California Republican Party Chair Nehring Declares “War” on Senator Don Perata

[courtesy of California Progress Report]

I Guess Republicans Just Like “War”…

By Bill Cavala
A veteran of over 30 years in Sacramento

I don’t know how Senator Perata sleeps nights. Not only has he been subjected to the world’s longest phony investigation by the world’s most partisan US Attorney and Justice Department, now he’s the target of State GOP Chair, Ron Nehring.

It seems Nehring blames Senator Perata for the forthcoming recall election against Senator Jeff Denham.

Now it is valid to say that Perata contributed to the cost of putting paid petition signature gatherers on the streets. But Perata didn’t pay anyone to sign those petitions.

It was local registered voters in Denham’s Senate District who necessitated this recall election.

Nehring’s call for a Republican uprising in all 58 Counties of California only adds to the picture of an elected official abandoned by his own people. Why isn’t there a call to mobilize the GOP activists in Salinas?

Well, it seems that the voters here support Governor Schwarzenegger, and when he asked for Denham’s vote – on his budget – he was stiffed by the Senator. For weeks, Denham kept the Republican Governor’s budget his hostage. Schwarzenegger sent in his Director of Finance to make the case to voters in the district – but Denham refused to listen – preferring to keep a pledge to Orange County Republicans that he would stick with them rather than listen to his own electorate.