Posted on 05/29/2010 4:54:08 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
o anti-establishment outlet for California GOP voters' anger
By Rob Hotakainen
rhotakainen@mcclatchydc.com
Published: Saturday, May. 29, 2010 - 12:00 am | Page 1A
WASHINGTON – Angry at politicians and deeply disillusioned about the future, California's GOP voters are clearly in an anti-establishment mood. But they will have little chance to express it in the June 8 election, experts say.
"The sentiment is genuine, but it doesn't have an obvious outlet," said Jack Pitney, political science professor at Claremont-McKenna College.
Despite their claims to the contrary, the candidates seeking to become governor or senator are all political or corporate insiders. In the 100 districts where legislative seats are up for grabs this year, experts expect nothing but sleeper contests.
"I see no sign that this anti-establishment thing is going to have an effect in any race," said Tony Quinn, editor of the California Target Book, which analyzes state and federal races. "I cannot think of a single incumbent in either party who is threatened in this primary for the Legislature."
Consider the lineup of GOP candidates for senator: Carly Fiorina, corporate insider; Tom Campbell, former congressman; and Chuck DeVore, current assemblyman and former corporate executive.
And in the governor's race: Meg Whitman, another corporate insider; and Steve Poizner, state insurance commissioner.
"Everybody's claiming to be an outsider, and when everybody's an outsider, nobody is," Pitney said. "It's pretty evident they're not."
The state's Republicans appear to be in a particularly snarly mood as they prepare to nominate their candidates.
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Good post. My sentiments exactly...
Well, find an anti-RINO and get behind him!
Kalifornia is lost. Forget it. Stupid population way too high and allowed to vote.
I was born in California, have had family buried there since the Gold Rush, and still have relatives there. I left years ago but the state’s on-going ruin saddens me.
Arnold has shown that electing a RINO is pointless. In a perverse sort of way, I’m prepared to see Jerry Brown back as “Governor Moonbeam.” He and his ilk dug the hole. So let him be in it when it collapses.
Suddenly the Bee is concerned about GOP voters ..????????
That’s a new one.
Looks like DeVore is really rattling their cage .. and he should be. A person like Tom McClintock or Mark Levin do not support liberals.
Nice try Bee .. now go buzz somewhere else.
DeVore is the conservative in the race. Go DeVore!
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