Comments on: CA GOP ‘Idiots’ Lose State Senate

By: Zachary

Zachary — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 17:49:25 +0000

California is screwed. I wonder after the elections when the state goes further into bankruptcy, who will the democrats blame? Can’t blame the GOP because they won’t have the votes to block anything and can’t blame the people because they elected the Democrats. So if there is a silver lining, it’s that the Democrats getting absolute power will lead to their downfall.

By: Muhamet

Muhamet — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 17:00:37 +0000

While the math may be convenient, the facts are not. SEIU cmails there are 87,000 SEIU members registered Republican in California, which according to their logic “makes it the single largest political organization within the state GOP.”The fact is that SEUI/GOP members are not a political organization. In fact, I’d be shocked if the SEIU allowed the California Republican Party to come in to organize them into a legitimate charter of the CRP. They’re only a convenient demographic tool.There are 5.3 million registered Republicans in California, with over 100,000 of them small business owners. That doesn’t mean the National Federation of Independent Businesses is the largest organization in the state GOP. It just means that a lot of entrepreneurs are registered Republicans.I understand why you tried to connect the dots to try paint Tony Krvaric as a union stooge. But your attempt was much like a Monet—beautiful from a distance, but close up, it’s a mess.

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By: Fubar

Fubar — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 22:37:48 +0000

The old “conservative” republican establishment in california was premised on vast, and wasteful defense spending. Now that Imperial USA is in decline, the money tap is being turned off. CRP is an anachronism, and needs to die (but won’t), like the rest of the imperialist-corporate-state apparatus and military-industrial-complex

At this point, CRP is fascism in waiting.

By: Satis Faction

Satis Faction — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 01:51:54 +0000

I feel so bad for the Republicans who will now have to actually compete to be elected.

By: Shame on Me

Shame on Me — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:20:57 +0000

Well done. So many embarrassing “strategies”. Did not know the CRP had 1.7M to waste. Certainly the decision only to challenge the Senate maps was too clever by half. The widely reported (and unseemly) scramble by some politicians to nail down their next gig was kinda comical. Whining about the ruling on the referendum was pathetic. Look forward to reading more of your work.

By: EastBayLarry

EastBayLarry — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:43:03 +0000

We’re hosed.
It’s silly to talk about 2014 and beyond. Haven’t you noticed how many people are leaving California? Do you think they’re Democrats or Republicans?

By: Lee Lowrey

Lee Lowrey — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:39:08 +0000

First off, you wrote a great article John. You hit it right on. If the CRP had a person on staff with 10% of your talent we could make some progress.

The party of “idiots” is a perfect description. Most of the men and women on staff and elected to the CRP are nice people as individuals, but for some reason as a collective they have a combined IQ of 10. It is evident in the lack of a proactive message that engages voters, petty internal politics that should be left to deal with outside of the Party, and a state registration percentage that is a complete embarrassment. Just look at our “conventions” where we now attract a small fraction of what it used to be. While the CRP “leaders” are playing games and under the illusion that they are somehow intelligent political operatives (where 99% of them probably couldn’t make it in the private sector), we have lost the ground game in CA. $1.8 million being thrown away, but NOBODY is putting together a ground game to register voters. We should be in every neighborhood within the state. African-American, Hispanic, Asian, Caucasian, we should be in all of those neighborhoods stressing the party of individual achievement and the party that encompasses the American dream. Numbers matter! And our numbers are dismal.

Until a leader emerges within the GOP ranks that will actually do what the CRP is supposed to and register voters across the state, the GOP will remain irrelevant. I will be one of the first to donate money and time if a leader emerges with registering voters as a priority. I have donated time and money in the past, but am always disappointed in the lack of effective leadership, the lack of setting priorities, and the complete lack of accountability within the leadership. We need someone who can care less about title, from the private sector where results matter, who will roll up his or her sleeves and raises money for VOTER REGISTRATION. Not play petty internal political fights. Until then, we can forget about the GOP in this state.

For us, we are focusing our dollars on races outside of CA that will actually help our cause. No need to give money to state races or the CA GOP. Until the “idiots” are gone (which is not looking good at this point), I can’t fathom a bigger waste of money.

Lee M. Lowrey
lmlowrey@atlaspac.org

By: Randall May

Randall May — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:36:54 +0000

Can the leadership at the CRP do anything other than blindly support the Chiefs of Police and California Prison Guards and other law enforcement who insist that medical marijuana is evil and that our war on drugs is a moral necessity? Yes, they can collect and squander campaign contributions from such groups as the CRP and the GOP is California becomes less and less relevant. To call these buffoons “stupid” would be a compliment. We need to get non-morons on our County Central Committees starting here in Orange County.

By: Anthony Ragan

Anthony Ragan — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:05:46 +0000

“Party of Stupid” really is a well-earned moniker. What was is Strother Martin said in “Butch Cassidy?”

“Morons. I’ve got morons on my team!”

Yeesh.