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When Ron Carey was reelected as GOP Party Chairman we here at MN Publius couldn’t have been happier. After all, who else could have secured so many MN GOP defeats across the state while producing internal scandal after scandal after scandal after scandal? Well, the fun times keep rolling over at the MN GOP HQ as they close in on facing an audit. In fact, GOP party insiders seem to be so concerned about the state of their party that Joe Repya sent a letter to Ron Carey calling for an audit:

Repya asked the governor to arrange for an independent external audit of state GOP finances and leadership.
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In letters to Pawlenty and party activists, Repya referred to a June 3 story in the Star Tribune that reported on departures of state GOP staff members who complained that the party had misused employee retirement money and improperly reported its finances. Both letters, dated Thursday, were obtained by the Star Tribune.

Repya warned that the party’s image was suffering because of the allegations.

“We can not survive the 2008 election season if this party’s Chair continues to be accused of wrongdoing,” Repya wrote Pawlenty.

Don’t look for this internal turmoil to be reported by the state’s most well-known GOP blogger because it looks like he’s on the inside:

Michael Brodkorb, Carey’s campaign manager during the race for chairman, dismissed the proposal for a bipartisan investigation as “laughable.”