CA: Chat with GOP's George 'Duf' Sundheim

George "Duf" Sundheim, chairman of the California Republican Party, will talk about President George W. Bush's Nov. 2 election victory as well as California politics during a Web chat from 10-11 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 18.

Elected as CRP chairman in February 2003, Sundheim campaigned on a pledge to unify the party and make sure Republican candidates and volunteers have the resources necessary to win elections. Since his election, the CRP has successfully raised more than $24 million and registered more than 390,000 new Republican voters.

Sundheim regularly appears as a political analyst and party spokesman on several nationally televised programs.

FRom a previous Ask Duf chat..

Why oppose Prop. 71?

Posted by keepitreal August 12, 2004 at 8:37 PM

Question: Why did the state Republican Party oppose Prop. 71? It is meant to provide money for stem cell research. Such research could help end Alzheimer's, the very thing that contributed to Reagan's death. I just don't get how you could turn your back on Reagan. Has the state GOP been taken over by the ultraconservatives? Please explain.

answer: First of all, this issue is VERY personal to me. I lost my grandfather to Alzheimer's and just recently lost my father to the same, cruel disease. If there is one issue where the Party's position has been totally misrepresented by the other side, it is our view on stem-cell research. Let me try to set the record straight both from a national and state perspective. First, when Clinton was president, a law was passed that prevented any federal funding of embryonic research. It was President Bush who reversed this policy and allocated $100 million to embryonic stem-cell research. The President also permitted non governmental entities to actively pursue such research outside the areas to be funded by the federal government. Statements that the President opposes stem research or that the federal government has banned stem-cell research are nothing but lies perpetuated for poltical advantage. Proposition 71 proposes to issue $3 billion in bonds (an amount almost equal to 3% of the state's total budget) to support such research. We opposed the initiative on economic grounds. In an era when the state government is straining to keep our budget balanced, we felt the passage of a measure that would ultimately cost the taxpayers close to $6 billion in principle and interest, would be a mistake and place education and essential health care services at risk. There is nothing in state law that prohibits universities and companies from pursuing such research, and we hope that they do.

California has a Republican party? Wow, well that's certainly news to me!! LMAO

And it's raised 24 Mil?
Wow, let's see that's about 75 cents a head in CA...btw what did they do with the money???

Sandheim? Well, be sure and tell "Dufus" oh I mean "Dumb" oops, "Duf" I said hello, and let us all know when will he be starting to work...he sure did a bangup job in the Boxer race now didn't he...

all I want to know is when will the party be showing up for the upcoming '06 election if at all and when will Duf be replaced???

Dear Duf,

Here are my questions:

Does the California Republican party plan to grow a pair?

Are there any plans to run Republicans in 06 or 08 against the Democrats or will we continue to run Democrat like Republicans?

Is it true that the beer on the Simpsons is named after you?

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