[goldstategop]

Pete Wilson at least took a principled against illegal immigration. The GOP paid the price because it tucked tail and ran and refused to fight for Proposition 187 after the courts overruled the voters to please liberal special interest groups. If the GOP caves on taxes, no one will ever vote for the party leadership that betrayed us again. So if the GOP is irrelevant in California it isn't because its uncompromising but because its been trying to get along with the Democrats.

[marsh2]

You need a candidate that is acceptable to urban/rural north/south. Wilson will do. Riordan was too much on the left on environmental issues.