Neel Kashkari aims to rebrand GOP in state gubernatorial bid SACRAMENTO >> Neel Kashkari is trying to rewrite the playbook for Republican gubernatorial candidates in California and nudge the party back to relevance after years of declining registration. Taking a somewhat unusual approach for a Republican candidate, he has focused his campaign on helping the poor and fixing California schools. But he also finds himself in the position of many Republican candidates in a state where they are the decided minority. The former U.S. Treasury official faces an enormous challenge against the political and fundraising machine of Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown, who has criticized Kashkari for his role leading the national bank bailout. The governor also has highlighted other points on Kashkari’s resume, including his work as an investment banker at Goldman Sachs and at the bond investment company Pimco. Given those ties, it is somewhat unusual that Kashkari is seeking to emphasize income disparity in California, where unemployment has rebounded from the height of the recession but remains at 7.4 percent statewide and is much higher in some areas of the state. Kashkari, an Ohio native who is the son of Indian-American immigrants, says he wants to let voters know that Republicans care about the downtrodden as much as [...] newsinca/neel-kashkari-aims-to-rebrand-gop-in-state-gubernatorial-bid-2/
Posted on: Sun, 05 Oct 2014 07:45:24 +0000