College GOP chairman resigns, joining Democrats (Mississippi Federation of College Republicans)

[UrbScotty]

The chairman of the Mississippi Federation of College Republicans has resigned his post and "will be changing my party affiliation to Democrat in the next few days."

Evan Alvarez resigned his post this morning, which was made public by a release sent out by MFCR with a copy of his resignation. In the letter, he says that tea party activists have too much of a voice in the party, "and because of that, the platform of the Republican Party has shifted too far to the right in my opinion." In a separate email to me, he says he has already begun talking with Democrats about joining their party.

First, here's the background:

Alvarez's resignation comes after the MFCR board decided not to remove Kolby Busby from the organization. Busby faced impeachment charges because he issues two robocalls on behalf of Chris McDaniel in the Republican Party primary and primary runoff for U.S. Senate. In the robocalls, Busby affiliated himself with MFCR, which violates the organization's policy of remaining neutral in primaries.

http://www.clarionledger.com/story/dailyledes/2014/06/30/evan-alvarez-resigns-college-republicans-joins-democrats/11763673/

[genwah]

1. Not just smart, but he has a sense of ethics. I expect good things from this, probably most

conservative young member of the Democratic Party.

L'chaim!

[Old Codger]

2. Sees the writing on the wall N/T