Assembly GOP Line Up RINOs into Leadership? The Fight is Not Over!

Cap-and-Traitor Cheating Chad Mayes was forced out as minority leader.

But guess what? He has been appointed as Assistant Minority Leader instead. The California Assembly leadership refuse to listen to the voters, the men and women who work hard and elected these individuals to serve the best interests of the people and the state of California.

What is going on here?

I thought that we had a victory here, didn't we?

Steven Greenhut reports:

Revenge of the RINOs: New California Republican Assembly leader Dahle thumbs nose at GOP grassroots

Sacramento . . .

Brian Dahle, the new Assembly Republican leader, just thumbed his nose at grassroots party activists. He announced a leadership team that’s a who’s who of “Republicans In Name Only.” That’s his prerogative, of course, but the lesson the Assembly GOP learned from the ouster of former leader Chad Mayes is to double down on the same strategy of making nice with the Democratic leadership.

The "leadership" will not be lead. They want to dictate, or at least go down making it clear to us "little people" that we will not be calling the shots in any meaningful way--at least as long as they think that they can last up in Sacramento.

WHAT?! Arrogance to the extreme. These politicians failed us. They lied to us, and they need to be held accountable. It's as simple as that. 

After Mayes and six of his Assembly colleagues voted to extend the governor’s cap-and-trade law by a decade, the Republican grassroots was furious. Prominent county party leaders called for Mayes’ ouster. Mayes not only went along with a deal that may increase the price of gasoline by 63 cents a gallon by 2021, but that he seemed so proud of what he had done.

Of course he was proud of it. The lack of activity, of outrage and upset against the

Mayes bragged about his “bromance” with Democratic Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon of Los Angeles. He posed for photo ops with the governor. He lectured conservatives about how the party has to change. The Republicans finally yielded to political pressure and replaced Mayes with Dahle, from the Redding area. Then instead of ameliorating the rift with conservatives, Dahle made these leadership appointments that are likely to infuriate Mayes’ opponents.

The party "leaders" want change because they want to line their pockets, they want to go along with the Sacramento Two-Step. What a terrible set of betrayals. How much more were we going to take? Not anymore! We have gone from Rodney King to Howard Beale! We are not just standing at the balconies, though. We are muscling our political power. Men and women of all backgrounds, conservatives at the kitchen table who can't figure out how to get through the month because the taxes increase and the regulations strangle us every year are not going to sit and take it anymore!

Our streets are unsafe, housing is scarce, the political class is ripping us off, and We the People face jail time for speaking our minds and stating our case. We are not going to tolerate this anymore!

For instance, Mayes is still a prominent part of the leadership team. He was appointed assistant Republican leader. The new deputy Republican leader is Rocky Chavez, the Oceanside Republican who voted for the governor’s deal and is probably the most liberal legislator in the GOP caucus. (Chavez, for instance, received a 75 percent rating out of 100 from Planned Parenthood and a 29-percent vote from the California Labor Federation.)

Rocky the RINO is just terrible. He has routinely played his conservative credentials to the crowds, but at the end of it all he just goes along with the corrupt Sacramento crowd. He wants to play the nice Latino card, going out of his way to turn illegal aliens into citizens without the legal status, while the rest of us taxpayers must pay through the teeth and watch our rights, our standing as citizens become eroded, degraded into second-class status.

Dahle also named Heath Flora of Ripon as assistant Republican leader. Flora is closely allied with the state’s labor unions. The other choices won’t ruffle feathers (Frank Bigelow as deputy Republican leader, Phillip Chen as yet another assistant Republican leader, Jay Obernolte as Republican caucus chair and Marie Waldron as Republican floor leader).

These Republicans are non-essential types. They will do what they are told, and they refuse to make noise or get in people's faces. When does this insanity stop? When we stop letting them get away with it!

Flora voted for the Cap and Betrayal, too. He was backed by Munger money, too.

I’m not sure the point of all these redundant titles, but I am sure of the point that the Assembly leaders are making. They are staying the course, and if the party’s activists don’t like it, it’s too bad.

It is too bad, for them. It's OUR Party, and we will cry aloud, spare not. We are not going to tolerate this abuse of power. These Republicans, whether committee leaders, party brass, or elected officials, all ran on a platform opposing tax increase, wanting to make California work for all taxpaying residents. This constant increase of taxes, of spending, regulatory nonsense, the attacks on life and family, the undermining of the civil and constitutional rights of all Californians, has turned California from the Golden State to the Welfare State, to the Corruptocracy of the Democracy, including illegal aliens, welfare queens, and public sector unions calling all the shots, while taking all of our money, time, resources, and dignity.

Pucker up, Brian!

The fight is not over, folks, not in the slightest. We California conservatives, Republicans, Trump supporters, grassroots activists, constitutionalists, citizens are not going to sit back and just take it on the chin. No way!

We have not yet begun to fight!

Munger's Millions Well-Spent? Hadley Campaign Major Fails Continue

Wow.

Assemblyman David Hadley obviously did not think this statewide bid for governor through.

First, there are the major slip-ups with his website.

Check out what California consultant Matt Shupe had to share:

That awkward moment when a #California candidate for Governor in 2017 doesn't make his campaign website mobile-friendly. 😬 pic.twitter.com/advcoWmMeK

— Matt Shupe (@MattShupePR) July 5, 2017

Then let's find out what where Hadley received his first donation:

First donation is from Minnesota... https://t.co/OW50a6sfLC

— Matt Shupe (@MattShupePR) July 5, 2017

We have a Mungerite running for Governor.

This should turn out well. NOT!

From Aaron Park's blog:

David Hadley has no chance of winning Governor. He had told people he was not going to declare until he raised $7.5 Million. I’d lay odds he has $1.98 right now. This is despite the fact that Mr. Hadley himself has told several people that wealthy GOP donor Charles T. Munger, Jr. has committed $1 Million to his effort. I am not sure how that works as one donor can only give about $28K.

Even if Mr. Munger could contribute $1 Million, Mr. Hadley would need another Million to get even with John Cox and then would need the gigantic list of small dollar donors that John Cox has amassed to appear as anything other than a foil.

And here's more.

Guess what David told me about RPLAC, aka RINO-PLAC?

Excuse my slight overstatement to make a point, but there is basically no CRP. There is practically no RPLAC. As far as I know, RPLAC has one paid staffer (Jason Maruca) and a lot of volunteers. They are up against the mightiest political machine in the country. The chair of the ADCC is a volunteer, doing what he/she can. Reading long emails from a person who (as far as I know) has never run for RPLAC, who wants to ask a bunch of rhetorical questions and offer a bunch of opinions about how to MakeCaliforniaGreatAgain, is not a good use of their time or my time.

So, why did he join the Central Committee in the first place?

I guess he's not invested in making California Great Again, either.

Hmmm.

And what did Gary SCAM-inoff have to say about Hadley's bid?

Why not look at what other people have to say about this take on the race?

Lots of cynicism and very little hope as it is ...

And Hadley jumps in to make it worse?

Oh brother. When does the hurting stop?

Bruce Bialosky: Time to Repeal Prop 14--NOW!

When Prop 14 appeared on the 2008 ballot, I believed what the supporters told me.

Prop 14 would bring out moderate candidates and force them to compete for all votes.

I wanted to see Republicans have a chance to win in otherwise unwinnable districts. In very few cases, two Republicans were the candidates who competed for votes in one district.

But after six years of Prop 14, it has become one of the worst thing that could happen to the California Republican Party.

Bruce Bialosky

In at least three major elections, I did not vote for a candidate at all, since I had to choose between two very left-wing Democrats.

This is not real representative democracy. This is not a qualified republican form of government at all.

Our elections are flowing south and turning Left. Fewer people are voting, since two Democrats are both equally poisonous or disappointing to prospective voters. All the premises on which Prop 14 was presented to us--have failed.

What a sham.

Bruce Bialosky provided key remarks about Prop 14:

Back in the early part of the last decade, people often asked me about running for public office. Other than I could not afford it because I was putting two kids through private school, I told them I could not run for any office except a statewide position because as a Republican it would be a hopeless cause and I don’t do hopeless political causes. Now because of the genius and money of Charles Munger, Jr., I cannot even run statewide in California with any hope of winning.

This is so sad. Republican prospective candidates are giving up, and even Republican voters are giving up. They see any bid for office, whether at the local or state level, as a lost cause and a waste of money.

Granted, no citizen or set of activists should look at a candidate as the final arbiter of his fate. They need to ensure any candidate that there is a strong base of support and a willing machine ready to help a candidate win.

Talk about a good idea gone bad -- if it was ever even a good idea. What this process has done has virtually wiped out the Republican Party from even having a chance to win statewide elections. A perfect example was the recent U.S. Senate race in California.

I worked for Duf Sundheim to have the chance to duke it out with Kamala Harris, since she entertained the race as the presumptive front-runner. She already held a statewide office, and she racked up all the endorsements from the state Democratic Party on down.

Her closest challenger became Loretta Sanchez, who was a laughable simpleton. She routinely embarrassed herself on television.

Kamala Harris did not even have to campaign that hard to win.

California now has a legislature that is not only controlled by Democrats; but, because they have super majorities in both the State Senate and Assembly, Republicans are only showing up to Sacramento to collect their per diem. 

It's a cynical yet very accurate way of describing what has happened to the California Republican Party.

What's the point of running in a primary when there is no guarantee that any Republican will make it into the general election? It has been difficult enough to get people to run. Now candidates are thinking about switching their party affiliation or not even trying at all.

Bialosky then outlined the down-ticket decimation entering into the general election:

· Five of the 20 State Senate races had no Republican.

EEK!

· Thirteen of the 80 Assembly Races had no Republican

UGH!

· Seven of the 53 Congressional races in California had no Republican.

When does the hurting stop?!

And people wonder why Hillary Clinton won a higher margin of the vote (aside from allegations of voter fraud.)

In many districts, Republicans had little incentive to vote!

One can say that in those districts Republicans probably had no chance in the general election. But the voters never actually got to hear an opposing view to the existing power structure. 

I like that Bialosky brings up this point. Republicans don't have a chance to build rapport with voters even during an election cycle, since no one runs in the race! Even the Republican is pretty much guaranteed to lose, at least there's a Republican who portray the brand.

It's hard for a weakened party to force Republican candidates to stop aside from one candidate. It just won't happen. Look at the Election 2016 US Senate race. There were over 30 candidates! 

Then Bialosky points out that even though Democrats end up spending multiple times more money because of Dem. on Dem. clashes, the final outcome hurts everyone. The intra-party fighting doesn't help Republicans, who don't even show up on the ballot!

Charles Munger., Jr.

The final point in his article cannot be overstated:

There are many factors that have led to Republicans having such a dismal performance, including a mass migration from the state of Republicans to what they perceive as more business friendly and sane places. But Munger’s ill-thought out plan to make elected officials more moderate has been an abysmal failure and given California a radical Leftist government.

What a sad irony indeed. Munger Jr. wanted to moderate as well as modernize the Republican Party.

What happened? His Prop 14 pet project failed, and has created one of the most left-wing, nigh communistic governments in the country.

It's time for repeal.

Muratsuchi's Munger Madness

Fired South Bay legislator Al Muratuchi loves to blame other people for his failures.

The partisan gridlock halted key reforms.

Or he goes after the billionaires. When did making money become a crime.

Now, he lays all the blame for his 2014 defeat at the feet of

The Bow-Tied One Charles Munger.

Never once does he hold himself accountable for not serving his constituents.

A number of locally elected officials who had endorsed Al -- are now endorsing David Hadley.

It's all about service.

It's all about being available.

No, Al, you cannot blame a physicist from Santa Clara county for your failures as a legislator.

You certainly cannot blame him for your refusal to campaign effectively.

I have spoken with community leaders throughout the South Bay. A number of them found Al Muratuschi arrogant, distant, aloof, and uncaring.

He still is.

While Hadley has appeared at city events throughout his district, and even outside of his district, local leaders have yet to find Al Muratsuchi doing anything.

David Hadley has already raised a considerable amount of money within the district. He is not depending on special interest money to hold onto his seat.

Frankly, if not for the 2012 Obama GOTV machine, Craig Huey would be the South Bay's assemblyman today.

Al Muratsuchi suffers from Munger Derangement Syndrome or Munger Madness.

He needs help, not elected office.