[larlaw]

If only that were true...unfortunately, the state is no longer becoming "increasingly Republican" due to the vast amount of hispanic immigration that is now fast outpacing the immigration from non-hispanic Californians. Reid has strong hispanic support (With help from the unions...Hard to believe he actually co-sponsored legislation significantly reducing immigration less than ten years ago)

The other problems Gibbons will have involve the G.O.P. base. Although he is a conservative, he is also moderately pro-choice and will unfortunately lose single issue pro-life voters to the allegedly pro-life Reid; Further, about 10 percent of the vote will be L.D.S. (Mormon) and Reid, who is L.D.S. himself, will likely still peel a substantial portion of that vote away from the G.O.P. as he has in past elections.

All of that, combined with the union money and voter fraud, and Gibbons has an uphill (though not impossible) task.

[votelife]

this hard core pro-lifer would vote for Gibbons over Reid in a second. It's clear that Reid wouldn't allow a conservative to get CLOSE to the Supreme Court. Gibbons I'm sure, would vote "Aye" on all W appointments.

[votelife]

Freepers, rather than waiting to see what happens with Estrada, we need to take the lead. That means presuring Senators, special interest groups, media organizations, etc. This thread is meant to be an ongoing effort to get this man confirmed. For too many years liberals have had their way on the courts. Now, President Bush is in a position to move the courts to the right. The election of '02 showed that the country is with the President. I think it's time to let Daschle, Hillary, and Pelosi know this is Bush country. Are you with me! Let's FREEP these people.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/847037/posts

[fieldmarshaldj]

Gibbons is not so pro-abort I would discount entirely supporting him (unlike, say, Greenwood of PA). Reid barely won in a good 'Rat year, and Gibbons represented the equivalent of about 2 Congressional districts, so I'd say he starts out about even.