If a candidate dies after the nomination, but before the election, the Party central comittiee selects a replacement (it need not be the VP candidate).
Who exactly sits on the central committee? How do those people get their jobs?
I presume you are referring to the Republican National Committee itself? The RNC is composed of a man and a woman from each state and territory (incl. DC, PR, AS, VI, GU etc.) I *think* the State Chairs are voting members or included in some way as well. These individuals are usually elected by State Committees. In Tennessee, our State Committee is comprised of a man and a woman from each Senate District and these are elected by voters in Gubenatorial-year primaries. In that sense, RNC/DNC members are connected indirectly to the electorate.
To me, that is where the real dealmaking and politicking is done nowadays. I'd love to see a covert videotape of those meetings for either party.
HAHAHAHAHA... No. "Dealmaking and politicking" at the Party level is usually done by the Chairman or executive staff of a national or state Party organization, not by its respective committee. I haven't been to an RNC meeting before, but state and local meetings usually consist of the following agenda:
PARTY COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA:
A) Pledge
B) Prayer
C) Roll Call
D) Reading of Minutes of previous irrelevant meeting
1) Random obscure corrections of minutes to make Secretary look foolish, even though they are an unpaid person just trying to do a job
E) Treasurer's Report
F) Old People bitching about anything they can find in the treasurer's report
1) The Organization doesn't have enough money, why isn't the Chairman raising it? Lord knows it's not our problem.
2) The Organization has too much money, where did it come from?
H) Discussion about why we should make a stupid decision, and why the Chairman isn't supporting the committee in a stupid decision
I) Discussion about how the Chairman is a RINO/DINO because he uses those crazy things called "Facts" to make decisions
J) Discussion about how $4/hr. is too much pay for highly qualified and competent staff members, and how they should be replaced by incompetent friends of committee members
K) Re-opening of discussion about other people who might be RINOs or DINOs.
L) Removal of as many competent people as humanly possible from Party organization
M) Discussion about issues that separate us from the majority of the voters, and how we can better emphasize them
N) Discussion about how we aren't discussing things enough, and how the RINO/DINO Chairman is making too many decisions, and using those goddamn "Facts" to defend his decisions again.
O) Motion to endorse any candidate who will get no more than 1% of the vote, and therefore defend our conservative/liberal values from the 99% of the rest of the population.
P) Impeachment of the Chairman, cause he won't stop using facts, statistics, and logic - and those things are against our bylaws.
Q) Discussion of the "threat" of young people coming into the organization, as they may not believe in our contrarian values - and may actually want to get work done - or *gasp* even work with the other side to increase goodwill and political participation! BLASPHEMY!
R) Did someone say by-laws? Lets discuss those, and any RINOs/DINOs who might be infringing on them.
-- 6 hours later--
S) Discussion of how meetings aren't lasting long enough.
(Yes, I've actually had this happen before)T) Adjournment, after the Chairman threatens to kill himself and ask God "Why hast thou forsaken me?"
