Wed 31 Jan 2007
While we were busy sniping at each other about who would lead the state party Mitt Romney was putting together his Arizona team. While it is a little skewed toward Maricopa County (what’s new) it is an impressive group.
If I was supporting the current Republican front-runner I would be more worried about this crew than about a certain district chair or even the state chairman.
Thanks to Espresso Pundit for alerting us to this development.
Wed 31 Jan 2007
Finally someone writes a positive story about the future of the Republican Party. Kudos to Len Munsil for talking about a brighter tomorrow.
Wednesday 1-31-07, 7:40 am
Wed 31 Jan 2007
What can one say about this photo snatched off the front page of Drudge?
Tue 30 Jan 2007
During the AZ CD 8 general election Gabby ran a get tough on the border ad. The ad lives on at You Tube. This weekend the Border Patrol apprehended some more economic refugees (future guest workers) that were here for more than just regular work. We know Gabby has only been on the job for 3 weeks but we are waiting for the specifics of that plan for “tough new border security” that she talked about during the election.
Just in case she forgets about the promise we will be happy to remind her every few months.
Tuesday 1-30-07, 11:00 am
Tue 30 Jan 2007
Ask any vet or animal control specialist why the majority of dogs and cats are euthanized and they’ll tell you its because they are not wanted.
In Monday’s edition of the Republic, EJ Montini made his annual appeal for a very dangerous bill that would do the same to our sick and elderly. He even had to bring his mother into the column to make the point that his cat got better treatment options. The problem is that Montini, like most liberals, fails to recognize the difference between an animal and a human being.
The good news is that the chairman of the House Health Committee will never let this bill get a hearing.
For more about previous attempts at the legislature to pass euthanasia legislation, please visit my 2006 posting.
Tue 30 Jan 2007
It’s that time again. Sonoran Alliance is now accepting writers to this blog.
Here are the requirements:
1) You must be willing to write/contribute often.
2) You must be a conservative Republican who adores the party platform.
3) You are not allowed to post profane, vulgar or false posts.
4) Any posting must contain reliable and credible third-party source references (No ultra-liberal sources) if necessary.
5) You should be able to compose a coherent, grammatically-correct sentence/paragraph/essay.
If you are interested, please submit your contact info and a sample writing to the website for consideration.
Thank you!
DSW
Mon 29 Jan 2007
I know you are thinking; But Pullen won. Randy did not so much win as receive the responsibility of watching over the state party for 2 years, a big task to be sure. He should take a deep breath and pray for the party to come together, we all should. Early reports are that he is working closely with the executive committee and building consensus, a good sign.
Sonoran Alliance would like to congratulate Lisa James on a well-run and hard fought campaign. We hope that Lisa and all of her supporters will stay involved and help move the party forward. We have some city council elections in 2007 but the main focus is getting Republicans elected in 2008.
This was my first state convention. I did not realize how long the speeches went and how brief the voting was. The main attraction was the election for Chairman. Things were going fine for Randy until Trent Franks spoke for Lisa. For a conservative, leaving the auditorium and walking over to vote for Pullen after hearing Trent was like having lead weights around your ankles. It was tough to fill in the arrow for Randy with Trent’s words still fresh in my mind. Also tough was trying to remind others why they had planned on voting for Randy after Munsil and Franks spoke.
When they announced the final vote I was stunned. The party was split down the middle. I hope that some of the dire predictions made before the elections do not come true. I think some people will be surprised at how well Pullen actually does as chairman. We certainly wish him all the best.
The final vote count was:
Chairman
Pullen – 408
James – 404
Treasurer
Lee - 635
Kraus - 166
Members-at-Large (please correct my spelling if in error.)
CD 2
Phil Corbell
Debbie Lesko
(First Name) Rohn-Nelson
CD 3
Rob Haney
Marne Haney
Mark Zemel
CD 4
Milton Wheat
Constantin Querard
Charlotte Reed
CD 5
Chris Dahm
Tom Morrissey
Donna Reagan
CD 6
Web Crockett
Steve Johnson
Leo Mahoney
CD 7
Gene Chewning
Phil Townson
C.R. Waters
CD 8
Cyndi Collins
Randy Graf
Stephanie Johnson
Sunday 1-28-07, 9:15 pm
I do apologize if this post is too reflective. If you need something a little stronger here is some real red meet to read (see Jury Still out on Shadegg, Jan. 28, 2007.)
Framer at Arizona 8th was not a voting delegate to the convention but he wrote a nice piece about what it was like to be there.
Sat 27 Jan 2007
I know Hillary Clinton is not running for American Idol but my goodness, this woman cannot sing. But I bet she can sure do the Hustle.
Sat 27 Jan 2007
Results are in and the new chairman of the Republican Party of Arizona is Randy Pullen. After one of the most hotly contested races in recent history, Randy Pullen won by only four votes.
I’m guessing our staff of bloggers will have more details to report…
Fri 26 Jan 2007
1. Start with the list of endorsements provided by both campaigns. No, not the entire list of everyone who claims to be a supporter, but just the names of people who are also State Committeemen.
2. When a husband and wife are both State Committeemen and only one appears as an endorsement while the other does not, we assume that the spouse WILL vote for the same candidate.
3. Where both candidates claim the endorsement of the same person, we try to contact that person and determine who they are actually supporting.
As of Thursday, January 25th, the vote count stands as follows:
Randy Pullen – 379 of which 1 is questionable
Lisa James – 131 of which 1 is questionable
Unclaimed – 330
Both candidates claim the support of the same 5 people, but Pullen has the signatures of 2 on support cards while a third person tells West Washington that he did not tell Lisa he was supporting her and that he is supporting Pullen. We have resolved one of the remaining two cases who says that she is supporting Pullen. The other one remains unreachable, so we have left their vote on BOTH vote counts.
Privately, Pullen’s campaign is indicating that they now have well in excess of the number of votes needed to win. Some of these votes do not wish to be seen publicly endorsing Pullen because they do not want to upset their Congressman or district leadership, so they have asked not to be listed on Pullen’s website. We do not include those figures because we believe that the most accurate count is of those who will publicly stand with a candidate. Those who do so privately may well be making the same promise to both candidates. Nevertheless, Pullen would need only 40 votes out of the 330 votes still outstanding to win and it is highly likely that he has those commitments already. Furthermore, his already substantial lead would strongly suggest that even if he had no additional votes at this time, he would not have troubling attracting the support of a mere 12%-13% of the remaining voters.
At this time, Eyes on West Washington is calling the race for Randy Pullen.
If Randy does in fact win, then we will have invented “Entrance Polling” and we will be considered very cool. If Randy does not win, then we shall never speak of this again!
Next week, we shall turn our eyes back to West Washington for more news!