To quote Andrew Jackson: "Chairman Nehring has made his decision. Now let him enforce it."

Seriously, how dumb are these people? Placer County GOP is NOT a subsidiary of the CRP and would have the same success with an "email" stating that any action by the CRP board is "null and void."

Nehring really is dumber that he looks. Do you know he has his own band?????

Jeff,

So if the chairman holds that an action taken by a county central committee in a federal race is "presumptively void" under current party rules, then how to they at the same time argue that each county central committee is to be considered independent when it comes to federal races? The later is required under the campaign finance laws that Cabana Boy voted for while serving in the 3rd district.

I wonder if he is rethinking some of this now or is at least trying figure out some other ways to restrict the free speech of those who do not have eight figure numbers in their checkbooks.

John

Bongo,

You might be on to something here: I think the Placer committee should instruct Chairman Hudson to write an E-mail to the CRP declaring that any debt run up by liberal chairman and governor's to hamstring a conservative chairman are "presumptively void."

That simple action would put Ron in a much better position to run the party as he sees fit!

John

1- Nehring makes no reference to the pre-primary endorsment of Arnold Schwarzenegger during his 2006 re-election. At least explain why the state party gets to have a special exemption.

2- Placer and other counties have been voting on and making endorsements for awhile now, why no previous response?

Because Nehring is a no-carb-eating, junketeering tool with a band

Because Nehring is a no-carb-eating, junketeering illegal-alien hiring tool. But he has his own band!

Doesn't the use of generally and presumably suggest weakness in the opinion expressed by this email?

It seems to me that they would have come straight out and body-slammed the Placer GOP if the Placer GOP was expressly wrong.

What about the pre-primary endorsements of Lungren and Arnold by the CRP itself?

Of Course the CRA Resolution speaks volumes as well - here the CRP is flailing and the CRA says it all - ...we commend the PCRCC for standing up for the CRP Platform...

Whereas, the Placer County Republican Central Committee ("PCRCC") is elected by the Republican voters of Placer County, and

Whereas, the PCRCC is charged with supporting the California Republican Party Platform; and

Whereas, the PCRCC made a CRP Platform-based decision to endorse Tom McClintock; and

Whereas, the CRP Executive Committee found that the CRP State By-Laws were "violated" by PCRCC's endorsement;

Therefore Be it Resolved that the California Republican Assembly salutes the Placer County Republican Central Committee for standing up for the California Republican Party Platform and supporting Tom McClintock.

Submitted by Aaron F. Park, CRA Sgt. At Arms

Blogger's Note - this was adopted unanimously by the body of the State CRA.

Ron Nehring is our friend and it is a bit unfair to blame him for the sorry state of the California Republican Party. It is not his fault that Duf Sundheim, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and their cronies left the California Republican Party saddled with $4.6 million in debt, much of which was never properly authorized by the Party. Now Ron is compelled to please his donors by sending silly pronouncements all over the Internet.

As to the substance of the Chairman's message, it is important to notice what the memorandum does NOT say. Ron Nehring only addresses one undisputed aspect of the California Republican Party Bylaws, without any reference to federal election laws, the First Amendment, the California Elections Code, or the legal ramifications of any attempt to create a unified party organization where a donation to the state or any county would be counted toward the overall contribution limits. Fortunately, we do not need to resolve those complex issues in the middle of the campaign season, but I think we all know how things would come out if we had to address them. The Freedom of Speech is an inalienable right and one that we must all jealously defend.

Tom,

You need to let Ron know that we have solved his debt problem on this site by declaring those loans "presumably void."

John

John,

All day yesterday you questioned the validity of what Jeff had posted by asking if it was truly the position of the Party. Today, the Chairman of the Party, on Party letterhead, posts formal notice that it is the position of the Party.

This is the second time in a week that you have chosen to try to distract from the real issue, only to be forced into acknowledging the real reason for your distraction within 24 hours.

Please don’t let this turn in to a race between your integrity and your credibility to see which can reach bottom first.

Kirk,

Would you care to produce any shred of evidence that the executive committee took any action? The E-mail simply reflects what was shared with the committee which then took NO action.

THAT is the point that I carefully made, just as those at the state party must be careful to not get themselves in serious trouble by saying that local committees are NOT independent when it comes to federal races when the state by-laws say that they are. They can ASK local committees not to endorse, but they cannot force them to stay neutral or undo an action that is taken.

If you are interested in the facts rather than trying to score political points, Tom Hudson would be happy to provide you with all the details.

John

PS: Remind me of what the first "loss of credibility" was and I will try to explain that as well, unless it was my late-night total misreading of your post which I think I apologized for.

John,

Under the false pretense of trying to protect Jeff’s credibility from an impending attack by Aaron (which, I noticed, was never made), yesterday you asserted that a statement by the Chairman of the Party does not represent the position of the Party. Today, the Chairman posted his position on the Party’s letterhead.

I must conclude that either the Chairman’s position is the position of the Party (in which case you were wrong) or that the Chairman isn’t representing the position of the Party (in which case he should be removed and I will be proved wrong).

As to the other time in less than a week that you put up a false front to divert attention, no it wasn’t your incorrect read of the Supervisors’ compensation (thank you for your correction, by the way), it was your attempt to claim that the Republican Congress debate wasn’t intentionally avoided by scheduling Ted Gaines to appear, even though Ted had his birthday fundraiser scheduled for the same night for well over a month. The truth, from your own fingertips (please see, “Republican Congress of Placer County Votes to Endorse Ose”) shows your contempt for the Congress and the obvious reason why neither Tom nor anyone representing him was scheduled to attend.

In the race to the bottom, credibility seems to be winning.

Kirk,

The scheduling mix-up was what it was and yet you want to turn that into "contempt" which I think is wrong on two fronts:

1) It is certainly wrong in regards to Senator McClintock who has attended many of the functions and state conventions by the liberal Republican groups and has even been endorsed by them in many of his races.

2) While I am certainly strongly opposed to what these groups do, I don't see how contempt is the right word when I have only asked for honesty about what is being done, ask for a fair fight on the issues and have had great personal relationship with folks like Carl Burton for years.

When you have a battle like this primary I think it is OK to use strong language, and even fun language like "Cabana Boy" and "McShopper" as long as it leads to an open and honest discussion of the issues at hand.

Sadly, you have chosen to avoid the issues, and run right to harsh language!

Why don't you run down those votes that Club for Growth has outlined in their ad and explain why you support the man that voted for a "Rain Forest" in Iowa? You know all the times your dad has pulled his hair out trying to get Republicans to hold firm on critical budget fights, so it would be good to hear why both of you are supporting a man who has often been part of the problem and not the solution. It is no secret where I am in this race or why, but we do need a little more explanation from you and your Dad.\

John

"Under the false pretense of trying to protect Jeff’s credibility from an impending attack by Aaron (which, I noticed, was never made)"

Gheez Kirk, I have had all my shots!

"yesterday you asserted that a statement by the Chairman of the Party does not represent the position of the Party. Today, the Chairman posted his position on the Party’s letterhead."

Letterhead means he is now officially wrong... kinda cool. Nice looking stationery btw...

Hudson Wrote - "Ron Nehring is our friend and it is a bit unfair to blame him for the sorry state of the California Republican Party. It is not his fault that Duf Sundheim, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and their cronies left the California Republican Party saddled with $4.6 million in debt, much of which was never properly authorized by the Party. Now Ron is compelled to please his donors by sending silly pronouncements all over the Internet."

So now it is on stationery on the internet.

Kirk - final note, some of those donors threatened not to donate unless the platform was watered down. The platform stood proudly for our Republican values... and the CRA ercognized that with the resolution we adopted. The PCRCC recognized that with the position it took as well...