[Pokey78]

Pinging the FredHeads.

[Support Free Republic]

Aww man! Enough of the fundraiser posts!!!

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[gorebegone]

you have probably seen this a thousand times but anything with daviz fading away is good in my book.

[Jeff Gordon]

It's against "a political class horribly disconnected from the rest of California,"

Yes it is. And that includes the California Republican Party leaders whose agenda is something other than defeating the Democrats.

[BJungNan]

A populist crusade could do for Republicans what they couldn't do for themselves.

The question is, once the Republicans are helped, will they do any good for the populists.

The Repubicans ran from Simon. They ran from Quayle, they ran from the California recall drive. Now they benefit from it? You need fortitude, strength of conviction to take a ball and run with it. Is it there? We do have the Republicans unified front on the budget as an ecouraging sign, but I not yet convinced.

[lainde]

Fredhead ping...BTW he's wrong about Feinstein!

[ChadGore]

This is just wrong:
"In his first two years as governor, spending rose 37 percent"

[PistolPaknMama]

deeper fiscal hole
partisan political chaos
a revolutionary threat
a total threat, to the stability of all government
the dysfunction" of state government
reckless
outrageous
can't tolerate the chaos

Oh I don't know. Does this sound like government fearing the people? Somehow I think that's a good idea. Our founding fathers meant for it to be that way. It SHOULD be that way.

[truth_seeker]

"Duf Sundheim, the new Republican state chairman, thinks the recall will help the party, which has been standoffish to the recall effort. "We will work actively to get out the vote," he told reporters last week. Sundheim said he'd try to narrow the Republican field to a single consensus candidate. "If we could agree on one candidate, it would be optimal," he said."

It is refreshing to see the state chairman knows that ONE candidate has the best chance.

Now lets see if he has the political clout and skill to get it narrowed.

[backhoe]

-Total Recall- the Gray Davis Soap Opera--

[George W. Bush]

I suspect the California GOP leaders are burning the midnight oil, trying to find a way to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

[kellynla]

Excellent article by Barnes. Thanks for posting, Pokey. I like Tom McClintok although I know it will be a financial uphill fight against the three millionaires, Simon, Arnold and Issa. http://www.tommcclintock.com

[Uncle Hal]

I like Fred Barnes amd I enjoyed the article though it was probably a little optimistic from the GOP side. I heard an Issa ad for Governor on the radio the other day so he is off and running. I guarantee you, if looks like Davis is toast a big name Dem is going to jump in at the last moment. The question is can the GOP settle on one candidate? It is the only way the good guys we can win. It is going to be a interesting summer in the golden state.

[McGavin999]

All they have to do is remind Californians that under Reagan and Wilson the state was the most powerful economy in the nation. Look what happens when you put democrats in power. Last in the nation on test scores, last in the nation in the ability to attract business, first in the nation in deficits.