IMO, the tone of your posts are insulting to a whole lot of folks on a conservative forum trying to advance conservatism. Nobody is looking for big leaps, but they also don't have blinders on buying the troll argument that the party is somehow moving in the right direction (tiny steps or otherwise). The record speaks for itself--look at the list again. The name calling and constant slurs to conservative candidates and freepers shows the troll's true colors.
Well we all need to get over what you consider my tone and actually take time to look into the substance of what I state. Nothing comes easy, you have to work hard for what you want and pity parties and self sabotage in the name of a political statement gets us lots Democrats elected.
There is no pretty, easy attractive way to take back California in a quick step. It will take hard work.
We get Republicans with tilts toward the left because that is all the voters have allowed to get elected. If the people were all that gung-ho for conservatism, we would not have a Democrat dominated State Legislature for so long. Occasionally the voters throw us a bone in the Governor spot because the Democrats are so pathetic that the voters use the Gov. spot as a check on the Legislature once in a while.
No one round fights are going to win this State back, we are IMO in a 148 round fight.
I am a logical person and I've seen any progress conservatives has made go back to the Democrats by having at least part of the conservative base make stupid protest votes or not vote.
We have religious folks who decide here and there not to vote, and we get the abortion loving communist in State offices (BRILLIANT AND TYPICAL MOVE).
Year after year you get marginalized third party types trying to siphon off Republican voters by telling us we should be "OFFENDED" and people for that election are offended and you guessed it, AGAIN THEY OF COURSE EMPOWERED COMMUNIST ABORTION LOVING DEMOCRATS BACK INTO OFFICE setting conservatism back years again.
We are invaded by not only illegals, but with liberals. It will take real grass roots efforts and time to change this, not destroying any Republican nominee in a main election. That would be immature political suicide and bowing to communist abortion loving liberals and THAT OFFENDS ME TO NO END.
We need to grow up and stop the repetitive self sabotage and learn to see down the road rather than expect some instant band-aid fix. That does NOT EXIST.
Everything takes time and repetitive small steps forward in battle. We need to stop acting like the Alzheimer's party by repeating all our previous mistakes over and over every decade with protests or nonvoting in main elections.
I can't give you an upbeat feel good message here. It is all going to be long term hard work to take this state back from all these Chamberlains in State power.