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Brown Won -- and Whitman Lost Big
Townhall.com ^ | November 4, 2010 | Debra J. Saunders

Posted on 11/04/2010 6:35:35 AM PDT by Kaslin

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1 posted on 11/04/2010 6:35:36 AM PDT by Kaslin
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I'd be bawling like a baby if I had spent $140 million to get trounced as soundly as she was

Californians are going to cry when the rest of the country recovers from this recession and they don't because their state is run by idiots and thugs.

2 posted on 11/04/2010 6:38:48 AM PDT by TheThinker (Communists: taking over the world one kooky doomsday scenario at a time.)
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To: Kaslin

Did anyone really expect California to elect a conservative, Tea Party type Governor? California and Massachusetts = “The Land of The Hopelessly Lost”.


3 posted on 11/04/2010 6:41:57 AM PDT by jiminycricket000
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To: TheThinker

The Golden State turns Brown.


4 posted on 11/04/2010 6:42:31 AM PDT by Oldexpat
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To: jiminycricket000

California better learn to live on a budget. No Bailouts.


5 posted on 11/04/2010 6:43:28 AM PDT by scooby321
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To: Kaslin

He’s steeped in something...


6 posted on 11/04/2010 6:44:45 AM PDT by ltc8k6
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To: Kaslin

Productive Californians need to stop feeding the monkeys and move themselves and their businesses out of that state.


7 posted on 11/04/2010 6:45:38 AM PDT by PLMerite (Fix the FR clock. It's time.)
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To: Kaslin

The problem with CA is that, as its policies become whackier and more business/growth unfriendly, the people it’s been squeezing to pay for those policies leave. And the more of those people who leave, the fewer sane voters there are, and the more likely more nutty policies will be implemented in the future.

I strongly believe that no state should receive more in federal funds than its taxpayers pay, minus that percentage of federal operating costs. CA should not benefit from redistribution of wealth from other states.


8 posted on 11/04/2010 6:45:58 AM PDT by exDemMom (Now that I've finally accepted that I'm living a bad hair life, I'm more at peace with the world.)
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To: Kaslin
The real losers are the people of California.

But, when a state gets used to living in liberal hell - it's hard to break the habit!

9 posted on 11/04/2010 6:46:10 AM PDT by LADY J (Change your thoughts and you change your world.. - Norman Vincent Peale)
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To: jiminycricket000

“Did anyone really expect California to elect a conservative, Tea Party type Governor?”
Whitman was neither.


10 posted on 11/04/2010 6:46:12 AM PDT by Jazz1968
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To: TheThinker

If one had $140 million to spend freely then I don’t think one would be bawling like a baby if they lost it. Chump change I would think.


11 posted on 11/04/2010 6:46:19 AM PDT by cubreporter ( Trust Rush and you won't go wrong.)
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To: jiminycricket000

California and Massachusetts and Maryland = “The Land of The Hopelessly Lost”.


12 posted on 11/04/2010 6:46:28 AM PDT by Stormtrooper79
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To: Kaslin

Nothing but Moon Beams and they don’t produce wealth.


13 posted on 11/04/2010 6:46:30 AM PDT by Lion Den Dan
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To: Kaslin; Beckwith
Meg Whitman did no run as a conservative, She ran as a moderate, progressive Republican.Both Whitman and Fiorina avoided Sarah Palin, did not have the proper platform array. They were wrong.

It should be sinking in by now that running as a progressive results in DEFEAT.

The same result for Fiorina who took the same “moderate” stand, hoping that independent voters would flock to them.Well thats not the case.

The Karl Rove model is officially “history”.

If Republicans do not join the conservative camp, they soon will be “history”.That's what the million dollar boondoggle campaigns of Whitman and Fiorina tell us.

The same can be said for Massachusetts races.

14 posted on 11/04/2010 6:46:53 AM PDT by Candor7 (Obama . fascist info..http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html)
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To: Kaslin

Heh. California is about to confirm the definition of insanity. I just hope the GOP stands firm and refuses to offer any bailout to them.


15 posted on 11/04/2010 6:49:28 AM PDT by pnh102 (Regarding liberalism, always attribute to malice what you think can be explained by stupidity. - Me)
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To: Candor7

You don’t get it....

In states where the democrats/leftists outnumber the conservatives you are not going to win elections with Tea Party types. Wanna argue that? Try running liberals in deep Red states and see what happens.


16 posted on 11/04/2010 6:52:24 AM PDT by misterrob (Thug Life....now showing at a White House near you....)
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To: Candor7

No, all that sinks in with the idiots in charge is that now no Republican can possibly ever win there since the liberal ones lose.

A Chris Christie type could get elected there in a walk. However, the result would likely not be the same as NJ, because with the ballot measure system in CA, the state is basically ungovernable. It is a perfect example of how direct democracy does not work. People vote for spending increases and won’t vote for tax increases. It’s a mess.


17 posted on 11/04/2010 6:52:54 AM PDT by perfect_rovian_storm (The worst is behind us. Unfortunately it is really well endowed.)
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To: jiminycricket000
Did anyone really expect California to elect a conservative, Tea Party type Governor?

Meg Whitman is no conservative, nor a "tea party type".

18 posted on 11/04/2010 6:54:24 AM PDT by TaxPayer2000 (The United States shall guarantee to every state in this union a republican form of government,)
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To: Kaslin

Honestly, I am glad we won’t have RINO fingerprints on the California fiscal trainwreck. Let Brown, his Sacramento cronies and the public employee unions own this thing lock, stock and barrel. Here in Virginia public employees are forbidden by law from unionizing for collective bargaining purposes. Over time this has been critical in maintaining our comparatively strong economy and honest elections. I hope Governor McDonnell has his Director of Business Recruitment on his way to California to pick over the bones. I know he will strongly resist a federal bailout for the man-made disaster which is California.


19 posted on 11/04/2010 6:54:34 AM PDT by dogcaller
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Brown ran unopposed. Whitman was about as inspiring as wet cardboard. Even us solid conservatives had to really work to get excited about her, now imagine fence sitters and indies . . .

I don't know if the rest of the country realizes how many illegal voters there are here as well. I had to almost force the poll worker to inspect my drivers license and passport. She look somewhat offended.

20 posted on 11/04/2010 6:57:30 AM PDT by atc23
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