Next month, at the California Republican Party Convention, the roughly 1600 members of the California Republican Party State Central Committee will be gathering for the biennial organizational convention for the Party — and electing a new State Chairman. The incumbent, Duf Sundheim, after four tireless years of hard work, is retiring (or as we say in the biz, is "termed out") and so that means that there is no incumbent. Well, not quite…

Two years ago, San Diego County Republican Party Chairman Ron Nehring (and also then President of the Republican County Chairmens’ Association) ran for and was elected without opposition as the Vice Chairman of the Party. Since then, in addition to continuing to work hard as Chairman of his own County Party in San Diego, Ron has been working side by side with the other CRP Officers and Staff, and has been traveling all around the Golden State on behalf of our GOP candidates and endorsed causes.

All of Ron’s hard work has earned him the respect of the… Read More

Next month, at the California Republican Party Convention, the roughly 1600 members of the California Republican Party State Central Committee will be gathering for the biennial organizational convention for the Party — and electing a new State Chairman. The incumbent, Duf Sundheim, after four tireless years of hard work, is retiring (or as we say in the biz, is "termed out") and so that means that there is no incumbent. Well, not quite…

Two years ago, San Diego County Republican Party Chairman Ron Nehring (and also then President of the Republican County Chairmens’ Association) ran for and was elected without opposition as the Vice Chairman of the Party. Since then, in addition to continuing to work hard as Chairman of his own County Party in San Diego, Ron has been working side by side with the other CRP Officers and Staff, and has been traveling all around the Golden State on behalf of our GOP candidates and endorsed causes.

All of Ron’s hard work has earned him the respect of the… Read More

The following is an exclusive piece from Joel Fox, President of the Small Business Action Committee, who shares some very important perspective in response to the main stream media’s blow out coverage of the recent poll conducted by Field, on behalf of their client, the New America Foundation, an organization that supports universal health care coverage, starting with all children. They promote this "shared responsibility" doctrine which is a shift away from individual responsibility towards some sort of collective group responsibility, where the government plays a significant role in providing for health insurance for the people. Scary stuff. – Flash

FROM JOEL FOX… … Read More

Sacramento Bee Columnist Daniel Weintraub reportsthat during the Big Health Care the Gov.will be"surrounded on stage by a dozen or so representatives from various interest groups with a stake in the debate, including employers, providers, consumers and others." They will then say what they won’t like or like about the program. Since the plan includes coverage forillegal aliens, was one invited to be on the stage?… Read More

I’ve read some bizarre "Where are they now?" stories about the odd places that former notables in California politics end up, but this one takes the cake. With a h/t to Jordan Rau over at the Los Angeles Times Political Muscle Blog for finding the article that ran yesterday in the News Press of Southewest Florida has a story, From Poliitcs to Night Patrol: Former California Rising Star At Peace As Lee Deputy — all about Sheriff’s Deputy Chuck Quackenbush. Yes, the same Quackenbush who served in the California State Assembly, and for a time as California State Insurance Commissioner before scandal in his office caused him to resign from office. Apparently, after a sojourn with his family for some time to the Hawaiian Islands, Quackenbush has ended up in south Florida where he is, according to the… Read More

The latest Field Poll, paid for by the California Wellness Foundation, shows that 81 percent of California voters think government should be responsible for assuring all Californians get access to affordable health coverage. The issue of health insurance coverage is receiving more coverage in the papers these days since the governor announced that he will propose some major plan to deal with the state’s uninsured population.

Did the Field Poll or the California Wellness Foundation bother to ask the voters if they wanted to pay higher taxes in order to have government solve the affordable health care problem? Of course not! Schwarzenegger has been clear that he recognizes that Californians don’t want to pay higher taxes. Asking the voters if they wanted to pay higher taxes would have reduced the number of people who then wanted government to solve the problem, which, no doubt, the folks at the Wellness… Read More

Every wild turkey, prancing deer, hopping rabbit, and vegan in California will be pleased to know that the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals today announced that they have awarded one of their "Proggy" award to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, naming him their Most Progressive Politician. Why? Because of two bills he signed — one that makes it against the law to tether an animal longer than three hours and another (back in 2004) to ban the production in California of the food delicancy, Foie Gras (Goose Liver). I happen to love the stuff, and am pleased to let all Californians know that you can still order it online (though it is a pricy $71.50 for 1.5 lbs) from a producer in New York.

Dubbing the Governor an animal-friendly person, Arnold will receive a commorative plaque, as well as being featured on the PETA… Read More

While the 49ers’ management hires paid consultants and lobbyists to help grease the skids for their move to the South Bay, SF Mayor Gavin Newsom is working to keep the team in his city. The 49ers have hired Kevin Sloat, one of Sacramento’s most talented lobbyists (second only to his partner, the lovely and talented Maureen Higgins) to help block any legislation the SF crowd may try to push to force the team to stay in San Francisco. In the meantime, Newsom sent a letter to the 49ers proposing that the team considered a stadium in the Hunters Point neighborhood instead of San Jose.

The 49ers didn’t respond very positively to… Read More