Posted on 08/11/2003 1:01:38 PM PDT by DrMartinVonNostrand
California Republican Assembly gives overwhelming support to Senator McClintock over last year's pick
Burbank — Senator Tom McClintock on Sunday received the endorsement of the California Republican Assembly (CRA) for his candidacy for governor in the October 7 recall election.
The CRA is the oldest and largest Republican grassroots organization that played a key role in last year’s come from behind victory in the Republican primary. The endorsement was at a special endorsement vote of the California membership during the convention National Republican Assemblies held this past weekend at the Burbank Hilton.
"The California Republican Assembly has consistently been in the trenches working to bring California’s bureaucracies back under control, and roll back the regulations and taxes that are choking our economy," said Senator McClintock. "The endorsement of the CRA provides a great boost to my campaign. The grassroots will be instrumental in getting out the vote in the upcoming election."
Senator McClintock has spent 20 years in the public policy arena fighting for fiscal reform. Last fall he received more cross-over Democratic votes, more independent votes and more total votes than any other Republican on the ballot. He also received 103,000 more votes in his run for Controller in November 2002 than the Republican top of the ticket.
Senator McClintock’s campaign for Governor will focus on rescinding the tripling of the car tax, voiding the $42 billion in outrageously overpriced electricity contracts and reforming the workers’ compensation system.
You may be right however for being a leader...Aye, THERE's the rub...
I am afraid that Tom is NOT a sufficiently effective leader.A leader would have found a way to keep Bill Simon off the ballot.
In many ways, running a campaign is the first big test of whether or not you can run a state.Tom McClintock is a great guy with POWERFUL ideas.
But his gifts may lie more in the area of Budget Director (or Economic Advisor) than Governor.
You kidding! Really?
It occurred to me that McClintock was at 11% because he was not well known to the voters. Simon was at 11% because he was well known to the votes.
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