Speaking of conservatives convincing liberals (in very liberal districts) to vote conservative, it seems most conservatives claim (this is unscientific poll) they would never talk to a liberal because they are impossible(which they usually are). How would that work?
What about conservatives that flee liberal states(say for jobs) ? What does that do?
I think therein lies the basis for disagreement. In California elections, it is not about convincing liberals to vote Republican. That is the same mistake that the RINOs make every time, thinking they need to move further and further to the left (although it may be intentional given the past liberal CRP Chair calling for a "purple party"). When given the choice between a liberal(R) and a liberal(D), liberals and democrats vote for "the real thing" -- their own.
There are over 23 million people in California eligible to vote. Only 17 million of those are registered. And only 10 million or so bother to vote. Conservatives come out to vote when there is something to vote FOR or someone who gets their attention. And that is how/when Republicans win. A choice between Meg and Jerry was no choice at all. When RINOs like Meg win, we are often worse off than with Dems as proven by Schwarzenegger who accomplished more for the liberal agenda than any democrat could have dreamed of.
I know the above was not your central point, but the parenthetical comment you made is simply not true. DoughtyOne mentioned Bill Simon; there are others. As I mentioned, the statistics and analysis has been posted on FR many times. If you need for us to go dig them up and rehash the whole thing here in order to stop posting the "conservatives can't win in CA" mantra, I guess we could do that.