Of course, if we had listened to some of those rabid Republican partisans, maybe they wouldn't have nominated a closet Democrat to the Republican ticket in the first place, eh? The "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em mentality" in some dusty corners of the big tent is slowing poisoning the GOP, both in California and elsewhere.
For the MILLIONTH time:
Look what happened when Republicans nominated conservatives: they were beaten handily by Gray Davis, and we ended up with Gray Davis as governor, precisely because ONLY Republicans voted for them, who are only 34% of the voters.
Ignoring reality doesn't win elections.
The only way a Republican can get elected in CA, is by appealing to the center and even center left.
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CALIFORNIA VOTER AND PARTY PROFILES
http://www.ppic.org/content/pubs/JTF_VoterProfilesJTF.pdf
"The Democratic Party currently has an advantage of 1.4 million voters over the Republican Party (7.1 million to 5.7 million) or 9 percentage points (43% to 34%), according to the Secretary of State.
Among those most likely to vote in this year’s elections, Democrats outnumber Republicans by a 7-point margin (44% to 37%), while 15 percent of likely voters are registered as independents.
... the fact that independents are more likely to lean toward Democrats than Republicans (42% to 28%) tends to work to the disadvantage of the GOP in statewide elections."
"Of course, if we had listened to some of those rabid Republican partisans, maybe they wouldn't have nominated a closet Democrat to the Republican ticket in the first place, eh? The "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em mentality" in some dusty corners of the big tent is slowing poisoning the GOP, both in California and elsewhere."
People can argue all night long about Arnold, but one thing that is inarguable is that without Arnold we could not have taken the governors seat from Gray Davis in a recall.