Posted on 05/29/2014 8:05:14 AM PDT by cotton1706
Neel Kashkari swings an axe in his ubiquitous television commercial. But he hasn't found an axe big enough to cut into Tim Donnelly's lead among Republican voters. A new Hoover Institution "Golden State" poll shows that Kashkari is only pulling 5% of the vote, barely above the 4% margin of error, a distant third behind popular Democrat incumbent Gov. Jerry Brown at 36%, and Tea Party favorite Assemblyman Tim Donnelly with 12%.
A large chunk of voters--35% overall--is still undecided. Kashkari will need to tap into those voters in the final few days of the race in order to finish in the top two in the state's new "jungle" primary system and survive to the November runoff. Yet after spending some $4 million--including $2 million of his own--Kashkari is still far behind his GOP rival, who has spent merely tens of thousands of dollars and has faced severe media headwinds.
The Republican establishment has been pouring money into independent expenditures in an effort to avoid a Donnelly matchup with Brown. They fear that Donnelly's staunch and at times rhetorically blunt conservatism would be bad for the party's image as a whole. Already, Kashkari has likened Donnelly to Todd Akin--a Senate candidate in 2012 whose bizarre comments on abortion hurt Republicans up and down the ticket nationwide.
Kashkari's problem, however, is that voters do not see enough space between him and Brown. Aside from his opposition to high-speed rail--a position shared by most Californians--Kashkari, a former U.S. Treasury official, has presented little to distinguish himself from a governor whose modest fiscal achievements have even earned support from past GOP donors. Donnelly offers a stronger alternative--and looks set to finish strong, too.
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The big concern on Tuesday is that Gov. Moonbeam could win the primary with 50%+. He would then be re-elected right then.
Given that Moonbeam is a lot smarter than your average Obama voter, it wouldn’t surprise me a bit.
Then somebody needs to call an ambulance for Rove.
Better yet put Rove in a strait jacket.
He is a big Kasi supporter.
Why in the world would Republicans, even in CA, vote for someone who voted for Obama? That is just crazy.
Now, now...we can't scare away those precious independents and moderates with our right-wing rhetoric. Otherwise....THEY'LL VOTE FOR THE COMMUNISTS! EGADS!
Now that would suck.
I did not realize we had that law change. Brown probably will get more than 50% of the vote. No matter, I will vote.... And probably like 90% of my previous votes in this Area my choices will lose (and in the rare cases where my choices 'win' - there usually is Black Robed activist judge waiting in the wings to swat the vote down - like Propositions 8, 187, 209, etc...).
I wonder if someone will vote in my mother’s place. She died in April...
” They fear that Donnelly’s staunch and at times rhetorically blunt conservatism would be bad for the party’s image as a whole.”
Yea, the GOPe is much more interested in presenting a hollow, linguini-spine, mealy-mouthed, socialist lite message.
No, she will still vote, but she will vote Rat from now on.
The law changed when they did away with partisan primaries here in CA. The top two vote getters face off in November. In a heavily Dem district, that could be two Dems, in a heavily Republican district (very few of those left in CA these days!)it could be two Reps. If a person wins 50% +1 he wins outright.
It just changed recently.
It used be like this for many years: On primary day in June, if you were a registered Republican, they gave you a Republican ballot, and you would vote inside a booth marked Republican. You could only choose among the Republican candidates running in the primary-—except for nonpartisan offices. Likewise for the Dems, the Greens, the Libertarians, AIP, and Peace and Freedom (all the registered political parties in the state). If you were an independent, you could choose which ballot you wanted, or you could vote only in nonpartisan races and ballot issues. The winners of each Party competition faced off in the November general election.
Now, with new system. You can vote for anyone you choose on the ballot. You are not restricted to voting in one party primary. If a candidate wins 50%+1 he wins right then and there. If no candidates wins 50%, there is a runoff between the two top vote getters-—which could be two candidates of the same party in some races.
Thank you. I need to give much consideration as to how that would work out in this southern Atlantic Coast State.
Is all voting electronic? Or hybrid. R2z
Nearly all voting here in CA is done in person at the polling place or absentee ballots sent in by mail There is no internet voting that I am aware of.
In the News/Activism forum, on a thread titled Panic for GOP Establishment as Kashkari is Distant 3rd in New Poll (CA), Trapped Behind Enemy Lines wrote:
The big concern on Tuesday is that Gov. Moonbeam could win the primary with 50%+. He would then be re-elected right then.
From my outpost in flyover land that looks like a dismal posibility. Don’t know how much damage the GOPES are doing to Donnelly but one can only hope for a Texas replay. But if that 50+1% happens the GOPES will be blamimg everybody else but themselves, why they’re throwing their weight behind such a weak candidate is beyond me but that’s their choice.
The GOP elite is such a hoot. Being wiped out with the right candidate is better than soiling their prim, butt kissing image.
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