she expands on this later in the piece:Which demonstrates that Ann is clueless about California. IMO, those two were perhaps the most unlikeable, least qualified individuals ever crammed down the throats of the GOP electorate. And both liberals, to boot.<[W]e ought to be able to learn the perils of illegal immigration by looking at California. Massive legal and illegal immigration has already so changed the California electorate that no Republican can be elected statewide anymore. ...If even Carly Fiorina and Meg Whitman, two bright, attractive, successful female business executives – one pro-life and one pro-choice – can’t win a statewide election in California spending millions of their own dollars in the middle of the 2010 Republican sweep, it’s buenas noches, muchachos.
The article is correct about illegal immigration but loses its message by including this crap.
The writers point here is correct. These two are liberal republicans with great name recognition - in this state they would have easily won - 25 years ago.
Since then the welfare state, fed by a constant flow of millions of new clients from abroad, has become so strong not even these two had a chance.
The article is correct about LEGAL IMMIGRATION.
The Rockefeller/Country Club "Rich Republicans" feel endowed by their creator with party rule by devine right and they detest conservatives as agitating rabble rousers that are just too passionate and embarrassing for them to support!!!
The only thing worse in their eyes are "Cultural Conservatives!" Only "Fiscal Conservative need apply but people marching on D.C. and bringing in a bunch of "riff-raff" through the Tea Party are simply not welcome and should stop trying to become interlopers by running for office or high party positions, etc.
All of this is expecially true in CA because the state is so big that high-priced TV campaigning is the only type that works, which makes it too big and needs to be split!