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However, in saying that, California at present I hold out little to no hope that it will support a GOP Presidential candidate of any stripe. Sadly, a majority of the state can best be described as a (leftist political) drug addict.

I wonder who the "swing" vote in the state is anymore. The electoral maps over time have shown practically the entire coast morph into moonbat territory, and the big GOP margins in Southern Cal, particularly Orange Co. and San Diego Co., have declined dramatically. (Obama even won San Diego County in 08)

If Tom McClintock is any indication, a clear conservative choice can run up the margin pretty close, but there's always that last little bit that he couldn't scale. Looking at the 06 Lt. Gov race, he won 60% in populous Orange County, great performance given how the county has dwindled for the GOP, but just 36% in Los Angeles County. The numbers are almost identical in his even closer 2002 Controller race. (Winning Republicans tend to run just a little bit behind in Los Angeles County at least)

I'd say offering a clear-cut choice will help, but there needs to be some serious grassroots work in the Los Angeles area and in Central CA. People in those regions simply aren't budging much. Push up the numbers there, and you can win the state. As it is, the Dem wave has nearly claimed all of the coast and is pushing its way through the Sacremento metro area. Of course, you need a stronger CA GOP to pull off a reversal...

Yeah, I'd say the state isn't moving back to us any time soon.

Yes, once again the biggest obstacle to change in CA is the GOP Establishment. When they consider Democrats less of a threat than Tom McClintock, you’ve got a very serious problem. Offering a desultory, Dem-lite (hence, Socialist) and left-wing social platform that panders to the very worst elements destroying the state and it’s no wonder why we come up with nothing on election day. If it takes bypassing the CA GOP to build a grassroots Conservative movement in the state, that’s what is going to have to happen. It is so sad and sickening, and one is glad Reagan didn’t live to see it. It’s like George Christopher won the ideological battle for the GOP in 1966.