[Mojave]

1. By the way, I hate to break the news to you, but Ronald Reagan is actually "from" Illinois. Born here, raised her, educated here, began his career here. Illinois "gave" you guys Ronald Reagan, not the other way around

2. I didn't say Dixon was "the reason" Reagan became a conservative.

"Illinois" (furtively changed to "Dixon" in subsequent posts) gave us a liberal Democrat. California gave America a conservative giant.

BillyBoy, when you're in a hole, you should learn when to stop digging.

[calcowgirl]

Here's a thought. I don't think a city can make one conservative or liberal. People are influenced by their family, their education, friends, mentors, their work environment, their level of curiosity and logical thought processes, etc.

How about everybody just be thankful that there was a Ronald Reagan? How about we acknowledge that even average Joesephinas like me can grow up in Los Angeles and end up conservative? No matter how many liberals infest this place, there are also millions of Conservatives that when presented with a logical, thoughtful arguments ill react. Reagan was a good communicator, able to talk to the average Joe and successfully rallied people who have since tuned out. McClintock did much the same thing during the recall election by getting out on local radio and discussing issues in terms every Californian could understand. It's time to wake up that sleeping giant again but you can't do it with watered down principles or washed-up politicians like John McCain. It ain't Rocket-Science, IMO.