Because of lavish, highly inappropriate spending by the national GOP, NC GOP chairman Tom Fetzer is demanding that national GOP chairman Michael Steele resign. This all comes after the revelation that one or more staffers (including Erik Brown) of the GOP went to an erotic bondage nightclub in Los Angeles, spending over $2,000 on the GOP dime. As you can imagine, the above scandal is incredibly offensive, especially to donors who gave money to the party recently.

Clearly, despite their behavior attempting to indicate otherwise, the GOP still has some serious internal issues that make it appear to be more of a lewd old boy’s club than an actual political party. It’s not too hard to see the move being made by the NC GOP — disassociate themselves with the national scandals and save themselves from being dragged down by them. The big question, of course, is how effective this will be: the GOP has done very well at rallying a base for the November elections, but scandals like the whole bondage club issue run the risk of destroying all their progress. The NCDP might have a chink in their opponent’s armor.