Posted on 02/09/2007 9:38:39 AM PST by areafiftyone
} When Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani speak at the California Republican Convention this weekend, some party leaders from Solano County will be there and listening carefully.
Approximately 1,300 delegates from across the state are expected to fill the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Sacramento beginning today through Sunday. Among them will be Mike Gomez, the chair of the Solano County Republican Party Central Committee, and Lynda Rose McMahan, chair of Solano Republican Women's Federated.
A busy itinerary awaits the group in the state capital, including the selection of new party leadership. Gomez said one candidate, Ron Nehring, is running unopposed for chair, while the vice-chairmanship is hotly contested.
"I think it's going to be a good convention," Gomez said. "To me, it is always interesting and exciting when we elect new officers."
Situated between major election cycles, this convention is an opportunity for the party to strategize and organize. Local party leaders said it is chance for California Republicans to regroup after a shift of power in the November 2006 election, as well as prepare for the upcoming battle in 2008.
McMahan said, "I'm hoping a sense of unity comes out of it; that we find out what we did wrong in the last election and go about changing it."
While she is unable to attend, Cathy Ritch, the second vice chair of the Solano Republican Central Committee, said "I think it is going to be an important meeting."
"It's a chance for us to get together and look over what happened in the last election," she said. "We're really at a crossroads."
Giuliani, dubbed "America's mayor" after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, has made headlines recently with his burgeoning presidential aspirations.
"I'd like to hear what his philosophy is and how he would deal with what's going on in Iraq differently than what President Bush is doing," McMahan said.
Republicans will have to produce a turnaround in Iraq, McMahan said, to be successful in 2008.
Gomez said he is also looking forward to the lunch with Giuliani on Saturday. He wants to hear the celebrated mayor's views on national security and the kinds of programs and policies he would implement as president.
"I'm anxious to hear him speak," Gomez said. "At this point in time, he's the one who holds the most interest for me."
Ritch said about Giuliani, "He'd be my favorite candidate if you asked me right now."
As for Schwarzenegger, McMahan said she likes that he is bold and understands the necessity of compromise in politics. However, she and Gomez have concerns about his health-care proposal.
"I do have some questions," McMahan said. While she understands what Schwarzenegger is trying to accomplish, she said, "I'm just not sure that his proposal is the best way to go about it."
Other business awaits the convention's delegates, including a vote on resolutions opposing tax increases and another titled "Voter ID for Honest Elections, which supports a measure requiring would-be voters to provide a valid photo ID.
McMahan said she had not had a chance to peruse the resolutions, but Republicans generally oppose tax increases. Concerning the other issue, she said, "I think everyone should have to show ID when they go to vote."
Additional information about the convention is available on the California Republican Party's Web site, www.cagop.org/.
Hope you are right about Hillorat and, as for Richardson, VP maybe?
Bury your ammunition. You're going to need it.
No, I suggest that YOU take a "count" of the actual SPAM!
Unless any and all aspiring Dem candidates simply bend over for Hillary at some point, eventually her candidacy will collapse under the weight of her negatives, which will only be accentuated by seeing more of her. Richardson is much more likeable, has Clinton cabinet and governor credentials, and gives the liberals an opportunity to put a Hispanic in the White House. If Obama is his running beat, that will be the most formidable ticket the Republicans will have to face.
Your delusional post is too silly to yet again refute with facts, so I'll just laugh at you, instead. LOL
That should have been "running mate." Don't know what my fingers were thinking.
From you, that's a compliment.
I hope you are wearing a kevlar suit, because the Reagan mythographers on FR, are going to now claim that you are trashing the demigod, Reagan, for posting historically accurate facts.
Only to you; you who are horribly blinkered and biased. ;^)
Have you been running from bogeymen/women all your life? When will you stop running from and confront your fears? For the good of your countrymen/women, please try to get ahold of yourself and do something positive, rather than run screaming and shrieking from the negative. Honestly, it's much healthier!!!
If you don't do this, you'll never know if you and your genuine conservative candidate could have won, cause you'll have paniced all your cohorts to scream and run away, just like you seem to want to do. Stand up! And fight!!!
PHOENIX-U.S. Congressman Trent Franks (AZ-02) today offered his enthusiastic support for a Presidential bid by Congressman Duncan Hunter (CA-52). Hunter, a stalwart Reagan Republican who was elected to the U.S. Congress in 1980, announced Monday that he is beginning preparations for a run for the White House in 2008.
In announcing his endorsement for what could soon be an official candidacy by Hunter, Franks praised Hunter s character, intellect and temperament, saying, 'The President of the United States is tasked with the immense responsibility of both listening to and leading the American people. The person who wins in 2008 will have a profound impact on the fate of this generation in the pages of history. The President must possess great wisdom, courage and compassion, especially in a time of war, always with the goal of achieving and sustaining peace. Duncan possesses these qualities.
'I have had the privilege of serving in Congress on the Armed Services Committee with Duncan Hunter and know him to be the John Wayne of the Congress, said Franks who attended Monday s announcement in San Diego. He is at once a man of genuine compassion for humanity and a formidable soldier of freedom.
As I looked across San Diego Bay, I saw CVN 76, The USS Ronald Reagan, in port and thought it so fitting that the silhouette of that great ship bearing the name of the man who won the cold war should be there as a silent witness to the Presidential announcement of a man whom I truly believe can once again unite and lead the Reagan Coalition to victory in 2008. As President, Duncan Hunter will continue the Reagan legacy and lead our country to victory against the evil of terrorism.
Hunter is one of the most informed members of Congress in matters surrounding the war on terror. He has been a leader in passing critical legislation aimed at reducing U.S. vulnerabilities, including cosponsoring and championing the Military Commissions Act and the Secure Fence Act.
I am delighted with his decision, said Franks, who has known for some months that Chairman Hunter was considering entering the 2008 Presidential race. Duncan Hunter possesses the strength of character and the leadership qualities Americans need and deserve in our President at this pivotal time in our nation s history. When he runs, he can be assured of my wholehearted support.
Many eyebrows have been raised at my support of Duncan Hunter when political protocol would dictate that a member of Arizona s congressional delegation ought to line up behind our state s Senior Senator. But, I truly believe that in this time of war, political calculation should have no role in decisions on what is right for America. Duncan Hunter s leadership is right for America.
So, like I said, I "doubt" if he is the most conservative, even if he has the most ascerbic tongue. If he supports everything Bush does, he is definitely not the most conservative. And if he supports Rudy, I question whether he's conservative at all any more.
Why don't YOU read what people write and quit knee-jerking sneering responses. If you did, you wouldn't look quite so silly.
Anyone who has the guts to do that regardless of the howling of the Clinton White House and the UN and also have the guts to give back a $10 million dollar check to an Arab prince is tough enough to be president and fight the WOT!
Precisely.
Never heard of that Congressman either. No thanks.
I'll stick with Rudy who is getting support from people I've actually heard of. LOL
What`s with the insults? Is that how you think people will support you? That stuff belongs at DU or KOS~
So, once again, who is going to win? Who is your guy?
Proof that you'll let the mediots pick your candidate for you. How 20th Century of you.
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