But, your negations read like "blind, loyal feelings every time," also. Just from the polar opposite perspective.
CA GOP has a lot of problems. Among them, chiefly, is that the voting Republicans in the state cannot coalesce. There just is no unity of purpose in CA among self-assessed "conservatives" at this point, and it really, really, really needs to be improved upon. Because it loses elections every time.
Unfortunately that's because many have not taken much time in their due diligence, instead relying on the voice of the party or the liberal MSM in California. Get off the sofa and spent a few weeks on Google.
Another problem this forum experiences, as exampled by the quoted comment above, is because it is a conservative forum, not a partisan forum. Many Republicans have flocked to the forum in the past few years expecting Freepers to be loyal to their party, naturally believing that anything the CAGOP advances must be an incremental advance of conservative principals. They aren't, as exampled by the Schwarzenegger debacle. Freepers leave partisanship to the partisans.
CA GOP has a lot of problems. Among them, chiefly, is that the voting Republicans in the state cannot coalesce
When Schwarzenegger was perceived to be a conservative he won. After establishing a track record as a liberal he lost. Conservatives can win in California. Schwarzenegger is testament to the fact that even liberals can win in California if they present themselves as a conservative.
The problem with the CAGOP in California is not unknown. The CAGOP has poor leadership, it is disconnected from the electorate, it has done a very poor job developing candidates, its local central committees have assumed an elitist attitude and it doesn't have the will or resources to make a mid-course correction.
The CAGOP was completely unprepared for the recent grass roots revolt. An unprepared party allowed an excommunicated party leader to high-jack the election under the cover of their name. The CAGOP had no choice but to capitulate. This circumstance, reminiscent of the current Democrat Party dilemma, leads to the sort of repeated failures the CAGOP has been experiencing. Failures of this magnitude are generally solved by rebuilding over several election cycles.