What is more worrisome is the the candidates who didn't win this primary will still be on the ballot for the regular primary on June 6. So whoever won this primary (probably Brian Bilbray) will still be subject to negative ads by his Republican primary opponents.
This gives Francine Busby an opportunity she normally wouldn't have.
My concern now, despite the overall turnout for the GOP, is that there are going to be a number of voters whom will simply refuse to vote for the RINO Bilbray. His mindset and ideology are a SMALL percentage of the GOP base in this district.
It may be best, alas, to urge Kaloogian, Morrow, and the other trailing Conservative Republicans to endorse Roach in the upcoming primary. Bilbray for the short, Roach for the long. Short term RINO pain for long-term Conservative gain.
Not in this district. Bilbray can afford to take some pounding at the sidelines. No Democrat can win in this seat.
That's right. They cannot withdraw their names.
So whoever won this primary (probably Brian Bilbray) will still be subject to negative ads by his Republican primary opponents.
This gives Francine Busby an opportunity she normally wouldn't have.
Hopefully some candidates with lower percentages will endorse Roach or Bilbray for the Primary, thus keeping the campaign cleaner, but even if it's a dirty campaign I really doubt Busby can pick up any significant number of Republican votes, especially because most non-Bilbray votes were for more conservative candidates (Roach, Kaloogian, Morrow, etc.).