Yes, you are right Rabid Republican. This has been a very emotional time for all of us who feel compromising is not a option. I pray for our state, and Arnold right now. My personal feelings are that we didn't really better ourselves, because now we have a REpublican(in name only) who will carry out the Democrat agenda. We are switching to Independent now ourselves.
Mrs. Wasp and I went from the polling place last November, directly across the street to the Post Office and changed our registration after voting for Simon.
When I found out that approximately 2.5 million Repubs didn't even vote and left Davis with us as Gumby the Governor, I really felt justified.
It's no wonder we get "Government by Whim," when both of the major Parties disregard common sense and constitutional constraints on government!!!
Do you mean Independent, as in the American Independent Party (a CA party affiliated with the Constitution Party or seomthing), or decline-to-state, which is no party? "Independent" on the voter registration form means the AIP.
If you are Independent, then that is your party and you cannot vote in the GOP primaries. If you are decline-to-state, you can request the partisan ballot of any party that is willing to accept your vote. In March 2002, the Republicans, Democrats, and two minor parties allowed CA's no-party voters to vote the ballots of those parties. Decline-to-state voters don't get to vote for the central committee members.
The national GOP might have different views on the modified open primary for choosing the party's Presidential candidate.