This entire philosophy here among others in the CAGOP and some, this thread, is that Republicans in the state must adopt liberalism and forego principles otherwise, "to win."
That's the ONLY motivation and incentive I read from that letter and elsewhere that advises Republicans to "vote for Arnold"..."to win". Inorder to do so, we have to endorse and vote for liberalism, and abandon principle and politics otherwise.
The CAGOP, by this attitude, is responsible for killing off Republicans in CA, not the Democrats. If the CAGOP would remain faithful to principle, they'd have principled conservatives and Republicans voting for the conservative candidate.
Instead, they are chasing Republican voters away by this attitude of "win" above all else.
I'd like a Republican in the Governor's office and in our State legislature as much as anyone else. I don't think the way to do that is to promote a liberal candidate by the CAGOP and then reprimand Republicans for being disenchanted.
I'm still surprised that the Lincoln Club Republicans are even tolerating this, much less contributing to it. I had higher hopes for them as Republican leadership.
"This entire philosophy here among others in the CAGOP and some, this thread, is that Republicans in the state must adopt liberalism and forego principles otherwise, "to win." "
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Do you claim that Tom McClintock, the conservative icon is proposing that Republicans must adopt liberalism?! (See his letter further up the thread.)
YOU are the one who is fighting to get Democrats elected, by attacking the Republican candidates.
To quote Tom McClintock:
"Like many of us, I too have disagreements with some of the Governor's proposals. These differences, however, do not justify the abandonment of our party's responsibility to work tirelessly to reelect this Republican governor and to elect our GOP candidates to statewide and legislative offices.
For this reason, I view any effort to attack Governor Schwarzenegger as an attack on my own candidacy and those of every Republican seeking partisan office in 2006. "