Frederick For RPV Chairman!
By Greg L | 18 January 2008 | RPV | 22 Comments
“Chairman Jeff” does have a nice ring to it.
Sign me up for the “Jeff Frederick for RPV Chairman” bandwagon!
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He is one guy that would get my vote regardless of what he was running for and I am a registered Dem. He knows how to listen, he is outrageously responsive and he knows how to politely disagree. Now, HE is a class act.
GO Jeff Frederick GO.
Jeff is a class act! RPV needs a BIG TENT Republican.
These are fake comments, especially the first one.
Anonymous 7:53 would you explain?
I do not know any Dems who would say the above, nor classify Mr. Frederick as a Big Tent Republican. But I guess the blogmaster posted this thread to give Jeff some publicity, which is what friends do. Fine. End of discussion.
Well you just met one. Nice attitude. Were you forced to comment?
“End of discussion.”
Thank you.
Frederick may be popular in his district but believe me, it ends right there. His past behavior amongst other Republicans leaves alot to be desired. He will have a ton of trouble if he tries to run for RPV chair. For one, some will ask why he just skipped then magically reappeared right after the most crucial vote on the transportation bill. He did not win too many friends with this stunt. Yes he came out against it, but not until he skipped the most important vote when the pressure was on. Hager keeps both factions reasonably happy right now. No need to change before the next governors election in 09. Frederick is a great local delegate but not ready for prime time. If Bob McDonnell wins in 09, I think Chuck Smith would make an excellent choice.
I wouldn’t underestimate Jeff. I seem to remember one pol who did, and was put into retirement.
arepublican: sounds like your a little worried.
jeff is backed by many members of his caucus.
rpv needs aomeone who can win elections, and no one is a better campaigner than jeff.
“jeff is backed by many members of his caucus”
With all due respect, that has to be the biggest overstatement of the year. Richmond guy no offense but if you are really a Richmond insider you know thats certainly NOT the case. His major support will not come from fellow GA Republican members. I still don’t know why anyone would want a guy at RPV who opted out of the biggest vote last year. Believe me in the end I don’t believe he will mount a serious run or run at all… for various reasons. In the end, we shall see. If he does run, I can see the contest getting potentially very, very ugly but I could be wrong. As James Young said, don’t underestimate the guy after all he wins in a democratic district.
Jeff Frederick would make a great RPV Chairman.
Those of you who think a Democrat would not appreciate him,are all wrong. I
can tell you even Republicans, who are fed up with the antics of the local Party
have kept their faith in Jeff Frederick.
In my observation and many others Jeff is his own person and the local Party
did very little to help him. Jeff had many volunteers and had all his polls covered with out the help of the Local.
So in reality Jeff would be a good Chairman of the RPV. Perhaps he could bring some badly needed changes.
Lets not beat to death the time he missed a vote. (If he really did).
GO JEFF FREDERICK.
Resident of Woodbridge, what kind of needed changes do you think Mr. Frederick would be skilled at bringing about?
“In my observation and many others Jeff is his own person and the local Party did very little to help him. Jeff had many volunteers and had all his polls covered with out the help of the Local.”
Interesting claim. Completely divorced from reality and the way that good candidates work WITH, and not against, the local party, but interesting.
The local PWCRP is in tatters because of the lack of effective leadership. Jeff ran his campaign himself with his vast array of supporters.
FrederickFan is obviously a fraud. FrederickFan writes at 4:25pm:
“He is one guy that would get my vote regardless of what he was running for and I am a registered Dem.”
There is no such thing as a registered Dem or Republican. We do not have party registration in VA. This is obviously a case of a Frederick supporter moving too fast to plant a comment on a blog that they forgot to think it through.
Jeff deserves better than this type of fake, see-through commentary. I will chalk it up to the exuberance of a supporter.
I just saw that Mccain won in S.C, I guess the border security issue is dead
I think if you honestly asked any campaign in PWC on the Republican side, they would say they recruited their own volunteers and for the most part poll workers as well. This is definitely NOT unique to the Frederick campaign. The committee was too divided to help most campaigns. Many commitee members did help but they did not actually coordinate through the local committee. Organizationally the local committee did not do too much. Everyone was basically on their own.
There are plenty pluses and minuses to a Frederick campaign.
1. Frederick does very well in a democratic district as a conservative
2. He could bring some excitement into the race
3. Unfortunately, he is probably not too well liked in Richmond and within the caucus for various reasons. He made his share of enemies when he disappeared during a crucial vote and showed up right afterward. Skipping key votes is sort of frowned upon by many in the Richmond culture.
4. Frederick also comes off as a know it all who appears arrogent and distant at times. Not good when you are so relatively young.
I do think in the end our current chair if he does run again will be difficult to impossible for anyone to beat. He will have solid support from the rank and file but a contest featuring Frederick would get very nasty in the end. Just my guess.
I was there and saw Frederick leave the House chamber in the Patrick Henry building before the tansportation vote. His behavior could be described as sneaky and squirrely. As he was leaving his head was bowed and his eyes were focused on the floor. He looked like someone trying to make himself smaller so no one would notice him.
There were several of us standing right outside the entrance watching the proceedings, as there often is when big votes occur, when Jeff walked past. Everyone knew immediately that Del. Frederick skipped out on the vote. Everyone was astonished that he skipped out. Some people were also angry that he did not have the courage to vote, others also laughed at him and a couple felt sorry for him.
Jeff Frederick has very few friends in Richmond. The Democrats can’t stand him and his Republican colleagues don’t like him as much as they tolerate his presence.
Jeff would actually be a very good chair of RPV in the sense that he knows how to run effective campaigns and put forth a compelling message in swing districts. However he lacks the social skills to get along with people outside of very structured situations. I was at an ARC meeting in PWC with a few hundred other people and Jeff did not work the room. He spoke to less than ten people for the two hours I was there. He looked awkward and uncomfortable.
Jeff wouldbe a very good strategist but he does not have the people skills to lead.
Have you not met Amy, anonymous?
A totally hilarious idea. This is what passes for leadership around this state? Yikes. Follow this arc: Kate (Obenshain - don’t you know) Griffin, Ed Gillespie, John Hager, Jeff Frederick. Tell me where the apogees and perigees of that curve are. As a Republican, sometimes I don’t know whether to laugh maniacally or just sob uncontrollably. Time to pour a little Glenmorangie onto my two remaining ice cubes.
“arepublican” says “I think if you honestly asked any campaign in PWC on the Republican side, they would say they recruited their own volunteers and for the most part poll workers as well. This is definitely NOT unique to the Frederick campaign. The committee was too divided to help most campaigns. Many commitee members did help but they did not actually coordinate through the local committee. Organizationally the local committee did not do too much. Everyone was basically on their own.”
I won’t dispute the facts about how campaigns are run. They seem to be accurate. But if you honestly think that this is any different than it has EVER been, then you haven’t been paying attention. The notion that it has anything to do with “arepublican’s” reasons then, again, you haven’t been paying attention.
The main function that the PWC Republican Committee has ALWAYS performed is paying for and distributing GOP sample ballots. Would it be better if the PWC GOP Committee did/was able to do more? Perhaps. It’s certainly something that I have always advocated, and which was the guiding principle when the County’s Party Plan was written (hence, an Operations Committee is specifically provided for, if memory serves). However, the candidates are no more “united” than the Committee. I could identify some examples, but if it’s necessary, then you really aren’t qualified to comment on the issue.
The candidates have been no more interested in coordinating activities than the Committee has been effective in doing so. And if you sense the identity between those problems, it is only because it was intended.