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After "Propagannon" erupted, many Texas Republicans claimed that they never heard of Bobby Eberle even though he had a long history of activism for the party and many GOP operatives worked (or volunteered) alongside him at GOPUSA.com.
From a biography of Eberle that was scrubbed from the Web:
Bobby's activities within the Republican Party of Texas (RPT) include serving as a delegate to the 2000 Republican National Convention in Philadelphia. Bobby also served as a delegate to the Senate District 13 Convention in 1996, 1998, and 2000, and as a delegate to the Republican Party of Texas State Convention in 1996, 1998, and 2000... In 2000, Bobby served... as the Program Chairman for the 2000 Republican Party of Texas State Convention. Bobby also served on the Republican Party of Texas Education and Training Committee from 1998-2000. In 1999, Bobby was recognized with a unanimously approved resolution of commendation by the Republican Party of Texas for service and dedication to the Republican cause.
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One Texas Republican, Chris Elan blogged on Eberle’s chances to become Vice Chairman:
I guess if you were to place odds, Eberle would be the favorite based on how many man hours he has spent working for the GOP. I'm sure we'll start seeing his slick glossy mailers early in 2006. The race is a name ID position. So he better build it up, or risk some bigger name coming in and taking it away from him.
Elan interned for Congressman Tom DeLay while in high school and is also the Vice President for his father’s political resource firm, Campaign Resources, which lists DeLay as an erstwhile client.
Eberle has already launched a website touting his candidacy. Oddly enough, it was registered on Feb. 7, 2005, one day before Jeff Gannon resigned from Talon News. It’s unclear when the site went live.
The state party election will take place at the Texas Republican convention to be held at the San Antonio Convention Center June 2-3, 2006. So far, Eberle only has two declared opponents.
RAW STORY’s Jason Leopold recently noted that a Jan. 22 subpoena in the CIA leak investigation "asked for administration contacts with 25 journalists" including Gannon. Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald's interest most probably stems from a multi-part interview with former Ambassador Joe Wilson that Gannon conducted for Talon News sometime in October 2003. Gannon cited an "internal government memo" which said that Wilson's wife "suggested" he take a trip to Niger to investigate claims that Iraq purchased uranium for WMD purposes, but his wording of the