[Clintonfatigued]

California conservatives in the district must vote for Jim Gilchrest. Not because he has any chance of winning, but because the Bush administration and Congress are not serious about border security and need to be sent a message.

[zbigreddogz]

Completely disagree.

Gilcrest is a one issue noisemaker. The Republican is a very conservative, good man, and he will make a good congressman.

The WORST thing that could happen is for enough people to vote for Gilcrest and throw the race to the D's. That's the real problem.

[AuH2ORepublican]

"California conservatives in the district must vote for Jim Gilchrest. Not because he has any chance of winning, but because the Bush administration and Congress are not serious about border security and need to be sent a message."

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I disagree. Campbell is a conservative Republican who will do a great job in the House. He is in favor of border security even if that's not his only issue. While Mr. Gilchrist should be commended for his work with the Minutemen Project, his stubbornness in running in a district with a perfectly good conservative alternative in Campbell kept Campbell below 50% in the jungle primary (Campbell got 46%) and thus kept Campbell from already representing his district in the House instead of having to wait a month and a half for a run-off. And if Gilchrist gets enough votes that the Democrat ends up winning with 40%, it will be a case of Gilchrist cutting off his nose to spite his face, since the Democrat will do absolutely nothing to stop illegal immigration.