[forgotten man]

He has no chance of being competitive in California. Why waste limited resources running for president in California? Those resource should go someplace where a Republican has a chance. Remember last November when the
Republicans put money into Carly Fiorina’s campaign. That money could have been used in the Colorado senatorial campaign where the Republican candidate narrowly lost. If Rick Perry thinks that he has any chance in California he has very bad judgement.

[Crichton]

If Rick Perry thinks that he has any chance in California he has very bad judgement.

You may notice that Perry did not say he had a reasonable chance to win California or that he would spend a dime in California.

[green iguana]

California will be in such terrible economic shape by the time of next year’s election, that almost any of the current candidates vying for the Republican nomination will be competitive.

All politics is local, and that locality will be hurting big time.

[Catsrus]

Well, it doesn’t hurt to try. I say go for it!

[LS]

First, you have to campaign nation wide, even in places where you might not win. It's military common sense that "he who can't skin holds a leg." Grant understood that, and so did Ike.

Second, I'm still not convinced CA is gone. Yep, you cite Fiorina and Whitman, but neither of those were as conservative as Perry. I think that if you even have a shot in CA, quite the opposite from the "conventional wisdom," you have to offer a CLEAR choice and that a more conservative candidate would do better than a moderate. DJ, what do you know about Bush 04 vs. McCain 08---again, with caveats that they weren't entirely similar races?

[Impy]

There are for once gonna be a ton of competitive house races in Cali.

If Obama gets a huge landslide there again, not good.