Kalifornia is beyond any hope. Kalifornia is one of the most liberal states in the nation, and will likely remain so. A conservative does not have a chance of winning the state.
How do we know?
The only genuine conservatives to run for statewide office in the past 10 years have been Bruce Herschenson and Dan Lundgren. Both refused to run as bare-knuckled conservatives, and became punching bags for the Democrats.
Pete Wilson is a centrist Republican, but he understood that politics is war, and sounded what conservative themes he shared and refused to lose.
OTH, in the last ten years, California has passed State referendums such as Proposition #187 ( which would have denied State benefits to Illegals), passed a three-strikes law requiring life without parole for violent felons, overturned affirmative action, abolished most of bilingual education, and thwarted the homosexual agenda by preserving the definition of marriage as being one man with one woman.
How liberal is that? Has any other state passed such conservative ballot initiatives?
Republicans who act ashamed of their Party and their principles are the guaranteed losers in California.
You are one of the Kalifornia conservatives who honestly believes you can change the course of your states future.
You have much more faith in your state than I ever will.
Many states have passed the 3 Strikes your out law, Many more have passed defense of marriage acts. Further more my state even makes homosexuality a felony punishable by 10 years in prison.
The Democrats control your state, you must admit that much. The coastline of California especially the S.F. Bay area and L.A. are two of the most liberal strongholds in the nation.
Your state gave Klintoon/Gore astronomical margins. And don't say that Bush 2 is not conservative, Gore ran as an Ultra-Liberal and Bush as a Conservative and Gore beat Bush in Kalifornia by well over 1 million votes.
You are never going to convince me that the state that is the epi-center for sexual immority and perversion (Sodomites, Child Molestors, Hollywood) is a Conservative State.
San Fransico started out as a hedonistic den of theives and scum and remains so till this day.
Kalifornia is beyond hope.
Tell me, why do you think that you must stay in a state so hostile to life (Pro-abortion) against the 2nd Amendment (Anti-Gun) and pro-homosexual?
There are many other more conservative states with less taxes and filth that would be glad to have you, then your vote may actually make a difference.
I would suggest that you send your campaign contributions to one of the senate races I mentioned instead of the Kalifornia Governor's race, mark my words, Davis is going to steamroll Simon in November.
The democrats have control of the cesspool of Kalifornia.
Pete Wilson was a rare bird -- a centrist who shifted right at election time. Most Republicans, conservative or centrist, will either stand their ground or move to the center.
Wilson was the only politico I recall who shifted right.