It would just make the current state of affairs official. The CAGOP has been RINO for years. I think Deukmejian was the last governor to show any vestiges of conservatism. Gerrymandered districts make the legislature permanently Democrat.
You are right on two fronts. Duke was the last Republican governor that we could consider to be reasonably conservative. The Republican party is this state has been disorganized for years and full of a few traitors. Our most recent governor was about as Republican as Joe Biden.
The result has been a legislature able to be gerrymandered by the Dems so that their control truly was solidified. For 2012, redistricting will be under the control of a so-called bipartisan committee. Let’s hope it sets reasonable legislative district boundaries. Hope springs eternal.
As for the current Repubs, my recently elected state senator, Emerson, has been one of the 5 Repubs meeting with Brown’s people. If he turns out to be another traitor, I trust my district will send his ass packing or even recall him. I am so tired of this crap, I will gladly work to defeat him if he turns out to be one of Brown’s butt boys.