WASHINGTON--On Friday night I wrote a post about national GOP pundits based here rallying support for Illinois Republican Party Chairman Pat Brady the day before a vote to oust him had been scheduled. Late Friday night came word the Saturday meeting has been canceled.

My post is HERE

Chicago Sun-Times Springfield Bureau Chief Dave McKinney story on Brady is HERE

Below, the e-mail from Illinois State Central Committeeman Mark Shaw sent out Friday night

From: Mark Shaw
Sent: Friday, March 08, 2013 10:17 PM
To: Illinois Republican State Central Committee
Subject: Rescheduling of March 9, 2013 State Central Committee Meeting

Dear GOP Leaders:

The March 9, 2013 State Central Committee Meeting is being rescheduled because the State Chairman has not responded to our request that he be present in person or by telephone for the meeting. Details about the new date, time and location of this meeting will be sent out to all of you once they are finalized. We are sorry for the late notice but we wanted to give the Chairman every opportunity to respond to our request that he be present in person or by telephone at this meeting.

Respectfully,

Chris Kachiroubas (C.D. 6)
Eugene Dawson (C.D. 8)
Mark Shaw (C.D. 10)
Barbara Peterson (C.D. 11)
Jerry Clarke (C.D. 15)
Bob Winchester (C.D. 19)