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  • CRAFT: California Republicans Aligned for Top-Heaviness (recruiting the CaGoP "next generation")

    02/28/2009 11:09:38 AM PST · by NormsRevenge · 9 replies · 523+ views
    Red County/San Diego ^ | 2/28/09 | Jubal
    CRAFT is a 527 committee launched by last year by Schwarzenegger donors Larry Dodge and Paul Folino, and former Gov. Pete Wilson to recruit the "next generation" of statewide Republicans candidates. It is run by former California Republican Party Chairman Duf Sundheim. Moderate GOP pundit Tony Quinn opined at the time that CRAFT's formation "...shows the money people in the party have no faith in the California Republican party. This group would not exist if not for the fact that Republicans can't win statewide elections." Judging by CRAFT's financial disclosure, I'm not sure those involved know how to run a...
  • GOP group with link to governor wants winning candidates

    04/15/2008 7:19:50 PM PDT · by SmithL · 18 replies · 272+ views
    AP via SFGate ^ | 4/15/8 | MICHAEL R. BLOOD, AP Political Writer
    LOS ANGELES, (AP) -- A splinter group of Republicans with ties to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and financed by six-figure donations will recruit candidates with hopes of reversing the party's disappointing record in recent statewide elections. Disclosure of the group Tuesday — California Republicans Aligned for Tomorrow — comes at a time when the California Republican Party has been struggling with financial and management problems and factional strife between moderates and conservatives. A list of supporters comes from across the party's political spectrum, but the organization appears geared to promoting Republicans who can compete statewide in a state that leans Democratic....
  • State GOP Split As Convention Nears

    02/16/2008 12:11:11 PM PST · by KonoctiBill · 39 replies · 52+ views
    SF Chronicle ^ | Saturday 16 February 2008 | Carla Marinucci
    <p>This is a disappointment, we really need to get our act together if we are going to impress upon voters the importance of GOP leadership to lead this country to better times.</p>