History of the California Republican Assembly: 75 Years of the Republican Assembly Movement

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CRA Endorses DeVore, Poizner and others for 2010 Primary

California Republican Assembly members met in convention at the Knott's Berry Farm Resort Hotel March 5-7 to endorse candidates for office in the June Primary.  The three day event was well attended, and all of the statewide candidates, and their campaign operatives, converged on the hotel to make their case to delegates.

On Sunday afternoon, after a lengthy day of parliamentary maneuvering, votes were cast and the following were endorsed by CRA:

CRA Endorsements for the June 2010 Primary Election

U.S. Senate                                        Chuck DeVore

Governor                                            Steve Poizner

Lt. Governor                                      Sam Aanestad

Attorney General                             John Eastman

Secretary of State                            Damon Dunn

State Treasurer                                 Mimi Walters

State Controller                                Tony Strickland

Supt of Public Instruc.                    Diane Lenning

Bd of Equalization, Dist 2             George Runnner

Bd of Equalization, Dist 3            Michelle Steel

Proposition 13                                  YES

Proposition 14                                  NO

Proposition 15                                  NO

Proposition 16                                 YES

Proposition 17                                 YES

"While we at CRA do not agree with Steve on every issue, of the two most viable candidates for the Republican nomination for Governor, Steve Poizner is the more conservative.” stated CRA President Ken Mettler.

“In addition,” Mettler continued “Steve Poizner has a solid plan to return California to fiscal sanity. Steve is an experienced business owner and he has won statewide office and done an excellent job heading up our State’s Insurance Department as its Elected Commissioner.“

Endorsement by the California Republican Assembly requires support by two-thirds of delegates voting at convention.

The endorsement convention coincided with CRA's 75th Anniversary Celebration.  Incorporated in 1935, CRA is the state's oldest and largest Republican volunteer organization.  President Ronald Reagan referred to CRA as "the conscience of the Republican Party."

For more information about the California Republican Assembly: www.californiarepublicanassembly.com

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Texas Republican Assembly Endorsed Candidates Succeed in Primary

March 3, 2010:  Six Five candidates endorsed by the Texas Republican Assembly will move ahead in their bid for public office following the March 2 primaries. They are:

• Brian Russell for State Board of Education District 10 - Primary runoff  April 13, 2010
• Justice Eva Guzman for Supreme Court Justice Place 9
• Dan Flynn for TX House District 2
• David Simpson for TX House District 7

The fifth and sixth candidates carry the endorsement of the Dallas County Republican Assembly:

• Cindy Burkett for Texas House District 101
• Stefani Carter for Texas House District 102

The candidates were selected by secret ballot of the membership at the Assembly’s annual meeting on Saturday, February 6. Assembly bylaws require a 2/3 majority to earn an endorsement.

The Texas Republican Assembly is affiliated with the National Federation of Republican which bills itself as “the Republican Wing of the Republican Party,” meaning they seek to help elect strong social and fiscal conservatives.

CONTACT: Michael Gallops, President, mgallops@texasra.org

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ICET DOMINATES STRAW-POLL AND EARNS KEY ENDORSEMENT AT STATEWIDE LINCOLN DAYS

March 1, 2010: Allen Icet’s campaign for Missouri Auditor gained serious momentum in a record-setting Statewide Lincoln Days this weekend in St. Louis. Icet, the only conservative in the Republican primary for Missouri auditor, dominated a straw-poll of Republican stalwarts conducted at statewide Lincoln Days by Survey Missouri, LLC, an independent pollster. Icet took nearly 90 percent of the votes in the straw poll, beating primary opponent Tom Schweich 87.31 percent to 12.69 percent.

Icet also earned the endorsement of the Missouri Republican Assembly. The MRA is a broad-based coalition of Reagan conservatives dedicated to tax cuts, tax reform, the right to bear arms, pro-life values, and the advancement of traditional Republican values. They support Republican candidates most likely to uphold conservative principles.

Icet campaign manager Keith Kirk said he was not surprised by the weekend’s events. “Conservatives overwhelmingly support Allen Icet,” said Kirk. “ Allen has conservative friends and supporters in every community in our state.”

“This campaign will be a true test of Missouri’s conservative values,” continued Kirk. That’s why over 200 conservative activist held a rally in support of Allen’s campaign this past Saturday afternoon. They came from all corners of our great state to support Allen’s values and his campaign. Come August, I think we’ll find that Missourians will proudly join in Allen Icet’s effort to bring fiscal sanity and common sense conservative values to the office of the Missouri Auditor.”

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Contact: Ross Branson, 573.645.0553

http://www.icetforauditor.com/

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Missouri Republican Assembly Endorses Roy Blunt for U.S. Senate.

The Missouri Republican Assembly concurs with Congressman Roy Blunt who responded, “The 2010 election will determine the direction and fate of our Constitutional Republic and the liberty enjoyed by future generations. We must all, diligently, work now, to secure those Constitutional Liberties established by our Founding Fathers.”

Saint Charles, MO -- (February 27, 2010) ─ The Missouri Republican Assembly endorsement convention has unanimously endorsed Congressman Roy Blunt for the Republican nomination for United States Senator. The vote was taken during Missouri Lincoln Days in Saint Charles, Missouri, with the endorsement convention recalling the words of Thomas Jefferson who said, “One man with courage is a majority.”

William S. Magill, Chairman of the Missouri Republican Assembly, stated; “Congressman Blunt is a statesman whose moral compass steadfastly points to true North. A Statesman, who at the core of his very soul, understands that the Liberty of which the Constitution of the United States speaks includes the freedom and right to life, the freedom to be raised and nurtured in a traditional family, the freedom to choose our own destiny, unencumbered by unnecessary Governmental interference, and the freedom of death with dignity. Congressman Blunt is not only a friend of genuine conservative values; he is a valiant warrior for them.”

“This election is not complicated," Roy Blunt said. "Missourians understand that Washington is broken and if the country continues to be driven in the wrong direction by Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and Barack Obama it could become irrevocably broken. We must and we will lead the charge to restore conservative principles and protect our Constitutional Liberties in Washington. Missourians want their federal government to do the things it should be doing well, and then get out of the way so Missourians can create jobs and prosperity. I am honored that the Missouri Republican Assembly is endorsing my candidacy and I look forward to working with principled conservatives throughout the state to help more Missourians achieve the American Dream in an America as envisioned by our Founding Fathers.”

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Released under the authority of the Missouri Republican Assembly.

Missouri Republican Assembly 1536 E. Primrose Springfield, MO 65804

Contact: Dr. W. Scott Magill
(417) 886-8898
Hollideck@aol.com

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Hurtling Down the Road to Serfdom

by John Stossel

Government is taking us a long way down the Road to Serfdom. That doesn't just mean that more of us must work for the government. It means that we are changing from independent, self-responsible people into a submissive flock. The welfare state kills the creative spirit.

F.A. Hayek, an Austrian economist living in Britain, wrote "The Road to Serfdom" in 1944 as a warning that central economic planning would extinguish freedom. The book was a hit. Reader's Digest produced a condensed version that sold 5 million copies.

Hayek meant that governments can't plan economies without planning people's lives. After all, an economy is just individuals engaging in exchanges. The scientific-sounding language of President Obama's economic planning hides the fact that people must shelve their own plans in favor of government's single plan.

At the beginning of "The Road to Serfdom," Hayek acknowledges that mere material wealth is not all that's at stake when the government controls our lives: "The most important change ... is a psychological change, an alteration in the character of the people."

This shouldn't be controversial. If government relieves us of the responsibility of living by bailing us out, character will atrophy. The welfare state, however good its intentions of creating material equality, can't help but make us dependent. That changes the psychology of society.

I'll explore this tomorrow night on my Fox Business show, 8 p.m. Eastern (rebroadcast Friday at 10 p.m.).

According to the Tax Foundation, 60 percent of the population now gets more in government benefits than it pays in taxes. What does it say about a society in which more than half the people live at the expense of the rest? Worse, the dependent class is growing. The 60 percent will soon be 70 percent.

Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin seems to understand the threat: He's worries that "more people have a stake in the welfare state than in free enterprise. This is a road that Hayek perfectly described as 'the road to serfdom.'" (Tomorrow I will ask Ryan why, if he understands this, he voted for TARP and the auto bailouts.)

Kurt Vonnegut understood the threat of government-imposed equality. His short story "Harrison Bergeron" portrays a future in which no one is permitted to have any physical or intellectual advantage over anyone else. A government Handicapper General weighs down the strong and agile, masks the faces of the beautiful and distracts the smart.

So far, the Handicapper General is just fantasy. But Vice President Joe Biden did shout at the Democratic National Convention: "Everyone is your equal, and everyone is equal to you." If he meant that we're all equal in rights and before the law, fine. If he meant government shouldn't put barriers in the way of opportunity, great. But statists like Biden usually have more in mind: They want government to make results more equal.

Two actual examples of the lunacy:

When colleges innovated by having students use Kindle e-book readers instead of expensive textbooks, the Justice Department sued them, complaining that the Kindle discriminates against blind students. The department also is suing the Massachusetts prison system because it makes prospective prison guards take a physical test. Since women don't do as well as men on that test, Justice claims the test discriminates against women.

Arthur Brooks, who heads the American Enterprise Institute, says statism is becoming the "central organizing power in our economy," and that the battle between free enterprise and statism will shape our futures. He remains optimistic because a recent poll showed that 70 percent of Americans want free enterprise. I'm less sanguine. In that same poll, 54 percent of Americans said government should exert more control over the economy. Brooks discounts that, claiming people forget their "core values" during crises.

But he asks the right question: Do we want a culture of takers or makers? Ryan and Brooks say most people want "the American idea": freedom and self-responsibility. I fear they want a Mommy State to take care of them. What do you think?

The choice is crucial. If we continue down the Road to Serfdom, our destination will be a poorer society, high unemployment, stagnation and complacency.

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Texas Republican Assembly Endorses Candidates

Fort Worth, TX – Texas Republican Assembly president, Michael Gallops, today announced the organization’s full endorsement of candidates in several contested Republican primary races.

Gallops declared, “It is with great pleasure that I announce the Texas Republican Assembly endorsement of the following candidates. These candidates represent our beliefs, principles and values and we will do everything we can to ensure they win their primary races.”

The candidates were selected by secret ballot of the membership at the Assembly’s annual meeting on Saturday, February 6. Assembly bylaws require a 2/3 majority to earn an endorsement.

Candidates being endorsed by Texas Republican Assembly are:

• Victor Carrillo for Railroad Commissioner

• Brian Russell for State Board of Education District 10

• Don McLeroy for State Board of Education District 9

• Justice Eva Guzman for Supreme Court Justice Place 9

• Dan Flynn for TX House District 2

• Betty Brown for TX House District 4

• David Simpson for TX House District 7

• Michael Banks for TX House District 11

The Texas Republican Assembly is affiliated with the National Federation of Republican which bills itself as “the Republican Wing of the Republican Party,” meaning they seek to help elect strong social and fiscal conservatives.

CONTACT: Michael Gallops, President, mgallops@texasra.org

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Thank You, Tim Tebow

by Sarah Palin

Women's Rights groups, like NOW, commendably call out advertisers and networks for airing sexist and demeaning portrayals of women that lead to young women's diminished self-esteem and acceptance of roles as mere sexed-up objects.

What a ridiculous situation they're getting themselves into now with their protest of CBS airing a pro-life ad during the upcoming Super Bowl game.

The ad will feature Heisman trophy winner Tim Tebow and his mom, and they'll speak to the sanctity of life and the beautiful potential within every innocent child as Mrs. Tebow acknowledges her choice to give Tim life, despite less than ideal circumstances.

Messages like this empower women! This speaks to the strength and commitment and nurturing spirit within women. The message says everything positive and nothing negative about the power of women - and life. Evidently, some women's rights groups like NOW do not like that message.

NOW is looking at the pro-life issue backwards. Women should be reminded that they are strong enough and smart enough to make decisions that allow for career and educational opportunities while still giving their babies a chance at life.

In my own home, my daughter Bristol has also been challenged by pro-abortion "women's rights" groups who don't agree with her decision to have her baby, nor do they like the abstinence message which she articulated as her personal commitment.

NOW could gain ground and credibility with everyday Americans, thus allowing their pro-women message to be heard by more than just their ardent supporters, if they made wiser decisions regarding which battles to pick. They should call attention to and embrace the Tebows' message, instead of covertly and overtly disrespecting what Mrs. Tebow, Bristol, and millions of other women have chosen to do (in less than ideal circumstances).

My message to these groups who are inexplicably offended by a pro-woman, pro-child, pro-life message airing during the Super Bowl:

Please concentrate on empowering women, help with efforts to prevent unexpected pregnancies, stay consistent with your message that for too long women have been made to feel like sex objects in our "modern" culture and that we can expect better in 2010.

But don't let your double standard glare so vividly as to undo some of the good to which you could contribute.

And CBS: just do the right thing. Don't cave. Have the backbone to run the ad.

To the Tebows: thank you. America is listening. We appreciate you.

Sarah Palin

[TTP Note:  CBS News legal analyst Jan Crawford has publicly condemned the "hypocrisy" of the NOW protest against the Tebow ad, and NOW's "stunning" attempt to "silence discussion of society's most contentious issue."]

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Memo to Steele: GOP Will Win

By Dick Morris

Pessimism is no more attractive in a party leader than it is in a high school cheerleader. And in the case of Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Michael Steele, it is unwarranted as well. Despite his prediction, on Fox News, that GOP congressional control will not come “this year,” the Republican Party has a very, very good chance of taking both houses of Congress in 2010.

We are in the midst of a political tsunami. To judge that the water will only ascend a hundred feet or two hundred or three hundred is entirely speculative. Generally, once these things start, they go further than anyone would have thought likely. Only rarely do they fall short.

President Barack Obama’s determination to march ahead with his full socialist agenda, including the imposition of a healthcare system a majority doesn’t want, can only strengthen the winds and the tide that is approaching. The 60-vote Democratic Senate majority is empowering such arrogance and disdain for the democratic process that it is easy to see how it will trigger an equal and opposite reaction in the 2010 elections.

The tsunami of 2010 is qualitatively different from the other slaughters of incumbents that took place in 1994 or 1974 or 1964. In those years, one party overstepped its bounds and the other exploited its rival’s vulnerability. They were classic instances of the voters correcting for the excessive liberalism, conservatism or dishonesty of the incumbent regime.

But 2010 is different. It is not only that Obama is too liberal or that the Democrats have given us unemployment that won’t end, a deficit that won’t shrink, a newfound vulnerability to terrorism after seven safe years and a healthcare system a majority abhors.

2010 will be a unique year because voters have seen the myth of the moderate Democrat exposed. There is no longer any such animal. No moderate or conservative voter can rest on the assumption that his congressman or senator will stand firm for his values in the face of party pressure. The sweep of 2010 will be due as much to this intellectual insight as to any other cause, and this will make it even more powerful.

In the House, party switches have already won the Republicans one seat and more are likely to follow. Among open seats, Republicans will probably lose two and the Democrats six, reducing their margin to 35.

Then there are 28 Democrats who might lose who come from districts won by McCain. Seventeen are very vulnerable and 11 others somewhat less so.

But even these 11 longtime incumbents may find that their constituents cannot be bought by earmarks nor deluded into voting for what they are told is a “conservative” Democrat.

Eight Democrats — six of them freshmen — come from districts McCain narrowly lost and they narrowly won. And 11 others — three of them freshmen — are only slightly less vulnerable.

Republicans need to defeat 35 of these 47 Democrats to take control. Not a task that is at all beyond reach.

In the Senate, the Republicans will easily hold all their open seats except for Ohio, Missouri and New Hampshire. Since Missouri went for McCain, count it likely to send Rep. Roy Blunt to the Senate. Since Ohio is the quintessential swing state, it is hard to see how it does not go Republican as well. In New Hampshire, Kelly Ayotte, the Republican, looks to be ahead, although the state is too Democratic to regard her as safe.

Democrats look to lose at least five seats: in Delaware, Arkansas, Nevada, North Dakota and Colorado. But in a tsunami, Republicans would likely pick up Illinois and Pennsylvania (with or without an Arlen Specter retirement or a loss in the primary), too. Four to go.

Despite Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal’s appeal and his state’s liberalism, the Chris Dodd seat cannot be considered safe in this kind of year. Nor can California’s Barbara Boxer take victory over Carly Fiorina for granted.

For the remaining two seats, the Republicans need strong candidates in Indiana, Washington state, Oregon, Wisconsin and against Kirsten Gillibrand in New York.

A strong candidate can be born or made. Even a relatively weak newcomer can gather strength from the kind of tsunami working its way toward Washington. The irresistible numbers of a GOP landslide make all of these seats winnable.

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