California Republicans beef up staff for presidential effort
By Alex Isenstadt, Politicker.com ReporterWith GOP leaders trying to make the Democratic-friendly Golden State competitive this fall, California Republicans have begun the process of filling out the party’s top political leadership positions.
The new additions, to be formally announced at a party board meeting this weekend, are designed to develop the party’s get-out-the-vote efforts in anticipation of Election Day.
“We are building the entire get-out-the-vote effort,” Bill Christiansen, the California Republican Party’s chief operating officer, told PolitickerCA.com. “We are building out the field staff little by little.”
Joining the state party’s “Victory ‘08” team is Dan Centinello, a regional director on Mitt Romney’s presidential effort, will head up the effort. Moises Merino, a five-year veteran of the California Republican Party’s political shop, will handle political duties. Mike Theisen, the Los Angeles field director in 2006, will man the political desk for the southern part of the state. Scott Broschart, who worked as a western Los Angeles field director for the party in 2006, will coordinate the 72-hour get out the vote program.
Christiansen said the Victory ’08 blueprint, which has been signed off on from the McCain campaign, the Republican National Committee, and the governor’s office, is expected to cost in the multimillions of dollars.
For McCain, winning the state’s 55 electoral votes will be a difficult task. In 2004 John Kerry defeated George W. Bush 54 percent to 44 percent in the Golden State. In 2000 Al Gore trounced Bush by a 53 percent to 41 percent margin. A recent Field Poll showed Obama leading McCain by 17 percent in the state.
But McCain has indicated that he wants to expand the map. "I intend to compete everywhere," he told USA Today this week. And Republican leaders argue that McCain has strengths that could put the state on the map.
“Senator McCain has given us the best opportunity to win California in 20 years,” Ron Nehring, the California Republican Party chairman, told PolitickerCA.com.
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Perhaps Aminoff and I should
Perhaps Aminoff and I should concede the battle of the blogs.
It's pretty obvious we are the only two Republicans posting here despite what others may claim.
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I can tell you this...CRP politicos are not going to like Centinello...I hear he has already burned a lot of bridges
YES WE CAN!
Positive enough for you?
Dems are taking over this blog
If the left actually used their time to build a positive message rather than posting negative messages on blogs, they'd be far more productive come November.
Dems are taking over this blog
If the left actually used their time to build a positive message rather than posting negative messages on blogs, they'd be far more productive come November.
oh no
Dan Centinello is awful. If he does to California what he did to Romney, the CRP is screwed.
I love comments from Liberals
Please keep feeding your anger - the voters will love it in the fall!
Victory '08 on road to success
The first premise one has to agree on is that John McCain can win California. He can.
Californians will be faced with the choice of a Marxist, "government knows better than you or me", big government spender and tax-raiser who will drive the country into an economic depression and weaken our national defense or a President who feels that families and individuals know better how to provide for their well-being than does government and who will protect our national defense. I have great faith in the American people, including those who live in California. Those Democrats who believe in a safe America and independents who can't agree with the far-left socialist policies of Obama, in addition to Republicans will join together in the best interest of America to elect John McCain in November.
The Victory '08 program sponsored by the CRP and the McCain campaign will achieve huge successes in getting Sen. McCain elected to the White House in November. Kudos to Bill Christiansen, Ron Nehring and Dan Centinello for launching the Victory '08 program to win California for Sen. McCain.
The GOP is going to waste money in California? Good.
With money tight in Republican circles this year it makes not a lot of sense to put money into the Cal. race with McCain lagging Obama 38% to 52% in the Golden State and no chance in hell.
Poor old John. He's stuck with the ass end of eight years of the Bush/Republican crime wave. He has to defend this piece of crap war. He has to defend a national debt that has grown double in that time frame. He has to defend six years of no oversight by the congress on his watch.
John McCain, the Old Salt, is stuck to Bush like barnacles to the bottom of the sinking ship of Republican corruption. Jailed Republican lobbyist and Republican Congressmen are a leading indicator of corruption and John hasn't done anything to stop it or look into it.
McCain will not investigate the Bush Administration. He will turn a blind eye to it just as the Congress and the DoJ under Bush.
Sorry John, I know it was your turn. And you will get to sail the Republican party boat once around the lake before it goes down with most of the deck hands arranging the chairs while it and they sink with you.
That is what the Republicans deserve after letting Bush get away with an immoral and unjustified war of preemption.
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