The Friday RNC Vote on Martinez

was proceeded by two media events meant to focus some attention on the anti-Martinez arguments.

Then came the vote, which I watched on tape delay that night and issued a report.

Highlights:

No roll-call votes took place on either (1) creating the RNC General Chairman post, or (2) electing Senator Mel Martinez to that post.

Martinez was nominated by Florida National Committeewoman Sharon Day, with seconds by Maryland's Joyce Terhes and Puerto Rico's Luis Fortuno.

On Saturday, Ralph Z. Hallow quoted Martinez as saying:

"I do not support amnesty for illegal aliens," Mr. Martinez, a naturalized citizen who fled communist Cuba as a boy, insisted in an interview with The Washington Times after his election. "I do support strong border enforcement, and absolutely I support the rule of law [when it comes to] illegal aliens here."

Is Martinez simply a latter-day Henry IV ("Paris is worth a Mass") announcing a public conversion to achieve office while maintaining far different personal views? Time will tell.

And this blog will continue to keep an eye on Mel Martinez.