[Lancey Howard]

I really wish that the outgoing guy, Shawn Steel, would stay on as chairman. Once the scumbag "moderates" take over, that will be the end of the GOP in California.

[dwills]

i'll take the 'moderates' if they're the only alternative to the racist, bill back, that shannon reeves is outing in his letter

[SFConservative]

Shawn Steel is one of the most underhanded, nasty characters that's ever led the California Republican Party - I have seen his bullying behavior at the CRP conventions and his little band of young thugs that steal his opponents' campaign materials and spread outragious lies about them.

Steel's handpicked successor, Duf Sondheim, is a moderate. Bill Back is much more conservative, but has the backing of Gerry Parsky which makes him an automatic enemy of Steel.

The problem with the CRP is that the leadership seems to thrive on personal power trips and personal power battles, with total disregard for the interest of the stalwart but frustrated republican voters in the state. Steel is largely responsible for the atrocious republican performance in the 2002 elections in California, due to his continued fostering of division in the party rather than trying to unify it to battle the democrats effectively.

[TLBSHOW]

Look, they are defending this rino again.