Was Burris grandstanding? Yes or No
Delaware blogger, Celia Cohen covers the downstate sturm und drang:
It was not John Atkins who was under fire, however. It was David M. Burris, the impetuous Sussex County Republican chair who took over the post all of two months ago — long enough to write an open letter telling the House Republican majority either to get Atkins to resign or vote to expel him.
Party rules did not permit a vote to remove Burris in mid-term, but he agreed to call for a vote of no-confidence and abide by it. In exchange, the issue would never come up again.
(In closed session) Atkins spoke and took exception to Burris’ letter. He was countered by others, including Simpson, who said Burris acted to restore integrity to the party, and by A. Judson Bennett, who runs the Coastal Conservative Network.
“If he doesn’t get this vote of confidence, I don’t want to be a member of this [county] committee anymore,” Bennett said. (The doors do not exist that can muffle Bennett’s voice.)
Oh the humanity! …Atkins should have stayed in Florida.
[UPDATE II: Dave Burris is not the father of Anna Nicole Smith’s child. I just want to put that rumor to rest here and now. It is Birkhead.]