Schwarzenegger Is Pushing This Republican Into The Undecided Column

FlashReport ^ | 9/4/06 | Matt Cunningham

[bordergal]

Absolutely.

However, I think that normalizing illegal immigrants by giving them CDLs, financial aid, and health care is the single most important factor in determining the long term welfare of this state. We'll have a tidal wave from Mexico and it will get very, very bad here (see Maywood X 1000). Angelides will welcome the invaders with open arms.

With the other issues, I think we can eventually undo the damage. I don't think we can as easily recover if we're swamped with the hostile minions of a foreign power.

My two cents.

[b9]

State Senator Tom McClintock has endorsed Dick Mountjoy for the United States Senate.

And Arnold Schwarzenegger for Governor.

[Mojave]

Arnold Schwarzenegger refuses to endorse the conservative Republican candidate, Dick Mountjoy, over his leftist Democrat comrade Diane Feinstein.

[goldfinch]

It is fairly simple. The goal is to move the country to the right. To do that, you start by defeating those farthest to the left. Defeating those closer to the right, you tip the balance farther to the left.

Accept the fact that you and I are way more conservative than most Americans. We will never see the country moved as far to the right as we would like. So the fight is to move the middle a little towards the right. It is a battle that will go on the rest of our lives. We won't win...if winning means we get everything we would like. But the left cannot win as long as we fight effectively.

[Mojave]

To do that, you start by defeating those farthest to the left.

Arnold's appointing them to positions in his administration.

[Osage Orange]

Whose voting for Dims?

Not me.........

[b9]

Tom supports ARNOLD.
Mountjoy doesn't have a prayer against Feinstein and you know it.

[NormsRevenge]

We seem to diagree mostly about how to move rioght, I don't agree that 2 staeps back and 1 forward is much of an option..

we are screwed here if the repubs are asked to continue to rollover for the Gub as he submits for more state budgets and continues to push for more nanny statism..

That the Ca GOP played along with the charade we are witnessing is the worse part of all of it..

Those who wrapped themselves in Reagan are now quick to distance themselves from him and his principles all the while claiming he is their original action hero and are willing to follow an actor that couldn't shine his boots when it s come to policy and getting things done for the people instead of to them.

[goldfinch]

So the Democratic candidate is the more conservative? If so, vote for him. As I said, to move the government to the right, start by defeating those farthest to the left.

[absalom01]

Well, putting aside the 'professionals', I think the appeal to party loyalty has some resonance with the committed 'activist base'. IE, those of us who, year after year, fund the headquarters, walk the precincts, sit on the AD central committees etc.

However, as an objective fact, it is not working with those whose idea of participating in politics consists only of voting (or maybe posting on blogs). If the candidates can't give them something to vote FOR, all of the GOTV in the world won't matter.

[NormsRevenge]

Thanks for injecting the word prayer into the debate..

This state is in serious need of a lot of it.

I'll leave it at that. I wouldn't want to offend all the Susan Kennedys and Zingales that stand four square with the Gub and 1st lady..

[Mojave]

Mountjoy doesn't have a prayer against Feinstein

Do you have a point hidden in there?

[Mojave]

As I said, to move the government to the right, start by defeating those farthest to the left.

Arnold's heading further in to deep left field and appointing hard core leftists to positions of power along the way.

[George W. Bush]

The chickens have predictably come home to roost.

[goldstategop]

Don't vote FOR the Austrian liberal!

(No more Olmert! No more Kadima! No more Oslo! )

[onedoug]

"...what can the guy realistically do?"

Hmmm...

The Governor signed the latest in Sheila Kuehl's endless succession of "gay rights" bills -- SB 1441. Did the Governor actually read this bill?

What was that difference again?.

[mngalt]

He did veto the gay assembly's attempt to skirt the vote of the people on same sex marriage. Hey, I'm not saying the glass ain't half empty...

[BillyBoy]

>> Is California better off with Arnold or Angelides as governor? Vote accordingly. It is that simple. <<

California will continue to go downhill if either of them win because both candidates will foist more socialism and screw up the state more. A victory by either will mean a Democrat monopoly on the legislature for the foreseeable future and that the buisnesses won't "come back" while they're in office.

CT faces a simular sitution with Lieberman vs. Lamont, as does Illinois with Topinka vs. Blago. RI has a shot at preventing this if they replace Chafee with Laffey as the GOP nominee.

In effect, the general election in CA is idelogically like a primary election between two liberal Democrats with different personality styles. Might as well speculate whether the U.S. would be better off with Gore or Hillary as President.

[calcowgirl]

He's signed a non-aggression pact with the government employee unions, promising he will never, ever again try to rein in their power.

Anybody know any more about this one?

[BillyBoy]

>> I'm sick of RINOs. Democrats don't have DINO's <<

Democrats have DINOS, they just take care to make sure their DINOs are never nominated for high office. You don't see Dems in "Red States" like North Dakota arguing that they "have to" run pro-life, pro-gun, pro-family, pro-WOT, anti-tax-and-spend candidates in order to "win". Instead they just run liberals who put their political views on stelth mode and win based on personality "I'm for South Dakota first".

I wouldn't count Casey as a DINO either. Other than abortion, he's solidly leftist.