The one person keeping Kent out of the party

Well the SEC meeting didn't work out for Kent at all. So what is next? He has a few options. One is realistic.

Since the next regularly scheduled SEC meeting isn't until after the filing deadline for state house races there is only one viable way for Kent to get back in the party and on the ballot as a Republican. That is to have a special call meeting. To do that he has to have 10 SEC members send a letter asking for one. At that meeting they could move to reinstate.

Seeing as Kent didn't even have one SEC member speak up for him at the last SEC meeting (Not even one of the two from Carter County) he will have to do something dramatic to impel them to act. It seems the more Kent keeps bringing it up without doing anything to warrant it, the madder the SEC members get at him.

From what I am hearing what the SECs are looking for is for Kent to step down as speaker and support the Republican caucus nominee before session starts in 2010. If he were to step up and do that then the doors could easily open up. Kent can continue to blame this person or that person for saying, thinking or doing what ever, but the only person who is really keeping Kent out of the party is Kent.

Failing that, there are a few other non viable things he may probably do. But I will save those for a later post loyal readers:-)