Posted on 11/26/2007 9:26:48 AM PST by NormsRevenge
The California Republican Party can’t fund some political activities just weeks before the Presidential Primary in February. It has no money.
Some months ago, the Party faithful were shocked when it was revealed that new State Chairman Ron Nehring had hired illegal aliens for top state Party positions.
Nehring diehards publicly decried my efforts and those of the San Francisco Chronicle that exposed the dry rot in the Party.
Many of the state’s newspapers ignored the story and printed nothing about it until Ron Nehring’s illegal alien Australian hire for Party Chief Operating Officer resigned in shame and was replaced by a well-known American.
Stories published world-wide mocked Ron Nehring and his illegal alien hires (one Australian and one Canadian) and some even quoted this writer, a veteran of almost 50 years of statewide California politics about the Party’s forthcoming money problems.
Funny thing, the tight circle of State Chairman Ron Nehring’s friends circled the wagons and defended him by challenging the MSM (Mainstream Media) and me. Nehring-San Diego ally Duane Dichiera, for example, posted comments on the Flash Report of a state Party leader Jon Fleishman that suggested I have no sources within the financial hierarchy that normally supports the Party. He implied that my views on immigration affected my relationship with people I have dealt with for over four decades. More about that later.
Now comes the announcement that the Party is cutting off county parties from funds they used to hire staff. Only $260,000is involved but that’s only the tip of the red ink statewide.
State records: California GOP was $1.7 million in debt at the end of October. In its separate federal committee account there is also a deficit of $430,000, records show.
The Orange County Register quotes state Party official Jon Fleishman: "I don't know how to sugarcoat this," Fleischman wrote in (an) e-mail. The party "is going through a very fiscally challenging period. I was forced to vote to end a program that I believe is a good one, simply because we are faced with a situation of limited resources," Fleischman wrote in an e-mail."
During and after the Nehring illegal alien disaster, Republican heavy-hitters cut-off the Party. In August two of them did agree to roll over a $3 million 2006 debt by February.
Radical conservative Nehring supporters blame President Bush's immigration plan for the financial shortfall. Bad news for them, most major California Republican donors also supported the Bush plan. These are called "Good Government" Republicans. Those who try to blame these guys for the financial aftermath of the Nehring disaster apparently aren’t aware that the blame lies firmly on Nehring’s shoulders and the man behind him, Washington D.C.’s Grover Norquist, an arch-conservative activist closely associated with criminal convict lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
So, no money in the bank, the February Primary just weeks ahead and the California primary in June and the Nehring troops are blaming President Bush’s immigration reform plan for their deficiencies.
Where, one must ask, is the Governor? He is busy raising money, tons of money, having just set a statewide historical record for raising money. He also supports comprehensive immigration reform.
Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger hasn’t raised a finger to help the state party run by Ron Nehring. The Governor could raise enough money in two evenings in Beverly Hills and Rancho Santa Fe to pay off the Party debt and to bring in enough new money to fund all its normal activities. But, he hasn’t.
Asked about the Ron Nehring problems, the Governor sent word through a staffer’s e-mail, "The governor has a good working relationship with Ron," signed Julie Soderlund. His top fundraiser Marty Wilson is absent from the scene and isn’t commenting.
Neither is President Bush who sets fundraising records for responsible state parties.
The political drought that started with Hispanic voters abandoning the California Republican Party over the Republican-sponsored illegal Proposition 187 in 1994 that only three Republicans (Schwarzenneger, Bill Jones and Steve Poizner) have overcome since 1998 -- will continue.
Ron Nehring, Grover Norquist and their gang have wrung the California Republican Party dry of every dollar and of every ounce of responsible support from major donor Good Government Republicans. The California GOP is limping into a political year stripped of money, power, attractiveness and, for all practical purposes, is politically impotent, perhaps fatally so.
Looks like the author is blaming Norquist who was behind Nehring. Norquist is involved in many state policies, unfortunately. He is the architect of the Bush Amnesty.
True but it is shameless that Bush and the Arnold do not raise money for the state GOP to at least keep state senate and assembly seats competitive. The Congressional caucus will almost disappear unless redistricting comes. The Senate races will probably never see anyone defeat Boxer or DiFi unless the Arnold competes against Babs. Di Fi will simply retire and then we can see any Hispanic candidate like Villagorasa winning that seat. It really is gloom and doom here in the Soviet Republic of Ca.
Okay... now I think I get it.
I looked up the author, Raoul Lowery Contreras. He’s an OBL guy. So, no matter that he exposed the twisted actions of the CAGOP in hiring illegal immigrants, the rest of this article tries to portray the Bush and OBL types as the “good government” folks and others as “radical conservatives.” The thing that makes it most confusing is that he puts Nehring in the latter category, which given his past association with Norquist is a bit unbelievable.
Below are past articles about the CA GOP hiring illegals (the first by Contreras)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1856076/posts
Throw an illegal(?) shrimp on the barbie (CA GOP Scandal)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1850876/posts
GOP official angry about story [CA - GOP Canadian consultant follow-up]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1850114/posts
CA Republican Party has decided no American is qualified to take one of its most crucial positions
“Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger hasn’t raised a finger to help the state party run by Ron Nehring.”
Schwarzenegger is to the CA-GOP as Pataki was to the NY-GOP - an organizational disaster.
Same goes for Romney in Massachusetts. By the time he got done with his short four-year term, there were more Green Party candidates on statewide ballots than Republicans. No kidding.
"The Massachusetts Republican Party died last Tuesday. The cause of death: failed leadership. The party is survived by a few leftover legislators and a handful of county officials and grassroots activists who have been ignored for years. Services will be public and a mass exodus of taxpayers will follow. In lieu of flowers, send messages to New Hampshire Republican voters warning them about a certain presidential candidate named Romney." - - Boston Herald, 11/12/2006
Hey Norm...this article has me so confused that I am going to make your beer run for you so I can share.
CCG... as I have said in the past, you do good work!!!
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