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Republicans endorse immigration reform, plan minority outreach in post-election report

Posted: 3/20/2013

The Republican Party, after holding up a mirror to itself and completing a lengthy analysis of what went wrong in the last election cycle, issued an extensive report Monday that formally endorsed immigration reform and outlined an ambitious drive to reach out to minority groups and build a winning coalition.

"When someone rolls their eyes at us, they are not likely to open their ears to us," the ...

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Karl Rove addresses CA GOP county chairs

Posted: 3/4/2013

Ahead of his lunchtime address to the convention at large, top Republican strategist Karl Rove spoke to county chairs about burnishing the party's message and revitalizing its local mobilization effort.?
Rove emerged from a closed-door gathering of Republican county chairs about half an hour after the meeting began. His talk touched on coordinating the party's pitch to voters, Mariposa County chair Richard Westfall said.
"He talked about being cohesive and keeping the party together," Westfall said. "Just basically that we have to try to get together and get the message out there." ...

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Sen. Bill Monning's soda tax back on legislative agenda

Posted: 2/26/2013

SACRAMENTO--Two years after momentum for a statewide soda tax seemed to fizzle out, the effort is back.
A bill introduced Friday by Sen. Bill Monning, D-Carmel, would impose a penny-per-ounce tax on sweetened beverages, raising up to $1.7 billion for health and education programs aimed at fighting childhood obesity. It mirrors prior legislation the Democrat-controlled Legislature failed to act upon.
"It's been demonstrated that the increased tax does reduce consumption," Monning said Monday. "If you look at the model of the tobacco tax, it had a very positive effect."
A prominent health ...

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Ben Shapiro to speak at CRP Spring Convention

Posted: 2/25/2013

Conservative commentator and writer Ben Shapiro has been added to the agenda for the California Republican Party convention.
Shapiro, who is the editor-at-large of Breitbart.com, will fill a dinner speaking slot that was originally set to feature GOP strategist Karl Rove. Rove's talk has been moved to the Saturday luncheon because of a scheduling conflict.
Shapiro won praise from the right for a heated exchange with CNN's Piers Morgan, posted above, in which he accused the host of being a bully on gun control and "standing on the graves of the children" killed in the December mass shooting ...

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A message from Nan Lesnick, Chairwoman

Republicans endorse immigration reform, plan minority outreach in post-election report

Karl Rove addresses CA GOP county chairs

Sen. Bill Monning's soda tax back on legislative agenda

Ben Shapiro to speak at CRP Spring Convention

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