This weekend the Republican Western State Leadership Conference was held in San Diego.  On Friday Governor Schwarzenegger was the featured guest speaker for lunch.  He introduced several people in the crowd including RNC Chairman Mike Duncan, Immediate Past CA GOP Chairman Duf Sundheim and then current CA GOP Chairman Ron Nehring.  The room was packed with about 250 attendees including major donors and RNC members.

In introducing Nehring, the Governor half joking said: Ron has agreed to bring the Republican Party more toward the center.  Schwarzenegger quickly followed with:  You better be careful, Fleischman will be all over you for that.

The FlashReport’s own Jon Fleichman is a former appointee of the governor and has built a personal relationship with Schwarzenegger over the years.  The Governor clearly knows the impact Jon has on politics and public policy in California, but I was pretty surprised to hear the Governor invoke Jon’s name in that way when Jon wasn’t even there.

We already know that the Governor’s staff reads the FlashReport.  Perhaps the Govanator himself has it bookmarked too.

This entry was posted on Monday, September 24th, 2007 at 12:00 am and is filed under Blog Posts.