Romney Endorsed By YRFC and Califronia Republican Assembly

Hat tip to Flash Report: Mitt Romney has had a great week in California. First, on Wednesday night, the Young Republican Federation of California's Board of Directors voted to endorse the Romney campaign - becoming the first grassroots group in the state to endorse Governor Romney. To add to that the California Republican Assembly (CRA) joined the YRFC by overwhelmingly voting to endorse the Romney campaign. By a vote of 148 - 73, CRA took a big step in showing clearly that the conservative base of the Republican Party is coalescing around Governor Romney. Romney beat Thompson with Paul and Hunter in third and fourth.

Mike Spence, President of the California Republican Assembly shared Three Lessons from the CRA Endorsement of Mitt Romney. In Summary: 1) Romney wants to win and will organize to do it. CRA reached out to every campaign. The bigger the fight the bigger and better the convention and the better for CRA. The campaign for Mitt Romney was the most active in trying to get the endorsement. . . . Fred Thompson had only a few volunteers, some of them new to CRA. . . . Where were the legislators that endorsed him just a few days ago? . . . Where was Huckabee? If you are going to be POTUS you might want to try to campaign in every state. The new primary system demands it. 2) More people are getting over the “Mormon” thing. . . .While that view is still there for some, they are become less focused on that as Romney becomes the most conservative viable alternative to Giuliani. CRA members who in their personal capacity work / volunteer for Traditional Value Coalition, Capitol Resource Institute, Eagle Forum etc. were supporting Romney. Nationwide you see people like Paul Weyrich, Bob Jones etc. doing the same thing. 3) Ron Paul is overshadowing traditional conservatives like Duncan Hunter and Tom Tancredo. The boomlet for libertarian Ron Paul is squashing the chances of Hunter or Tancredo to get their message out and to gain momentum. . . . The difficulty for the Paul campaign will be focusing people who don’t like rules to follow them in order to win caucuses. . . . While Mitt Romney is not the perfect candidate, he is becoming the conservative alternative to a Giuliani nomination and he is doing what is needed to be President.

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