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A panel discussion of California Republicans: Catherine Baker, FORMER Assemblywomen R-16; Kevin Faulkoner, Mayor of San Diego; Kristin Olsen, FORMER Minority Leader, California State Assembly, etc. etc.; Matt Shupe, Director John Cox for Governor and Chair of Republican party in Contra Costa county (East Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area); Snarky Moderator Scott Shafer, KQED (PBS) Senior Political editor. All discussed how evil Trump was and how he cost them their races! I attended and feel obligated to report on this pathetic exercise.

Will the last Republican in California please turn out the light?

The best way to understand the current state of the California Republican Party, says John J. Pitney Jr., professor of government at Claremont McKenna College, is to review the Monty Python dead parrot sketch. A customer walks into a pet shop with a dead parrot, demanding his money back from a clerk who insisted the bird was only resting, shouting: "This parrot is no more! He has ceased to be! He's expired and gone to meet his maker! He's a stiff! Bereft of life, he rests in peace!" Professor Pitney said the California Republican Party is on its back because...