As a native here of many decades and having worked for Reagan in his campaign when he first ran for Gov.
the demographics have chnged over the years and not for the best.
If Reagan was running today for Gov. he would not win.
I can't disagree with you on that. In case it is not apparant, I am very disallusioned with the GOP, especially in California. The factional splits in the GOP, especially in the southern part of the state, are more damaging than just the negative ads they are throwing at each other in the primaries.
I’ll add by way of balance to my GOP negative rant that Daryl Issa does seem to pounding issues pretty hard.
You’re right...back then Reagan had the then up and coming boomers, and their entrepreneurship, to help him after Carter so completely messed up our economy with his Keynesian theories.
CA is a wholely owned subsidiary of the Unions...so is Oregon. WRT demographics...what sanctuary state hasn’t suffered for it?
Like it or not, Fiorina has the momentum and the full blown RINO will not be the candidate.
It’s not Reagan’s California any more.
The handwriting has been on the wall for years. It was telling when Tom McClintock couldn’t get elected governor, Ahnold won, and McClintock later won a U.S. House seat. That demonstrated that some congressional districts are conservative bastions in an otherwise blue state. So you have McClintock, Issa, Hunter Jr., etc. who can still win Congressional races easily, but none of them can win statewide, i.e., a Senate seat or the governorship.
Meanwhile the state assembly and the unions continue to destroy the last vestiges of capitalism in California, forcing the major corporations to move elsewhere.
Just how bad do things have to get before the CA libs will wise up?
- JP