[calcowgirl]

I would say it is a hard sell point that there is a large % of conservative (potential) voters in CA that let ding-dongs like Boxer get reelected every six years (since 1992 I think) because they are waiting for that conservative candidate that never gets nominated by the RINO party. At some point a pain threshold will be met.

It's really not hard at all to understand why Boxer got elected, over and over. But it has little to do with voters liking her. It has a whole lot to do with the Republican Party and their candidates. Remember Bill Jones? The entire establishment lined up behind him with money and endorsements in the primary and squashed all competition (including some conservatives). Then he failed to run a single ad or even launch a campaign. He just sat back and lost. The PTB in the GOP were perfectly happy handing that election to Boxer.

Or how about Feinstein's election? After the Bill Jones affair, not many were willing to face the vindictiveness of the Republican Party infiltrators so almost no one ran. Then, a state senator put his name on the ballot. He had no money and no support from the state (or national) party apparatus. In fact, they even refused to endorse him. Yeah, he lost, as did Bill Jones -- by about the same amount as RINO Carly and Meg did after spending gazillions and having the RINO establishment back them.

You really have to dig below the surface to understand what is happening in California. You cannot assume it is the same as MD.

I was arguing that trying to convince llarge groups of liberals in states like NY to suddenly vote conservative wont work, and that Republicans acting as liberals backfires on them (My main point) just to make clear.

And I fully agree with that. But getting liberals to vote for conservatives is not the only way to win elections (as a conservative). That was my point.

[DoughtyOne]

Thanks for the additional good examples CalCowGirl.

BTW: I agree with the premise SickOfLibs addresses to..., to a point. Let’s not forget that some of these liberal states were won by none other than Ronald Reagan.

You have to make a connection to people. If you give the right focused bedrock speech, one that people can identify with, “Hey, you know, that makes sense to me...”, you can win over people.

Not everyone on the left is an automaton.

With Obama and his policies on the table, every state in this nation is ripe for the picking.