Even though it was in Burlingame, one might have expected the California Republican Party’s weekend convention to feel a bit like the last days of Pompeii. The Dems hold every statewide office and control both houses of the Legislature. Still, GOP Chairman Jim Brulte managed to halt an orgy of panic.
In a chat with reporters, the nuts-and-bolts everyman laid out his method to prevent total destruction. His three goals are to maintain the GOP majority in the House, prevent a Democratic supermajority in the Legislature and build the party from the ground up.
