so who is neil castari?s jana katsuyama on the newcomer who met with student republicans this evening. >> reporter: tonight the jacket came off as neil castari met students. the former aero space engineer now gop candidate launched into a stump speech. we caught him earlier at san francisco's golden gate park. 40years old, born in ohio to a professor and doctor from india. he is pro-choice, prosame-sex marriage rights and voted for barack obama in 2008. >> i'm socially libertarian. i just want the government out of our lives and i want each of us to decide what's right for ourselves and our family. >> reporter: he says he wants to be the face of a new republican party. >> the republican party has been viewed as the party of no. the party of obstructionism. maybe the party of big business. i think it should be the party of big work fighting for the poor but not with more welfare. >> reporter: critics might say he's -- he works for golden and sachs. he says it was a success that came with a lesson. >> populari

so who is neil castari? ktvu's jana katsuyama on the newcomer who met with student republicans this evening. >> reporter: tonight the jacket came off as neil castari met students. the former aero space engineer now gop candidate launched into a stump speech. we caught him earlier at san francisco's golden gate park. 40years old, born in ohio to a professor and doctor from india. he is pro-choice, prosame-sex marriage rights and voted for barack obama in 2008. >> i'm socially libertarian. i just want the government out of our lives and i want each of us to decide what's right for ourselves and our family. >> reporter: he says he wants to be the face of a new republican party. >> the republican party has been viewed as the party of no. the party of obstructionism. maybe the party of big business. i think it should be the party of big work fighting for the poor but not with more welfare. >> reporter: critics might say he's -- he works for golden and sachs. he says it was a success that came with a lesson. >> po