President Bush is coming into California to honor Ronald Reagan, and mark the addition of Reagan’s retired Airforce One plane to the Reagan Library’s extensive and tremendous facility. This trip and speech from the President are laudable, and commendable.
But, what should have happenned when the Reagan library event made the Presidential calendar was a call from the WH political operation to Governor Schwarzenegger’s political operation… Maybe the call
would be like this: "Hello ‘Murph’ – it’s Karl. We’re going to be in your state right before the Special Election. The President believes strongly in paycheck protection, fair districts, as well as education and fiscal reform. We want to do a fundraising event for your measures while we are there."
Um….that call apparently did NOT take place. Instead, the Republican National Committee is doing small high-donor ‘cashectomy’ of California political money – expecting to export around a cool million bucks. As of today, the RNC has given no (that is spelled Z-E-R-O) direct support to the State GOP to help with GOTV efforts for this important election. Well, read more about all of this in my commentary.
Also, you can read about it in this story ("Miffed Schwarzenegger to snub Bush amid cash clash").
This whole thing is embarrassing — speaking for myself, I feel like there is a HUGE disconnect between the President and California. I mean, this Special Election is EVERYTHING for us. Maybe I should say embarrassing AND disappointing.