[pallis]

California plays a role in the primaries, but it’s a waste of money in the general election.

[newzjunkey]

Actually CA is meaningless in the primaries too. There's a bill already passed the Assembly to move our presidential primary to June 5, 2012 the normal statewide primary date.

However, even joining the Feb. 5th "Super Tuesday" primary in 2008 didn't help give CA GOP voters relevance because McCain had pulled away after a big win in FL.

CA only matters as an ATM for both parties.