Cali? No chance. Unless if by “red” you mean solid communist for Obama. Losing by only 10 points ala Bush in 2004 would be a swell result there.
And there are no Reagan democrats (sure as shite not in Cali) and haven’t been for some time, if they haven’t switched by now then they at least became independents.
Walker got independent votes, not democrat votes.
I have been following it very closely and was pleased with the results and so was the stock market. I hope it will set a trend. What most “Republicans” fail to understand is that they only have to appeal to one coherent group of “Conservative” people, and there still plenty left in this country who neither like or appreciate that constant “’Reach across the isle” crap and are tired of it.
The likes of John McCain are a good example and many are in distain of him just because of it. Lets face it what is right is right and the same holds for the truth, the same with the Ten Commandments you just don’t fudge or compromise on any of them and it does not matter what religion you believe in either, as the survival of any society depends on them.
This is opposed to liberals, socialists or by what ever name they go by, in order to attract enough votes they have to appeal to just about any Tom, Dick and Harry may this be homosexuals, mass murderers, thieves, tree-huggers, illegal immigrants etc. This is what sets true conservatives apart and this is what so called Republican still have to learn, in order to win they only have to appeal to one core group. It is just like educating a kid, who may frown upon a strict parent who lays down the law, but deep down in their heart they know that it is in their best of interest and the same psychology followed by Walker has proven to be right on target as fortunately there are still enough people around who can tell right from wrong what got him re-elected.
California is unlikely, though possible if Obama loses by a landslide. George W. Bush got 45% there in 2004, better than he was expected to do.
“And there are no Reagan democrats (sure as shite not in Cali) and haven’t been for some time, if they haven’t switched by now then they at least became independents.”
Exactly! The term is “Reagan democrats” as outdated as “icebox” or “dilly dally”.
The Reagan democrats were ~3 decades ago. I submit a good number of those folks have died and been replaced by a populace that is, on the whole, (much) more liberal then they were.