Posted on 02/13/2007 9:24:06 PM PST by NormsRevenge
NORTH COUNTY -- After spending the last five years ending internal sniping and increasing the number of local office holders, San Diego County GOP chief Ron Nehring will now take that strategy statewide as chairman of the California Republican Party.
"My focus will be on building the most sophisticated and advanced GOP party in the nation," the 36-year-old Nehring said Monday after being named chairman of the state political party on Sunday. "Being right with the best ideas is critical, but it's not enough to win. You have to match the best candidate with an equally powerful campaign organization."
Nehring says that Republicans now account for 64 percent of the elected officeholders countywide, and he points to recent successes in helping GOP candidates get elected to the state Assembly and the Oceanside and San Diego city councils as proof of what he preaches to the party faithful.
Nehring came to San Diego 10 years ago to help out in local campaigns at the request of former state Assemblyman Howard Kaloogian. He parlayed early successes in that work to being elected chairman of the local party in 2001.
Part of his strategy as the county chairman was to end the practice of adopting resolutions and complaining about fellow party members. The latter was a lesson he learned from one of his political idols, former President Reagan, who often cited the GOP 11th commandment: "Thou shalt not speak ill of a fellow Republican."
Any differences the rank and file may have with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger over some of his more moderate positions and reaching out to Democrats, for example, are moot when it comes to fundamental goals, Nehring said.
"While we might have different approaches to individual issues, we don't compromise on core values and common principles of lower taxes, limited government and personal responsibility."
Using the same methods he has made work in San Diego County, Nehring said he is confident the GOP can increase the number of seats it holds in the Legislature from the current 32 in the 80-seat Assembly and 15 in the 41-seat Senate.
The party is generally healthy, he maintained, pointing to Schwarzenegger's re-election in November and the Brian Bilbray's victory over Democrat Francine Busby in the election to replace former U.S. Rep. Randy Cunningham in North County's 50th Congressional District.
With the 2008 presidential election off to an early start, the Stony Brook University political science graduate predicted that Hillary Rodham Clinton will be the Democratic nominee.
"And that will have a powerful effect on energizing Republicans to beat her," he said.
He declined to predict who will win the GOP nomination, saying he looks forward to hearing from the candidates when the state party conducts its annual convention in Indian Wells Sept. 7-9.
The Legislature and governor are near a deal to set the presidential primary for Feb. 5, making California a key early state in the presidential selection dynamics.
A New York state native, he recently launched his own business, Nehring Strategies. That move came after having worked the last several years as a staffer for the conservative Americans for Tax Reform group.
Nehring is the first San Diego County Republican official to head the state party since Gordon Luce held the reins more than three decades ago. His chairmanship will last until 2009 when he can run for a second two-year term.
"It's a point of pride for us that the GOP in San Diego is serving as an excellent model for the state," said Nehring, whose election by acclimation resulted in a congratulatory call Monday morning from a White House official he declined to identify.
Any differences the rank and file may have with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger over some of his more moderate positions and reaching out to Democrats, for example, are moot when it comes to fundamental goals, Nehring said.
"While we might have different approaches to individual issues, we don't compromise on core values and common principles of lower taxes, limited government and personal responsibility."
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seems a bit contradictory when we look at the state of things today and how we got here..
I wish him well, however, frankly, I am under no illusions as to who is pulling the strings behind the scenes. read the last sentence and you may understand why I would say that.
btw, Pardon me for breaking the 11th Commandment without naming names. Just trying to be Post-Partisan, it's the rage these days , yaknow.
Got Ping? Thanks!
Maybe we should ask a roving reporter?
Now, now..
You know, the road to recovery usually starts with admitting you have a problem. Nehring hasn't made it to step 1.
seems a bit contradictory when we look at the state of things today and how we got here..
More like Orwellian doublethink. The key is in the application of the term, "we." In the first instance, it's both Arndroids and conservatives, but in the latter the latter only. These being latter days I prefer the latter... /babble
a bit of an oops here also.. in more ways than one, imo..
In the article , it states,,
He was chosen by
acclimation (: the process or result of acclimating; especially : physiological adjustment by an organism to environmental change ) lol .. environmental change .. lolol , like the decaying of the processes this party used to operate under before Post-Partisanship took over.. ;-)
and not acclamation (an overwhelming affirmative vote by cheers, shouts, or applause rather than by ballot ),
which is how things seem to work in the CA GOP these days, wouldn't want to actually have a vote to know who was actually for him.
Not me, lol, no sir ree.
I'm sure Mike will grow into the job.. I wonder if he will still be working with Grover Norquist.
oops not Mike,, Ron,, I'll get the hang of calling him that, I hope,, beats Doof, uh, I mean Duf.
Ping!
LOL. Good observations!
Ewwwwwwwww!!! What sourchasm!!! (smirk)
I'm picking up vibes that this piece of crappola "deal" includes poison pills on redistricting and term limits that would make Arnoiled's new found love Willie Brown udderly orgasmic!!!
Sorry C_O, I know you are not fond of term limits, but that doesn't take away from the prospect of them turning back the only victory against that little peckerhead the CAGOP EVER experienced in his historical reign of error in the Crapitol!!!
"Just trying to be Post-Partisan, it's the rage these days , yaknow."
Ewwwwwwwww!!! What sourchasm!!! (smirk)
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Facts in evidence , Yur honor.
I plead Guilty, Yur honor.. :-}
Well, what are you hearing on the first part of my previous reply on the "deal" that is smellin up the Crapitol???
I have seen no actual legislation about term limit trade-offs for the primary move or what the quid pro quo might be, I had heard a couple variations on what might be proposed, none of which is very palateable, imo.
They smell phishy is my initial reply . However, I reserve the right to carp away as things solidify in the old manure ponds of Stinkymento. :-)
Oh man! That stunk!! I gotta go ta bed!!!
Ooof-taaa
Make sure and lay a Big Valentine on the wifey.
G'nite
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