[SierraWasp]

This is as out of place as the attempted Harriet appointment to the SCOTUS and in many ways even worse!!!

I'm pretty well fed up with those who don't think Party Primaries and Party Leadership matter that much! I don't want any third parties when we can't even get our danged elected officials to honor the Parties we have, nor their stated platforms!!!

[truth_seeker]

The California Republican Party making threats to the elected Governor?

He is successful, and they are not.

[SierraWasp]

Are we letting these "leaders" in on what each of us thinks about this?

[tubebender]

Jeffe said the biggest concerns are being raised by the party leaders, not rank-and-file members.

???Send this boob a membership in FRee Republic...

[Amerigomag]

"This is a governor who repealed a $4 billion car tax, brought the state back from insolvency without raising taxes, fixed workers comp and helped create 425,000 new jobs," he said. "He also just got done waging a campaign on some issues that Republicans have waited years to be brought to the ballot.

A California state Senator is on record warning the Austrian to be truthful to the electorate. Of the four claims offered by Stutzman, only one, job growth, has any basis in fact; and only because Stutzman used the term helped.

[Roverman2K]

Not sure what he was thinking.
I also would not trust her around the party information.
They have demonstrated they would do anything to win

[Political Junkie Too]

Schwarzenegger hasn't shown any desire to allow the CA GOP to benefit from any of his coattails. He didn't campaign for anyone in 2004 (except for liberal Steve Poisner), he didn't even announce his 2006 candidacy from the GOP convention.

Now, he's taking away an opportunity to groom a future GOP governor! What was he thinking? It's not so much that he has a former Gray Davis Chief-of-Staff for his own (well, it is, really), but that he isn't taking the opportunity to let a CA GOP person take that position to be groomed to run for Governor one day! What better place is there for someone to get to intimately know the workings of Sacramento, to build a network of supporters, to learn the issues, than the Chief-of-Staff slot?

Why would Schwarzenegger deny the CA GOP the benefits of holding that position?

-PJ

[Cicero]

As some jerk says, the governor has a right to appoint whoever he wants.

What he fails to mention is that the voters and/or the party have a right to throw him out next chance they get.

[Wolfstar]

They should judge the governor on how he governs, and that's all that matters."

One of the most significant elements in how a person governs is the appointments they make.

[calcowgirl]

But my caution to Republicans that are talking about rather drastic measures (is) they are overreacting. They should judge the governor on how he governs, and that's all that matters."

Yep. That's all that matters. Record spending increases, record borrowing, a leftist environmental platform (taxpayer subsidized hydrogen highways, taxpayer subsidized solar roofs, global warming, etc.), "assault weapon" bans, less than 50% Republican judicial appointments, attack on property rights (Sierra Nevada Conservancy), leftist appointments (Reiss, Tamminen, Henning, Kennedy), etc.

[Prime Choice]

The governor has agreed to meet next Thursday with leaders of the California Republican Party to hear their concerns that Susan Kennedy, an aide to former Gov. Gray Davis, is now positioned to learn critical details of GOP campaign strategy and political policy.

Can't wait to see how the RINO-lovers explain this one.

[LexBaird]

Sherry Bebitch Jeffe, a political scientist at the University of Southern California.

Isn't Jeffe the Spanish word for "boss"? That's almost a Ian Fleming level name.

[FOG724]

Some Republicans said they want the governor to rescind the appointment and warn that Schwarzenegger's support in the upcoming re-election campaign could be jeopardized if their concerns are not addressed.

Too late. Lost that a long time ago.

Several Republicans said they are watching for signs that the governor has moved to the left on policy issues

Can he get more left?