On the executive conference call last Wed. I tried frantically to get the various phones in my house to work the code so I could ask a question. They never worked. But, it didn’t matter. The spin machine of the CRP is in full gear. One of the interesting things mentioned by Chairman Sundheim was that donors don’t like the disunity caused by blogs and emails talking about the CRP etc..

I doubt they like a party in debt without accountabilty either. But, for sake of theargument how do we acheive unity?

If it was truly important to the party, we would have an audit. We would ask all 1600 memebrs of the state party to come to a meeting and explain what happened. This is how we spent the money, these are things in place so it doesn’t happen again etc… In other words The CRP be open with us about what is going on. Communication.

What the CRP members get is stonewalling, half-truths and excuses.

May the new CRP leadership be open and honest with the membership.… Read More

I’m supporting Jon because he has brought to Republicans a forum of communication and outreach that we were not taking advantage of before he grew the Flashreport from a very well filtered conservative news headine service into what we have today. And the great thing is, he beat the Democrats to it. Their CA Majority Report was hastily created in response to the Flashreport.New ideas move organizations forward.

Jon also has the credentials: as former Executive Director of the CRP,he hasalready run the staff operations in the CRP.Matter of fact, he was the ED of the Party the last time we had a Presidential election for an open White House (’00). He’s been on legislative staffs, college republicans, run campaigns and and has numerous other activist credentials. Jon is well skilled in communications andhe knows just about everybody in the state.

Jon recently got married, sohe now has a soulmate to keep him from jumping off into every political crevasse (ok, maybe not!).

Lastly, Jon knows what it means to be a friend. A couple of times, the Nestande’s have gotten an unsolicitedphone call or email saying,… Read More

The California Alliance to Protect Private Private Property rights is an outstanding organization that was founded with the idea that decisions like the Supreme Court made in their 2005 Kelo vs. New London decision where wrong, and that the private property rights of Americans are quickly eroding. I can’t say it any better than the Alliance’s President, Marko Mlikotin, who says, “Californians feel it is wrong for government to profit by seizing private property from unwilling sellers, only to use the property for projects that benefit the wealthy and politically connected." Obviously we were all saddenned when Proposition 90, the Save Our Homes ballot measure, was narrowly defeated last November (a FR ‘shout out’ again to Assemblywoman Mimi Walters for her heroic efforts on behalf of qualifying and campaigning for that ballot initiative). But now there is some great news to report as we go forward… Public Opinion Strategies (POS) is one of the most respected public research firms in America, and their California point man, Steve Kinney, has a decades-long track… Read More

I’m writing this from the Hyatt Hotel across the street from the California State Capitol here in Sacramento. Tomorrow, America’s Mayor will be visiting this hotel to keynote the California Republican State Convention.

Mayor Giuliani, as we all know, has all but announced his intention to throw his hat in the ring for the 2008 presidential election. If California moves up its primary (which is all but certain at this point), the Mayor could be a huge beneficiary – most polls show him leading the pack. His California organization is being put together by his friend, and former California GOP Gubernatorial nomineee Bill Simon, Jr. We’ll be writing more about Simon’s efforts as we look at the California-specific efforts of all of the major GOP candidates…

It is interesting to note that Mayor Giuliani holds leads in several early primary states where the Republican electorate is comprised of social conservatives (Iowa and South Carolina). It’s surprising because of the Mayor’s… Read More

I’m writing this from the Hyatt Hotel across the street from the California State Capitol here in Sacramento. Tomorrow, America’s Mayor will be visiting this hotel to keynote the California Republican State Convention.

Mayor Giuliani, as we all know, has all but announced his intention to throw his hat in the ring for the 2008 presidential election. If California moves up its primary (which is all but certain at this point), the Mayor could be a huge beneficiary – most polls show him leading the pack. His California organization is being put together by his friend, and former California GOP Gubernatorial nomineee Bill Simon, Jr. We’ll be writing more about Simon’s efforts as we look at the California-specific efforts of all of the major GOP candidates…

It is interesting to note that Mayor Giuliani holds leads in several early primary states where the Republican electorate is comprised of social conservatives (Iowa and South Carolina). It’s surprising because of the Mayor’s… Read More

Good morning from Sacramento. As you may know, I am at the Sacramento Hyatt running for Vice-Chairman South of the California Republican Party (CRP). The voting will take place on Saturday morning and I am confident that with the help of my volunteers and the overwhelming support from GOP leadership, I will have positive results. Before Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger speaks on Friday night, I am recommending all convention goers travel a few blocks to catch the hearing which will be held at 1:30 p.m., in Department 11 of Sacramento Superior Court, before the Honorable Gail D. Ohanesian. The Gordon D. Schaber Downtown Courthouse is located on 720 Ninth Street in Sacramento.

This hearing involves a lawsuit challenging the qualifications of Attorney General Jerry Brown. The Plaintiff will be represented by former CRP Chairman Michael Schroeder, who will argue that Jerry Brown is the only Attorney General candidate in California history to not have been an attorney on active status for five consecutive years and therefore unqualified for the position as mandated by law. Jerry Brown was on inactive status from 1997 to 2003, a few months before… Read More

With aRepublican win in Tuesday’s OC Supe Contest, years worth of efforts from the Orange County Republican establishment paid their first big dividend: a Republican in the only seat the Democrats really have a reasonable shot at ever holding.

Millions of dollars and countless thousands of hours had been invested in registering new Republican voters, in signing up Permanent Absentee Voters, and in making what was once s solid Democrat seat, competitive again.

We’ve now hadanother day to absorb Trung Nguyen’s victory, and to come to the realization that there is a near statistical impossibility of Janet finding 8 votes to change the election outcome. Lots of attention is now turning to “the next step,” that being actually keeping the seat when it comes up in two years.

Surely, no split field will exist this time: it will be the epicenter of probably the most expensive Supervisor’s race in Orange County history. Another Vietnamese face to compliment Assemblyman Van Tran can only do great things for the Republican Party in Central County.

But wait. Not so fast.

Word spreading is that runner-up Janet Nguyen isn’t merely… Read More

The CRP maynot have a bounty program, they may be in $4.6 million of debt, but they have a little cash and staff time to turn on it’s own members.

Assemblyman Chuck DeVore has a proposal to change the way delegates are selected.

Today a letter arrived from Duf Sundheim, Ron Nehring and Tim Morgan opposing the change. Who paid for this mailing??? No doubt the CRP. As well an offical email and press release from CRP staff attacked the proposal.

Sundheim and company have every right to have their opinion. They should not be allowed to use CRP dollars to influence the decision. Of course this party has paid consultants from party coffers to run "proxy" drills to bottle up items they don’t like.

The CRP leaders worry about disunity and then shamelessly abuse CRP dollars to attack a members proposal. Let the members decide and the leaders implement.

Regardless of your view can’t we at least agree that CRP resources should not be spent attacking member proposals?

Devore’s Email follows:

Dear CRP Member,

By now… Read More