No. The more perceptive the person, the more liberal this guy turns out to be. I think that like all liberals (liberal Democrats and liberal Republicans) they are only interested in superficial labels. Simplistic people look at politics the way other people look at sports teams; my team, right or wrong.
It's really too bad. If they saw him for what he was they'd support him, and then we Republicans could in-turn run someone who supports our party platform. The voters would have real choices.
Please explain how a candidate can be elected with 34% of the votes.
CALIFORNIA VOTER AND PARTY PROFILES
http://www.ppic.org/content/pubs/JTF_VoterProfilesJTF.pdf
"The Democratic Party currently has an advantage of 1.4 million voters over the Republican Party (7.1 million to 5.7 million) or 9 percentage points (43% to 34%), according to the Secretary of State.
Among those most likely to vote in this year’s elections, Democrats outnumber Republicans by a 7-point margin (44% to 37%), while 15 percent of likely voters are registered as independents.
... the fact that independents are more likely to lean toward Democrats than Republicans (42% to 28%) tends to work to the disadvantage of the GOP in statewide elections."