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Your item 2] is utterly correct.

Republicans in CA have very mixed feelings about the national GOP domestic policies. A simple, and old, matter illustrates this perfectly. Ward Connerly became a GOP hero here in CA because of prop 209. GWB, his brother Jeb, and the national GOP, have run away from us on this matter. GWB praised the recent SCOTUS decision in the Michigan case, though his people had filed a tepid brief in dissent. Ward thinks this decision was a disaster. So do I. But GWB praised it.

Now, this plays out in CA on prop 54. Arnold is against it, and speaks sneeringly of Ward and his friends. Bush, perhaps led by Rove, tends this way. But, here in CA, we conservatives are with Ward. And, sadly, we expect to lose, in part because the GOP nationally won't join us. Naturally, we feel bad.

One could make a similar case about Prop 187 and illegal immigration, or about Prop 22 and the defence of marriage, or about Prop 227, Ron Unz's "Engilish for the Children," and Rove's desire to win hispanic votes.

No, conservatives and some Republicans here aren't wild about winning for the sake of GWB.

He's undermined us more than once too often.

Curious to know what you think ...

Cheers,

Richard F.

[Amerigomag]

Curious to know what you think

Hope this answers your querry ...

If McClintock outpolls Schwarzenegger among California Republicans in the recall election, McClintock should enter the 2004 Republican presidential primary in California.

This act of definance will send a message to the Lincoln Club that will be hard for the Bush family to ignore.