Posted on 04/11/2010 9:26:01 AM PDT by Maelstorm
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If civility and bipartisanship really are important to voters, Campbell ought to have the upper hand in the race against Carly Fiorina and Chuck DeVore. Unfortunately, Campbell's gentlemanly demeanor and thoughtfully nuanced positions can be a handicap on today's campaign trail. The electorate in the primary, more conservative than the general population, may be inclined toward the more charismatic and simplistic Fiorina, if not DeVore, who is furthest to the right. That would be a shame. ... As an example, he supported last year's failed state budget compromise because it included new spending controls as a trade-off for taxes, and because it would have dodged some of the devastating cuts now eviscerating K-12 schools and our higher education system. It was the intellectually honest position of a leader, however conservative, who believes education is the key to California's economic future a conviction widely held among Silicon Valley business leaders.
The purest conservative in the race is DeVore. He stands on his Assembly record, and he relishes campaign banter. (On Fiorina: "She's voted less times than Tom Campbell has run for office.") But a vote for DeVore is a vote for continued polarization. Of the three, he would be least likely to venture out of the partisan archetype of taking rigid positions and then refusing to budge.
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I’m not in Cali, but count me as one who wants DeVore to win.
Unless Campbell has changed his stripes from the RINO I remember years ago when he was in Congress, he ain’t gettin’ my vote.
I, too, want someone who will win the general election. The close poll numbers are tempting. But Democrats took the Massachusetts vote for granted. They won't make that mistake in California.
“If civility and bipartisanship really are important to voters . . .”
I really don’t see what’s so “civil” about supporting partial-birth abortion, in which a full-term baby is partially delivered and then killed right before the entire body makes it out.
And as for “bipartisan,” it seems to me that Campbell’s support for same-sex marriage and opposition to the ban on partial-birth abortion are far from bipartisan, since they are positions held by a slight majority of Democrats and a miniscule percentage of Republicans and independents; if Campbell wanted to be bipartisan he should support traditional marriage and the partial-birth abortion ban. Same goes for Campbell’s anti-Zionist views and support for Islamist extremists—it is *opposition* to Campbell’s position that is truly bipartisan (unless the two party’s involved are Fattah and Hamas).
If California Republicans want a moderate that can defeat Boxer, they should support Carly Fiorina (who actually appears to be more conservative than people originally thought—she’s actually pro-life, a position that no Senator from California has taken since Roe v. Wade). Tom Campbell, on the other hand, is a liberal that can’t beat Boxer.
If no Republican would be stupid enough to nominate Arnold Schwarzenegger for the Senate because he’d be too liberal to win, why would they even think of nominating someone like Campbell that is more liberal than Arnold?
Campbell also has ties with radical groups,need to spread this like wildfire,[look it up]
If Fiorina can’t beat Boxer, Campbell sure as heck won’t.
This Conservative will vote for DeVore
Polling I’ve seen had Campbell and Fiorina polling about the same against Babs with Devore slightly behind their pace.
With her deep pockets and the visceral disgust Tom Campbell should inspire in the GOP base vote I suspect Fiorina is the better bet to win the GE, weird (I say brilliant!) ads or not.
According to my calculations there is no way Fiorina would be worse than Campbell.
BTW after his performance as Governor I couldn’t support DIABLO Arnold as a Senate nominee.
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