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SANDOVAL TO GOP VOLUNTEERS:
DROP DEAD!
The Nevada
Republican Party sent a request to Nevada Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval - as well as Senate Minority Leader Michael Roberson and Assembly Minority
Leader Pat Hickey - over two weeks
ago asking them to co-host next May’s Nevada GOP state convention and asking
for their help in underwriting the cost.
“As
you know, Nevada Republicans have a lot on the line in this upcoming election
cycle,” Chairman Michael McDonald wrote on October 22, 2013. “As such, it’s time to put the past behind us
and begin rowing in the same direction.”
McDonald
continued, “Such a show of unity and support will mean a lot to grassroots
Republicans who are, frankly, tired of the personality conflicts and
internecine battles we’ve witnessed here over the last couple of years.”
I'm told the
governor hasn’t only ignored the request for unity and cooperation, but hasn’t
even extended the Nevada GOP the courtesy of acknowledging the request. (He got the letter, by the way; it was sent
FedEx.)
Meanwhile,
the Washoe County GOP booked Gov. Sandoval to keynote their big fundraising
dinner on November 18th.
Venue reserved. Flyers printed. Invitations
sent. Food ordered.
But
as of last Wednesday night, when I was in Reno to conduct a campaign training
workshop, I heard that no one from the governor’s office was returning phone
calls and emails from the Washoe GOP folks trying to confirm the details of his
participation, leaving organizers to fear the governor was backing out.
Turns
out, Sandoval’s peeps were, in fact, desperately looking for a face-saving way to stiff
the Washoe GOP!
And
sure enough, four days after a certain #2 liberal blogger (acting like a dick,
as usual) ridiculed a morning radio program that was hosted last Thursday by
Washoe Republican Party Chairman Tom
Taber, the governor announced that he was blowing off the fundraiser he had
already agreed to.
But
that’s an outright LIE!
Little
did the Washoe folks know, but the governor’s campaign, either intentionally or
amateurishly, had double-booked the governor to appear at a fundraiser for GOP
Secretary of State candidate Barbara
Cegavske in Las Vegas for the same evening as the Washoe GOP dinner.
Indeed,
on October 31st, on the exact same morning as the radio program in
question in Reno, the Las Vegas
Review-Journal reported
on Cegavske’s official announcement. Now
get the final paragraph of that story…
November
18. In Las Vegas. The exact same night as the Washoe GOP event. In Reno.
It’s
outrageous. Not just that the Sandoval
elected to screw the Washoe GOP, but that he and his campaign lied about the
reason and fueled the liberals’ attack on Republican Party leaders.
Seriously,
folks. It’s not just that Sandoval has
proved to be a liberal Republican and a RINO.
The outright dishonesty of his campaign is truly breathtaking,
especially from someone who used to be a federal judge.
But
this next one really takes the cake…
At
3:14 pm last Friday, November 1, as the brouhaha over Assemblyman Jim Wheeler’s videotaped “slavery”
comments was still roiling, the following email was sent to Gov. Sandoval’s
scheduler:
Greetings,
Sounds
like an awfully reasonable request from rank-and-file Republican Party leaders and volunteers
for a sit-down with their titular head, no?
And they weren’t asking the governor to come to them all of 30 minutes
up the road. These grassroots GOP
activists were more than willing to drive to Carson City for a meeting with their
governor.
At
his office. At a day of his
choosing. At a time of his convenience. How could this Republican governor possible
turn down such a reasonable request from Republican volunteers and leaders?
Here’s
how.
On
Monday, November 4th at 7:52 a.m., Christina Davis, Special Assistant to the Governor, emailed the
following response to Mr. Greninger…
Are
you kidding me?!! Over the next SEVERAL
MONTHS (!) the Republican governor couldn’t find time to meet for less than an
hour with the party officials and grassroots volunteers of the Storey County
Republican Central Committee? Is this a
joke?
No,
it’s an insult. And an outrage.
Will
Nevada Republicans ever wake up and realize that the reason, and only reason,
that the Republican Party in Nevada is so weak and ineffective is because their
very own governor not only refuses to help, but is actively undermining the GOP
here?
How
long will the Republican foot soldiers continue to bend over and say, “Thank you,
Governor, may I have another?”
I
know many are assuming Sandoval is a shoe-in for re-election, that no Democrat
can get over 50% of the vote in next year’s general election. And to them I say, look at last year’s U.S.
Senate race in Nevada and Tuesday’s election results in Virginia.
First,
bear in mind that Nevada is a Democrat-majority state. There are 100,000+ more
registered Democrats than Republicans here.
Secondly,
not only do we have two alternative third-parties in Nevada – the Libertarians
and the Independent Americans - that skew conservative, but we also have the “None
of the Above” option.
Now,
in last year’s U.S. Senate race between Republican Sen. Dean Heller and Democrat Shelley
Berkley, Heller won by about 12,000 votes (45.87 percent). But the IAP candidate in that race chalked up
almost 49,000 votes and “None of the Above” garnered over 45,000 votes.
And
look at the Virginia governor’s race on Tuesday. Republican candidate Ken Cuccinelli lost by 50,000 votes, but the Libertarian Party
candidate in that races got around 150,000 votes, enough to swing the race into
the Democrats’ hands.
So
anyone who tells you that conservative/GOP disaffection with Sandoval couldn’t
possibly swing next year’s gubernatorial race into a credible Democrat
candidate’s hands – say, Clark County Commission Chairman Steve Sisolak – isn’t looking at the numbers and is seriously “misunderestimating”
the antipathy of conservatives in Nevada today.
Get
ticked off at me all you want, but I’m telling you…if the election were held
today, no way/no how would I vote for Brian Sandoval. Not only is his word no good, but his deeds
in trying to ruin the Republican Party in Nevada are completely and totally
unacceptable.
If
only a conservative like Las Vegas City Councilman Bob Beers would challenge Sandoval in the GOP primary next year!
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