(BTW, are they still claiming the California governorship is "in play" for the GOP? $100 says its "in play" for John Cox the way Hawaii was "in play" for Bush and Connecticut was "in play" for Linda McMahon. We should spend resources elsewhere)
Bush got 45% in HI. More effort and he might have gotten, 47%. Cracking 50 would have been hard, getting over the hill in HI is like pulling teeth.
It’s a pity McMahaon faced the more popular (why I don’t know, the guy is a phocking clown who needs to be punched in the face “Do you believe Anita Hill”?) Blumenthal in 2010 instead of her 2012 foe Chris Murphy. I think she could have beaten Murphy in 2010.
Anyway, polls in Cali have been all over the place, a couple had a single digit race and some here are bullish. I can’t blame them for being optimistic, we have millions of good people there. Trump’s meager 31% there still gave him almost as many votes as he got in Texas or Florida. I don’t want to go poop on our fellow “blue” (as in SAD) staters hopes as we stare down GD fatass JB Prickzer who will probably win with 49% of the vote.
But me, no I don’t think there is any chance that Cox will will win (knowing him from IL I’m still shocked at his relative success). I’d be happy with a respectable performance that helps us out in a few key House and state leg races.
I’m 10000% percent in favor of the death penalty btw. But in the grand scheme it’s not a major issue. It a rare issue where I can respectfully disagree with someone like Cox and not get my drawers in a bunch. I see his religious objections and concerns over cost and raise with “some scumbags need to be wiped off the face the Earth, period, no matter how much our horrible liberal justice system makes it cost. Any small joy they get in prison from eating or spanking the monkey is unacceptable, and if God disagrees he can come down and tell me that himself”.