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California Congressional Districts NOT All Bad for Republican Party
Flap’s old Congressional District CA-24 and the new one CA-26
I have to agree with Republican political operative and consultant Rob Stutzman.What will it take to win these competitive seats? We will have to do the hard work of becoming a more competitive party. We have to expand our message to Latinos and field candidates who can compete in marginal districts. These new maps will finally force to the surface Republican candidates in California who can compete and win in swing districts.
Since 1992, Republican voter registration has fallen by 8 percent. Recently released Field Poll data make the point even clearer. At the same time, our party message is not resonating with younger voters as the GOP is a graying electorate. More than half of current California Republican voters are over the age of 50, up from 40 percent in 1992.
Republican registration in the Latino community has nearly stagnated since 1992, growing only one percent at a time when the state’s Hispanic voters doubled during that time from 10 percent to 22 percent.
In a state that has dipped to only 31 percent GOP registration, providing more opportunities to be competitive is a positive development. We have been slowly withering to a darker shade of blue here, but shedding the gerrymander of the past decade gives us the chance to adapt and learn to win again.
The California Congressional redistricting is probably as fair as you are going to achieve vis a vis population and federal voting rights demographics.
I understand that, although a referendum has been approved for signature circulation to overturn the California Citizen Redistricting Commission’s Congressional District plan that no actual signatures are being solicited.
Yes, there will be few long time GOP Congressmen who will be forced either into retirement or to run in districts where there will actually be a contested race.
Isn’t that why we have elections?
California Republicans will be far better to accept the California Citizen Redistricting Commission’s and use any money raised for the referendum in party building activities.
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Amazon Tax, California Citizens Redistricting Commission, California Republican Party, California State Senate, Internet Sales Taxes
Update: Americans for Tax Reform Call AB 155 a Pledge Violation; California Republican State Senators to Support Internet Sales Taxes?
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Here is the latest from the Americans for Tax Reform
I have a new post up over at Flap’s California Blog on the Flap.
Go here and read which California State Senators might FLIP.Kind of interesting that the California Republican Party is asking Republican donors to support a referendum to overturn the California Citizen’s Redistricting Commission’s State Senate Redistricting Maps and these Senators FLIP to support a Democratic position anyway.
I mean, why bother, when all of the Republicans become RINOS (Republican in Name Only)?
By the way, the legislation which will likely be heard in the California State Senate tomorrow, requires three (3) Republican Senators to FLIP (NB: none voted for the Amazon Tax when it first came through the California Legislature).
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Amazon Tax, California Citizens Redistricting Commission, California Republican Party, California State Senate, Internet Sales Taxes
California Republican State Senators to Support Internet Sales Taxes?
I have a new post up over at Flap’s California Blog on the Flap.
Go here and read which California State Senators might FLIP.Kind of interesting that the California Republican Party is asking Republican donors to support a referendum to overturn the California Citizen’s Redistricting Commission’s State Senate Redistricting Maps and these Senators FLIP to support a Democratic position anyway.
I mean, why bother, when all of the Republicans become RINOS (Republican in Name Only)?
By the way, the legislation which will likely be heard in the California State Senate tomorrow, requires three (3) Republican Senators to FLIP (NB: none voted for the Amazon Tax when it first came through the California Legislature).
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President 2012: Mitt Romney Expanding His Presence in California – Quadrupling Size of La Jolla Home
View from the beach of the 3,009-square-foot Romney home in La Jolla , which the GOP contender plans to demolish and replace with an 11,062-square-foot home. — Meg Roussos
Yet, Mitt will NOT be attending the September Los Angeles California Republican Party Convention in a few weeks.GOP presidential contender Mitt Romney, scheduled to attend a series of fundraisers this weekend in San Diego, is also working on plans to nearly quadruple the size of his $12 million oceanfront manse in La Jolla.
Romney has filed an application with the city to bulldoze his 3,009-square-foot, single-story home at 311 Dunemere Dr. and replace it with a two-story, 11,062-square-foot structure. No date has been set to consider the proposed coastal development and site development permits, which must be approved by the city.
The former governor of Massachusetts purchased the home three years ago. According to a description from the listing agent, the Spanish-style residence at the end of a quiet cul-de-sac is sophisticated and understated in its décor, “offering complete privacy and unsurpassed elegance.”
Tentative plans call for new retaining walls and a relocated driveway, but would retain the existing lap pool and spa.
“This offering represents a truly unique opportunity for a buyer who appreciates the scarcity of this caliber of real estate,” the listing said.
Constructed in 1936, the three-bedroom, 4.5-bathroom home was among the first built in the Barber tract neighborhood, according to the La Jolla Historical Society, and has a stretch of lawn sloping to the white sand beach.
“I wanted to be where I could hear the waves,” Romney told a gaggle of media last year at a book signing in University City. “As a boy we spent summers on Lake Huron and I could hear the crashing waves at night. It was one of my favorite things in the world; being near the water and the waves was something I very badly wanted to experience again.”
Probably not the best timing in the world and not the best for his political image. Remember when Senator John McCain could not remember how many homes he owned?
But, Mitt, you have to show up to the California GOP confab.
Michele Bachmann will be speaking Friday night and Ron Paul has already said he would attend.
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California Citizen’s Redistricting Commission Releases Final Ventura County Congressional District Map
Well, almost final.The commission just voted out the new state lines on a 12-2 vote (with two Republicans voting no) and placed them on the Agenda for an official August 15th final vote. Until then feel free to whine, complain, cuss and gripe to commissioners about their failures. They can hear you, but they’re probably done listening.
On August 15th the only option is an up-or-down vote on the maps. You cannot have your city reunited, get your Assembly Member back. The plans are final and the only option now would be for the commission to vote the plans down and send them directly to the courts.
The game now transitions from the 14 members of the commission to the 67 members of Congress and the Legislature that have been drawn out of their seats, nested with other incumbents, or generally screwed over by the citizen process. A preliminary look at the data on the Redistricting Partners site will show some fun potential pairings and political drama. The site is now updated with maps (showing partisanship and incumbents), summary data for all districts in just a few pages, and extremely detailed datasheets from PDI for the Assembly, State Senate and Congressional districts.
Looking at the Congressional map, it is certain that my GOP Representative Elton Gallegy will either have to move (his home and electoral base in Simi Valley is out of the District), retire, or just run (there is no requirement that you must live in the Congressional District you represent), or run against GOP Rep. Buck McKeon who will represent Simi Valley. Gallegy has options.
However, the new CA-26 which is what presumably this Congressional District is called is less Republican and more Hispanic in nature.
Here are the details:
I will review the possible political scenarios next week after the final adoption of the maps.
I will also go over the California Assembly and State Senate Districts.
From my preliminary analysis of the statewide and Ventura County maps, they appear actually fair for the GOP. I, now, doubt that the California Republican Party will support a referendum on the Commission’s work.
But, then again, you never know and someone is bound to be really upset. But, this time it looks like the incumbent California Democrats.
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Day By Day June 30 and July 1, 2011 – Just in Time
Good morning everyone as we prepare for a major holiday weekend, national fundraising numbers are filtering out of D.C.. Yeah Obama is able to raise some big money and everyone is waiting to see what Michele Bachmann is able to raise.And, California sales taxes, plus motor vehicle registration fees decrease because of the California GOP’s resistance to tax increases. Good job, California GOP.
As the POLS flee Washington and Sacramento for the 4th of July, we can have solace that it could be worse, since the NBA, NFL and the state of Minnesota are now effectively shutdown.
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Video: California GOP to Governor Jerry Brown – Do Your Job
Jerry Brown campaigned on the promise that he could bring both parties together and make the tough decisions now. Call Jerry and tell him to make the tough decisions now!A hard-hitting ad by the California GOP that makes an apt point to California Democrats. Where have you been? Especially since they have had control of the California Legislature for decades and Brown has been around California politics for decades.
So, Jerry, why not negotiate with the Republicans and do YOUR job?
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California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Considered Leaving the Republican Party
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger,right, huddles with Florida Gov. Charlie Crist as President Barack Obama addressed the National Governors Association regarding the economic stimulus package, Monday, Feb. 23, 2009, in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington
The Governator may as well have pulled the switch because after the latest California State Budget with it’s massive ($14 Billion) tax hikes, his credibility with California Republicans is ZERO.A few months ago, Arnold Schwarzenegger and a few close associates discussed whether he should leave the Republican Party, according to two people familiar with the conversation. His friend Mike Bloomberg, the New York mayor, had become an independent. Maybe Schwarzenegger should, too. But the governor and his people quickly concluded that Californians already saw him as independent of the Republican Party. So what would be the point of a switch? (A spokesman for the governor declined comment.)
To people outside the state, Schwarzenegger’s recent battles with Republican legislators over a budget and his criticism of GOP governors and Congressmen for their opposition to President Obama’s stimulus package might sound jarring. Schwarzenegger once was “Conan the Republican†(the first President Bush’s nickname for him), a politician who declared in his 2004 convention speech, “I’m proud to belong to the party of Abraham Lincoln, the party of Teddy Roosevelt, the party of Ronald Reagan and the party of George W. Bush.†Now he is on ABC News saying that “it doesn’t really mater if you’re a Republican or a Democrat.â€
Arnold has the ego of a movie star celeb and has a crying need to be popular. Popularity has served him well in bodybuilding and movies. In politics – not so much
Making difficult decisions as California Governor has placed Arnold in a situation he abhors – making some voters dislike him. Thus, he doesn’t make any decisions unless pressed and then the Republican Party be damned. IT is all about Arnold.
Flap hopes the California GOP has learned a lesson. You can take a popular figure from Hollywood and make him governor. But, if he does not have the requisite skill set to actually govern, then you have a problem.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger Watch: No Republican National Convention for Arnold
Senator John McCain and California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger at Santa Barbara event, June 24, 2008. Photo By Flap
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger will not be attending the Republican National Convention this week.The Press Release:
Sacramento, CA – Governor Schwarzenegger today made the following statement regarding his attendance at the Republican National Convention:
“I am honored that Senator McCain invited me to speak at the Republican National Convention. He is an American hero, a great leader, and the right candidate to be our next president.
“However, California is always my number one priority, and there is no greater priority for our state right now than putting a responsible budget in place that fixes our broken system. Therefore — as I have said — I will not be attending the National Convention in order to focus on working toward a state budget agreement. It is totally unacceptable that 62 days past its deadline, the Legislature has not sent me a budget that I can sign. Just as they must do in our nation’s capital, Republicans and Democrats must compromise and do the work of the people.”
Arnold could fly in and out of Minneapolis quickly without a problem in his private jet but the REAL REASON Arnold is not attending is that because of Hurricane Gustav he won’t be delivering a prime time speech anyway.
So, why bother?
Arnold is such a good Republican.
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California Republicans Get Involved Today
California Republican Party Headquarters (Click on Image for larger view)
Flap received this press release last week. If you wish to volunteer for the California Republican Party whether it be for a state or national campaign, click on the image for a larger view and give the folks a call.GOP headquarters are spread throughout the state and they would love to have your participation.
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