Posted on 03/19/2002 8:09:34 PM PST by Pokey78
Edited on 04/23/2004 12:04:19 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Marc Racicot, President Bush's handpicked Republican National Committee chairman, will hold a unity fund-raiser in Sacramento, Calif., today. He's there in a bid to unite the state's squabbling Republicans behind their unexpected candidate for governor, businessman Bill Simon.
The White House is right to fret. The Golden State has one-fifth of the electoral votes needed to become president, and Al Gore bested Mr. Bush there by nearly 12 points. But the White House was clearly embarrassed when its favored candidate, former Los Angeles mayor Richard Riordan, lost the primary in a landslide to the conservative Mr. Simon.
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Greatest Reagan quote and should be the theme of Simon's campaign.
If you wish us to give any credit to your opinion on this race, please link to your correct prediction of the outcome of the primary. If you cannot, it means that either you were mistaken, or not interested and informed enough about the contest to comment.
John Fund proves himself to be yet another clueless East Coast dimwit by referring to lukewarm Dan Lundgren as a "conservative". Lundgren's squishy campaign inspired the grassroots to sit that election out. He alienated the NRA voters with his approval of Democrat gun bans, he alienated the Pro-life crowd by holding a fundraiser for Christy Todd Whitman, and he bored the rest of the base to death. Yeah, a real conservative lightning rod there.
This is not responsive to my post. I might say that Nixon won California, and Reagan, and Knowland, and Dukmejian and Wilson. Less than a decade ago the GOP won both houses of the state legislature, and there has not been a major shift in demographics in that time.
To remind you, I asked, if we are to take your opinion on California politics seriously, please point to an accurate prediction by you of the results of the primary election.
Re: "would cement California as a state dominated solely by Democrats will be cemented."
This is an example of your usual very good excellent work as always.
Would you agree there has been a shift in demographics ? Also , would it be fair to say that the leftist media has had more than a modicum of success in brainwashing the public at large ? What % of under 30 Californians would you say vote Republican ? I haven't the figures but I daresay the % is miniscule . The Cal of Nixon , Reagan , etc ...is long gone I am afraid .
Historically, Republicans have consistently voted at a higher percentage than Democrats, which equalizes the Democrat registration advantage. However, during the last two election cycles Democrats and Republicans have been voting at the same percentage, which means that Republican turnout is down and Democrat turnout is up at the same time.
We need to reverse this trend. While demographics have changed, they haven't changed so dramatically that Republicans can never win. We must increase our turnout to 1994 percentages. We can do that with a real conservative like Bill Simon who appeals to a cross-section of voters because of his friendly, outgoing, bright personality.
We have the best candidate for Republicans; Davis has many failures he needs to address. If Davis attempts to avoid atoning for his sins, he will lose. If Simon can make this election about Davis and his failures, he will win.
This will be a major battle. We have seven and a half months. We can't let up now, we can't let up in October. The Democrats -- and especially Davis -- will do or say anything to keep power.
I am afraid that I must refrain from communicating with you on this subject until you respond to my original request.
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