[185JHP]

The base plus enough of the middle to get a plurality - easy say, somewhat harder do...

[RightOnTheLeftCoast]

"The base plus enough of the middle to get a plurality - easy say, somewhat harder do...

Depends on what the meaning of "middle" is. By even using the phrase, you're buying-into the notion that the turned-off non-voters are someplace between Davis and Simon. As the article suggests, Simon's terrific primary performance against a backdrop of electoral malaise suggests that there are a lot of folks who would agree with (and vote for) Simon if the press would focus fairly on the issues and the candidates' stances. California is still the state of Reagan and Proposition 13 (and 187, for that matter-- and home of Free Republic too!). It is not the monolithic leftist encampment the LA Times and SF Chronicle would have us believe.

Go Bill Go!