from Riverside County.
p.s. Bravo Kern County, I just saw the election numbers.
They're quoting John "SDS" Burton and Art "La Raza" Torres in an article about the CA GOP??!! What a crock. The Guvernator has absolutely schooled Burton and the rest of the Dems from Day One and given the moribund status of the GOP here 18 months ago, we're in decent shape. This ship will take a long time to turn, but we're working on it. Frankly, Bill Jones wasn't going to take down Boxer without out-spending her and that's a very tall order.
Arnold picks his battles carefully and then follows a plan to win. Political capital must be carefully spent and while I sincerely wish he'd taken on the stem cell proposition, he chose to focus on the Indian gaming propositions (they continue to be a very formidable opponent of his) and the "three-strikes" change (which would have released over 20,000 felons back into the community.) Add to that the recent gerrymandering, errr, realignment of districts (which the writer chose not to cite at all) and it's clear that it's gonna take a lot of time to build up solid statewide support for Republicans. Patience and persistence are required.
IMHO, Burton and Torres are whistling past the graveyard. By 2006, the CA GOP will be much, much stronger, especially with Dem leaders like them and Nancy "Nip/Tuck" Pelosi helping out.