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Thursday, November 23, 2006
Perdue’s chief of staff gone, but not out
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
John Watson, a longtime Republican activist and Gov. Sonny Perdue’s chief of staff for three years, announced Wednesday he’s leaving to “pursue opportunities in the private sector.”
Don’t look for him to disappear.
Consistent rumblings say he’s the governor’s choice to become the next chairman of the state Republican party, the position held since 2003 by Alec Poitevint.
That could depend on actions next month by the state GOP’s ruling hierarchy, which we hear is to consider rule changes that would give Perdue — and Republican governors who follow him — a bigger say in who runs the state GOP.
Right now, selection of the party chairman is a grass-roots affair.
