Posted on 09/08/2021 9:42:04 AM PDT by Kaslin
The Democratic Party is rolling out its left-wing big guns to go to California to support Gov. Gavin Newsom in the recall election scheduled for Sept. 14.
In California, the bluest of blue states, where, in 2020, challenger Joe Biden defeated incumbent President Donald Trump by a margin of almost 2-1, the polls are within the margin of error showing Newsom holding on in the recall.
Why are Vice President Kamala Harris and Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Amy Klobuchar putting it on the line to campaign for Newsom?
They know that what is going on in California is a laboratory for what is going on in the nation and in the Democratic Party.
The beginning of Newsom's fall from grace was discovery of his dining at a party at a fancy French restaurant in California wine country, where dinners start at $450 per person, keeping no COVID-19 restrictions while he had his whole state on strict lockdown.
This was more than an embarrassing moment for the governor. And it was more than a graphic picture of political hypocrisy and double standards. It was a portrayal of very different takes on how America works that is now being driven home by radio talk show host Larry Elder, who is leading the pack of candidates challenging Newsom.
Elder is Black, from humble origins in Los Angeles. After finishing high school in LA's inner city, he moved on to the Ivy League, getting a bachelor's degree at Brown University and then a law degree at the University of Michigan. He then found his voice talking about ideas on talk radio.
Elder's background and experience gave him a hard gut-feel of what is crucial for getting ahead in America: freedom.
He developed a deep understanding that a free economy is what drives growth, and creates jobs and opportunity for those trying to get ahead.
He also understands that nowhere is freedom more important than in education and nowhere is competition more badly needed than in Los Angeles' substandard, union-controlled public school system.
Newsom represents a Democratic Party that delivers a different picture of reality. It is controlled by progressives, many of whom are wealthy, and the nitty gritty that drives economic growth really doesn't interest them.
They are more interested in their own feel-good progressive values.
Newsom's own career has been driven by support from wealthy California liberals such as Getty Oil Co. scion Gordon Getty, who employed Newsom's father.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and California Sen. Dianne Feinstein, both from Newsom's northern California, are listed in the top 10 wealthiest members of Congress. In a Center for Responsive Politics report in 2018, Pelosi showed a net worth of $114.7 million and Feinstein $87.5 million.
California is an ethnic minority majority state. In the 2020 presidential election, 49% of California voters were white, compared with 67% nationwide.
It could be that California's ethnic minority voters are waking up to the truth that the America that Elder is talking about -- lower taxes and regulations, free markets, education competition -- is what they need, rather than the left-wing progressivism of rich white liberals.
The U.S. Supreme Court pushed back against Newsom's move to use COVID-19 as an excuse to shut down churches while giving more latitude to restaurants and hair salons to operate freely. He clamped down on public schools while sending his own kids to operating private schools.
According to the most recent report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, California is tied with New York and New Mexico with the second highest unemployment rate in the country -- 7.6%. Only Nevada is higher at 7.7%.
According to United Van Lines' annual report on household movements out of and into states, in 2020 California was fourth highest in the country in out migration.
In elections last November, Republicans won back four of eight seats they lost in 2018.
Maybe change is coming to the bluest of blue states.
Hardly, they’re going to ballot harvest their black little hearts out.
What small dent that might make in California is having a huge impact on the rest of the country.
Probably not.
If’n I were a betting man, I’d bet on Newsome ‘winning.’ I am pretty sure the steal is in.
And, if Newsome is out and Larry Elder wins, an outcome that would delight me, then the poor guy has deal with a overwhelmingly Leftist legislature.
Hopefully, Larry Elder wins, and the voters of California give him a reasonable legislature with which to work shortly thereafter.
But I wouldn’t bet on it.
How do we know what is the truth? Phony polls? Or real danger of Dems triumphing?
Forbes: Newsom Likely To Survive Calif. Recall Election—And It Might Not Even Be Close, Poll Finds
Bloomberg: California’s Newsom Likely to Keep Job in Recall
WaPo: Sorry, Republicans. Newsom will survive recall -
6 days ago — Early voting, fundraising and recent polls all point in one direction: toward a self-inflicted defeat for the California GOP.
Bear in mind....’grip’ = successful cheating
They lost their grip on reality long ago......................
If the Democrats can’t figure out a way to steal a CA election they really need to find another day job—that does not require theft.
It's all a F scam.
Yup—as somebody once said—the issue is not the issue, the revolution is the issue.
Whaaaaat????…is there a shortage on ballot ink???…c’mon man…
I just think it’s funny how ironically racist Leftists are. Supporting the rich privileged white guy over the black guy who is the black face of white supremacy. All because he’s not their black guy.
They never counted on the Hispanic vote to turn conservative. The left understands that people become conservative when they start to build up assets to hold onto.
It’s why the left tries keeping perpetually dependent. It’s also helpful that the Latin population is very much anti-abortion.
Wishful thinking. This is basically a bizarro runoff election in which the #2 finisher wins if the #1 finisher gets < 50%. Newsome would crush Elder head-to-head, and I’m not even convinced that Newsome won’t win with a few points to spare in this recall. I hope Elder wins, but maybe a silver lining of a loss might be the final wakeup call to remaining normals in the state to move out.
I wish it were so. But, unfortunately, I expect Newsome to handily survive. California is pretty far gone. You have an electorate there that simply does not care about order, crime control, real education, or even having electricity or running water.
Hell no
Yeah?
So how come Republicans won 4 House seats back from the Dems in 2020?
In California, Republicans can legally ballot harvest same as the Dems. It's the law.
It is California, Dems don’t need to steal to win anymore. Republicans are down to 24% of registered voters. White men are now only ~17% of the population. It shows how much progress Trump make with the Latino voters that this is even within 10 points.
And why not?
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