Does this sound familiar?
Many of the complaints are valid. The CAGOP has done a disgraceful job developing and encouraging young people to become active in partisan politics leading to a dearth of qualified candidates when public offices go begging. Republican or Conservative clubs are virtually non existent at the secondary level and sparse at the post secondary level in both California's private and public education system/institutions.
Programs designed to educate and encourage party membership among California's two fastest growing demographics, Hispanics and boomers are also absent.
The party has little control over its elected party officials, beyond campaign finance support, and as a consequence, their legislative representatives are generally considered unenlightened chattel, given little voice in legislative matters. The party has been reduced to negotiating deals with the opposition behind closed doors instead of allowing a free discussion in the open light of legislative hearings. The rank and file frequently complain, as witnessed yesterday in a Senate transportation hearing, but those complaints fall upon deaf ears in their own party.
Yes the New Majority has valid complaints. Too bad the NM isn't conservative. With the financial clout it wields the CAGOP could becaome a constructive force in California. Instead the party faithful suffer the indignities of Dick Akerman, Kevin McCarthy, Duf Sundheim and the Wilsonegger gang.
Thanks.. It is too bad the NM has its own agenda and not much of a conservative one, the fact it matches much of the extreme left is of not much concern to some at FR, which is a bit odd as they proclaim themselves to be as conservative as the rest of the "losers" here who will not bend to their agenda or continuing deceit and hype.