Your arguments would fare better if you refrained from using opinion as fact. Why is his PR "circus tactics", but all other candidates aren't? Was Arnie announcing his Governor candidacy on the Tonite Show a circus tactic? He might have run as a Republican, true, but since the CA established party apparatus had already endorsed Campbell, what good would that have done him? About as much good as when McClintock continued to remain as a Republican candidate after Schwartzenegger jumped in to the Gubernatorial race on the last day: he would have seen his campaign sabotaged by the CARP at every opportunity.
The CARP is a shell, managing to get lucky that Arnold Schwartzenegger has enough sense not to be a Democrat. It has no power in the state, but somehow it's the state GOP that is the problem.
Schwartzenegger is a populist, not a Republican in anything but name. He's like Bill O'Reilly, supporting whatever he sees as popular. Hence Arnold's stance on guns, stem cells, eco land grabs, teachers unions, and illegal alien DLs.
Why go after Boxer, who is a terrible Senator besides, when you can completely decimate the California Republican party and get a complete Democrat monopoly?
What does Boxer have to do with this election?
And Democrats will surely solve the borders problem.
HAHAHAHAHA! At least you maintain your sense of humor.
If Gilchrist were really serious and if his "issue" was the only one worth worrying about, then there is no question that he would have won the Republican votes in the primary. Right? Right???
But now, we see that Gilchrist is a peace weenie. That's interesting information. I'm suspecting I know where Gilchrist stands and I don't think I want to be in that camp.
Without the support of the Party, he could not win against the established Fair Haired Boy. They would have savaged him with the same tactics that were used in the Gubernatorial race against McClintock.
That's the problem with the CARP. They are not willing to let anyone into the clubhouse who threatens to rock the boat. The CARP is not interested in California except as a money source; they are interested in Federal power politics, where Party line orthodoxy is paramount.
But now, we see that Gilchrist is a peace weenie. That's interesting information. I'm suspecting I know where Gilchrist stands and I don't think I want to be in that camp.
Again with the unsupported assumptions. Although I don't agree with it, there is a valid libertarian argument to be made against the Iraq invasion. That doesn't make them "peace weenies".
Schwartzenegger chose to run as a Republican in an open election. He could have very easily chose to have run as an independent. And won. It says less about his ideology than about his ability to be a team player.
Boxer has everything to do with this election. The immigration fetishists have chosen to destroy what's left of the CAGOP rather than trying to make a dent in the Dems.
Although I don't agree with it, there is a valid libertarian argument to be made against the Iraq invasion. That doesn't make them "peace weenies".
Gilchrist is most decidedly not a libertarian. Libertarianism is about open borders. If you're not a liberal Democrat and you opposed the Iraq invasion, I want to know a LOT more about your views.