Ballot propositions: Prop 227 English only education in public schools Passed Prop 209 No more affirmative action in State hiring or education Passed Prop 22 Heterosexual marriage only Passed Prop 187 No benefits for illegal aliens Pass
Which of those moderate positions is Arnie not on board with?
Don't give me that crap about California until you know what the hell you are talking about. The problem in this State is a gerrymandered legislature, not the voters.
You can't blame gerrymandering on the voting decisions made in 2000.
Bush 4,567,429
Gore 5,861,203
Nader 418,707
The problem is California's voters are a majority of nutjobs.
227 he clearly supports. 209 I don't know. He gives lip service to Prop 22 and 187, but when given the opportunity he's been a no show.
209 and 187 were conservative, not moderate propositions. In fact, not a few moderates opposed them.
You can't blame gerrymandering on the voting decisions made in 2000.
No, I can't, but then, the CAGOP didn't exactly get out the conservative vote here either. The point was and is, when you give California voters a clear choice on conservative issues, they have voted that way. Thus the general election results indicate a failure on the part of the CAGOP leadership and candidate process, more than it does the voters, which is what I've been telling you. Even in cases where Republicans lost statewide elections, conservatives came closer to winning than moderates did, as the paired races between Boxer/Hershensohn and Feinstein/Seymour (a Republican incumbant) demonstrated. McClintock was the biggest vote getter in the last regular general statewide race receiving virtually NO support from the Party.
It's not as liberal a state as you make it out to be.