You just keep hugging that New Majority mentality for all it's worth, newzjunkey. It becomes you.
You're the one obsessed with the "New Majority," not me.
The more you undermine the CA GOP strategy with the base, the harder it is for them to build the necessary coalition of voters to win. It then works great for you because you can say "Look, they couldn't win!" while you sat on the sidelines heckling, not helping.
It's only led to more borrowing and bailing out the dems in Sacramento than they could have ever hoped for after the Recall came and went.
Unfortunately, Arnold got some bad advice the first year when he had mammoth levels of political capital. By the time he took on his reform agenda, the Left had recovered its bearings and attacked mercilessly and the "more conservative than thous" still hate Arnold because McClintock lost the recall.
Their losses have been minimal, as the budget and more borrowing measures on the November ballot so readily shows.
Because it suits your loathe-Arnold view, you're completely ignoring Arnold's 2004 efforts to get more GOP elected to the legislature and his 2005 efforts to defang the unions. He's not all powerful.
btw, Why shouldn't or isn't the Ca GOP trying to field a more tantalizing candidate the Mountjoy? Just curious,, or is DiFi an untouchable, even to the New Majority?
As you know, Liz Dole ran the committee to recruit top candidates for GOP US Senate nominations this year. Obviously she couldn't find anyone but Dick Mountjoy to face DiFi because of the political reality that Feinstein (a popular incumbent) is virtually assured reelection.
Candidates who could self-finance (since the party wouldn't pony up) obviously didn't want to waste their money. I would have liked to see a competitive GOP Senate primary including a variety of Republicans. You can't force anyone to run. I think DiFi's age could've been an issue with the right candidate, probably a woman.
Who is splitting the GOP, btw? LOL
Folks who routinely undermine Arnold's GOP support will, in November, end up giving us Governor Angelides.
I'm just one who is sick and tired of seeing a lot of folksmroll-over and whimper, It's the best we can do. BullPucky!
You realize Primary season is over, right?
Wonderful, Piles of words and retorts, who's hung up on what?
The gubby has one bus and Tom ain't on it, in case you haven't noticed. The Gub's endorsement is a kiss of death, imo.
and trying to defend the Gub's actions the first year becuz of bad advice.. lol .. Good one, That's a reach.
You could care less about spending borrowing or who's sleeping with who It looks like you stayed to long ion the belly of the trojan horse if you ask me.
why bother even trying to repsond to someone willingly so oblivious to the obvious.
Just win, Baby, Who cares how much it costs us.
At least Bilbray had the sense to tell McCain to stay away, I suspect the Gub won't be as wise.
Oh, PS,, I've already written off the 2006 and 2008 elections in California as likely doomed to fail, I'm looking to 2010..
As long as the Ca GOP keeps pushing its Big Tent /
New Majorityite candidates aka moderates / Rinos approach as it has, why even bother?
You want change, stop supporting big spenders and borrowers pretending to be conservatives.
Hey, wait one minute! Aren't you the one calling Arnold's non-endorsement of Feinstein "pragmatic" and saying Mountjoy can't win? One-way-Street, the usual tactic of the "Main Street" republicans.