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"At the end of the day," he said, "Republicans are going to come together because there's a clear difference between Dick Riordan and Gray Davis."

That's the problem, said Schroeder. Riordan, he said, could not win the general election because he is politically further to the left than Davis.

LOL!

Thank you for posting this. As a Californian and a loyal Republican who is active in the party at the grass roots level, I don't know what to do about this election. I will vote for Simon in the primary, but expect Riordan to win the nomination. I sure don't want to see Davis re-elected, but I just can't see myself supporting a genuine RINO like Riordan. (Some purists consider anyone a RINO who doesn't agree with them 100%, but Riordan is the real deal.)

The Leftists in California are fast descending into ugly fights over who gets the spoils in a state they believe they've got locked up permanently. There is a very intersting and serious fight going on in L.A. among blacks and Latinos over who is going to be the new L.A. police chief. The liberal Dem mayor, Jim Hahn, has thrown the current Chief (who is black) overboard, and the black community is seething over it. Hahn hasn't said so publicly, but I suspect he is looking for a Latino to appoint. As the various Leftist factions squabble over their piece of the pie, the state is (to borrow a phrase from Robert Bork) slouching further and further toward Gommorah.

Could a Gov. Riordan at least bring some fiscal sanity back to our state government? If I thought he could, would that be a reason to vote for him? I don't know, because I don't trust him to stand up to our Legislature, which is dominated by far Leftists. If I thought he would at least veto some of the worst Leftist bills, I would consider holding my nose and voting for him.