GOOD AS GOLD: Claiming a county organization...

GOOD AS GOLD: Claiming a county organization larger than those in some states, Orange County’s Republican Party is a potential gold mine for U.S. Sen. Pete Wilson--if he can overcome some conservatives’ hesitancy toward him (A3). . . . County party officials say Wilson’s gubernatorial campaign should be able to raise more than the several hundred thousand dollars President Bush generated in Orange County in 1988. . . . Orange County’s generosity for Republican candidates is so abundant that GOP candidates from other states hold fund-raisers here.