[Maelstrom]

"To repeat my self, Schwarzenegger is a RINO, but that is what it takes to win California"

**This is the mantra Californian Republicans have been telling themselves for the last two election cycles.**

It has been the *practice* of California Republicans for far longer than that with the predictable and verified results.

[nyconse]

I see; the big population areas (liberal) cancel out the less populated (Republican) areas. But the thing is; doesn't this map sort of prove a conservative can't get elected:you got get some votes from "blue" areas. It seems to enforce the idea that only a liberal Republican can get elected. The key point here is this-getting a Republican elected is what is important.