Sitting in Stanford stadium before a game, a few years ago, Ms. Rice (former President/chancellor of Stanford) was introduced for the coin toss and she was practically booed out of the stadium. Of course Stanford is home of uber libs, but still it points to a defeat for Rice should she run. Rice = Bush in the minds of most in CA.
Well Cali is a total lost cause.
Reagan couldn’t win California today. 2012 Obama was +23.
Just look at the POTUS and Senate trends over the last two decades.
With the new “jungle” primary system, a bunch of November races are now actually between two Democrats. That’s how Sandy Fluke got to the November election.