care and the stimulus, in order to receive RNC funding.
Despite the setback, the purity resolution hasn’t been completely killed. The resolutions committee can still decide to bring it to a full committee vote on Friday at the RNC’s general session.
An “accountability” resolution, would empower the chairman to cut off party funding for a candidate if the chair judged them to be insufficiently conservative, is still on the table, according to CNN.
