FR EXCLUSIVE: RON NEHRING, CALIF GOP CHAIRMAN TO FREEP YOUR QUESTIONS--ASK AWAY!

FR EXCLUSIVE: RON NEHRING, CALIF GOP CHAIRMAN TO FREEP YOUR QUESTIONS! -- ASK AWAY!

I was invited to participate in a strategic GOP meeting on June 5, during which many topics including the Internet, voter registration and fundraising were discussed from a tech/strategy standpoint.

Durind the event I had the chance to speak with Ron Nehring, California GOP Chairman. I mentioned to him that GOP leadership is perceived as RINOs (Republicans In Name Only) by much of the grassroots.

When I noted that an enormous GOP opportunity exists among both Republicans and Democrats on the issue of our borders, fighting blatant amnesty for criminal aliens, he replied--much to my surprise--that in his eight years in leadership not a single candidate has sought his counsel on this topic.

We discussed GOP party involvement in the primary process. If I understood correctly what he said, candidates are not assisted by party leadership until after they win a primary--Republican candidates must slug it out with their own local efforts and resources. This is a marked difference from the 'central casting' done effectively by the DNC.

As we spoke, I suggested to Ron that he participate in an online discussion at FreeRepublic, and mentioned that Duncan Hunter has done so. He agreed.

I then spoke with Jim Robinson and mentioned how I'd like this to serve as a template for not just California but for the leadership of all 50 state GOPs and for the RNC to do likewise, as a means of being sure the voting, contributing grassroots and the state and national leadership are all committed to winning the same platform. If merely "a failure to communicate" is the problem, FR can be the solution.

Here's how Ron and I agreed it would go: I would solicit worthwhile questions (QUESTIONS THAT GENERATE MORE LIGHT THAN HEAT), and then Ron would then respond online.

This thread is the one that is soliciting your questions, publicly or by FREEPMAIL ("Private Reply"). I will screen the public and private questions and arrange a follow-up thread where the questions and answers will be published in a few days, hopefully interactively.

While this is the California GOP, those of you in other states please feel welcome to clone this effort so as to give your state leadership the best possible chance to show strong commitment to all issues that relate to Conservatism and the GOP. I also welcome privately-submitted suggestions and background information. Whether public or private, be sure your issue is specific and verifiable.

Please be certain that the questions are framed in a neutral, non-hostile manner, without false premises or profanity or they will be pulled. However, DON'T shy away from asking tough questions. Remember, "Loose Lips Sink Ships" so use discretion in what you post publicly. I can ask Ron Nehring private questions. Freepmail and spellcheck are your friend.

Please accept my thanks in advance for your participation.

TSOA
cc: Jim Robinson

REFERENCE: (There was a 2007/2008 Duncan Hunter interactive thread also, to the best of my memory)

Since our original post (number 15) we have discussed it and this opportunity with Senator Don Rogers and discussed with him the fact that in this, odd-numbered year, only two states, Virginia and New Jersey and that in Virginia our GOP candidate for governor, Bob McDonnell and our GOP state Chairman, Pat Mullins, have made the development of offshore oil their top priority in the GOP platform. Don says he will speak with you and Tom McClintock, whom we greatly admire. Why don't all California Republicans of note, such as Duncan Hunter and conservative celebrities, get behind Bob McDonnell and the Virginia GOP in a highly visible manner?

The development of our own oil and the betterment of our use of it (See our articles on World Net Daily under Larry Elgin, the late Tom Moorer and others.)is the only way to win the War on Terror and bring back prosperity to Virginia, California and our country.

Why don't all California Republicans and conservative celebrities get behind Bob McDonnell and the GOP ticket in Virginia so that the public clamor for oil independence and better use of oil becomes overwhelming in this year in which only two states have their own elections and carries into next year so as to expose the sheer idiocy of Waxman-Markey and other such measures and sweep the GOP back into power under the leadership of those like Senator Inhofe who have pointed out the global warming hoax from its beginning?

In past polling the American people have already made clear that they are for drilling here and now and understand that the risk of spills from drilling offshore is less than from bringing oil in in tankers. So why doesn't California's nominally Republican government come to his senses on this point and show some leadership?

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