The Republican Party in California: Where Do We Go from Here? (7/10/09)

The Republican Party in California: Where Do We Go from Here?

Abe Maldonado, California State Senator
Joe Tuman, Professor of Political and Legal Communications, San Francisco State University
Tom Del Beccaro, Vice Chair, California Republican Party
Carla Marinucci, Political Writer, San Francisco Chronicle

In the wake of significant Democratic victories in the congressional and presidential elections, Republicans are divided over the best way to move forward and regain political ground. The debate is playing out on both the national and regional stage: In California, the months-long budget showdown revealed a split among Republican officials. Join us to hear from some of the major players in the California GOP about the future of the party.

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• republican party
• politics

[rhersh2011]

California needs the Republican Party to be more active create jobs with Hydrogen looking at the California Republic Flag and looking at the great things that are ahead for the future 2016-2020 California Republican Party is exciting and gives the latest in engineering and a better future

[dalecampbl8]

You are NO LONGER the party of Lincoln, the GOP is what the slave owning DEM were during Lincoln's days. the Tags have stayed the same, but the party has switched...if there was Slavery today, the GOP party would certainly turn a blind eye to it.. GOP are all white corporatist plutocracy ideology that hates muslims and will waste the resources of the middle class. But the GOP has the best lie factories in the nation...how else do you convince people to vote against public option healthcare?

[dalecampbl8]

I love CA, this year has reaffirmed out disdain for the GOP ideology...the stupidity of that party is astounding...UC Educated people will never vote for the GOP...bunch of parasites who voted to destroy out education system, who defunded everything for the people to rise thorugh hardships...bunch of losers...nationally the war in Iraq and "only tax breaks for the rich" are truly a sore eye in CA. The rest of the world must follow CA's lead...if not for GOP, we'd be 10times better, nat'lly

[Jenni1fer]

@jenn1ifer Lol kidding, Republicans SUCK!!!

[TankSombrero]

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[TankSombrero]

Feeney (R) guilty of voter fraud solicits programmer to rig software in Florida..

[Panchito4242]

Maldonado is a disgrace, a RINO, RINOs being one of the MAIN causes why we Republicans --that is, those who agree with the party platform-- are moving away. However, we need an electoral instrument to get rid of the Maldonados of the world. We MUST dump the GOP of RINOs (Maldonado, Schwarzenegger, McCain, Susan Collins, Olympia Snowe, etc), opportunists (Huckabee, Gingrich, Romney) and bosses (McConnell, Steele, etc), and reclaim the Party of Lincoln.

[coastaltam]

It's well documented that Maldonado wants to jump to the Democratic Party - that's why he pushed the bill for open primaries. He is indeed a traitor, and a self-serving one. Living in his district, I would actively campaign for a true conservative who can help us build the state again instead of tax it to death. Maldonado needs to go.

[ryratt]

People are leaving the Republican Party because of Abel Maldonado. I know because I was one of them. Republicans like him have no principles.

[roughwaytogo]

This is a mock democracy that history provides only one antidote, REVOLUTION.