California: Bill Jones

ANAHEIM – Former Sec. of State Bill Jones addressed the California Republican Convention moments before the start of the presidential debate Friday night, revving up the dinner crowd with a  appeal to support John McCain.
 
"This debate tonight is about the future of the country," Jones said. "This is not about how many people can come out on a Friday night for a Republican convention."
 

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. - Former U.S. Senate candidate Rosario Marin said she still believes she'll have a speaking role at the Republican National Convention, but she's not sure if she'll speak Wednesday or Thursday.

Marin, a member of the California delegation to the convention, said her speech will focus on the need for ongoing government reform to fit with a theme that presumptive Republican presidential nominee U.S. Sen. John McCain has embraced.

Three members of the California Republican delegation have been named as officers for the Republican National Convention next month in St. Paul, Minn.

U.S. Reps. Kevin McCarthy and David Dreier and National Committeeman Tom Morgan will be principal officers at the convention, Sept. 1 through 4.

Morgan will be the convention treasurer, which stems from his role as treasurer of the Republican National Committee.

McCarthy will be chairman of the National Committee on Resolutions, or the Platform Committee, while Dreier will serve as parliamentarian.

[img_assist|nid=1150|title=California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger|desc=Getty Images Photo|link=none|url=undefined|align=none|width=420|height=239]The California Democratic and Republican parties have filled out their leadership posts to this summer’s conventions in Denver and Minneapolis.