Posted on 06/01/2018 3:57:22 PM PDT by cotton1706
>> and in several of those was defeated by ample doses of ice cream ... perhaps he could pledge to bring in oberweis as his "minister of migration" <<
Heh. The scary thing is Oberweis seems like an credible candidate next to John Cox, even though both of them kept losing every time they attempted a run for a major office in Illinois. Oberweis came in a close second in most of his campaigns, whereas Cox would get like 15% of the vote against some no-name opponent, and tell everyone it proves he's an awesome candidate who is super popular with voters.
It baffles me that ANY California conservative who reads up on Cox's past campaign history would want to rally around him for Governor. Again, shades of the useful idiot conservatives in Nevada who INSISTED on running Sharron Angle no matter how awful her past campaigns were, or the New Jersey conservatives who absolutely swoon over Steve Lonegan no matter how many times he comes in last place and manages to peel away enough votes from a credible conservative candidate to throw the election to a RINO or a Democrat.
Do some conservatives WANT to lose to the Dems?
Means nothing
Nada
Zip
Zilch
Unless Jefferson comes to fruition
Have you read up on any John Cox's past campaigns, and how "popular" he was with voters?
Terrible comparison between the USA and California.
USA registered voters are about equally split 50/50, which is why 7 battleground states sway the elections one way or another. A Republican candidate has a 50% chance of being elected president at any time.
California registered voters are 2:1 Democrat to Republican, with over 5 million more registered Democrats. It is a one party state with a Democrat stranglehold on politics where there has not been a Republican elected to statewide office in almost 25 years (I don’t count liberal Hollywood celebrity Arnold Schwarzenegger).
There is NO chance for a Republican California gubernatorial candidate.
There is a 50% chance for a Republican American presidential candidate.
California will never have another Republican governor until Hispanics are the majority demographic in California and co-opt the Republican party vs. the non-Hispanic white coastal liberal democrats.
There is one extremely solid core calling that succeeds in California, that of taxes. It really was how Schwarzenegger won, he beat on the taxes drum. (Another very very successful tactic is to go after illegals and most especially, gangs of illegals who prey upon everyone in the state, topics typically forbidden by the state party.)
How do you win in November?
Step one: ‘I will shut down this stupid boondoggle of a bullet train and direct the attorney general’s office to prosecute everyone who has used this project for their personal and political gain.’
Step two: ‘Fix roads; I'll make the legislature return allocations of funds which were always intended for road repair and construction. The major arteries in our state have suffered too long as politicians have stolen money for their private agendas.’
Step three: ‘While I might disagree with the legislature over the sanctuary policies, I will hold them to the fire for every violent illegal in the state that they protect. They'll either have to go on record supporting those who prey upon our immigrant communities, or actually vote to do something about them. Get them off the streets, get them prosecuted to the full extent of the law, and get them away from influencing others to follow their criminal ways.’
I don't care how many ‘the other guy will shut down abortion’ mailers the Democrats put out to support Newsome, those three topics will get you past the 50% mark.
But, yeah, California's a lost cause. Funny how people were saying the White House was one too back in 2015.
Illinois doesn’t have jungle primaries, which are also called wide open primaries. In a California primary, someone can vote for a Republican for the U.S. Senate, a Democrat for the U.S. House, and a Republican for governor. That’s not possible in Illinois, which has open primaries.
In the 2002 U.S. Senate primary, Cox got 23%.
California and Conservatism: Conditions Exist for Conservatism's Revival in the Interior>
I’ll believe it when I see it.
Onward and upward!
Phil, when 7 candidates try for the same office it is a jungle primary in my book. There is no ideological difference between Steve Rauschenberger, Jack Ryan, Jim Oberweiss, John Cox and the others now foregettable run against each other, we are doing something wrong.
Well, at least he can say he did better than Patrick Hughes "credible" campaign against Mark Kirk.
On the other hand, Alan Keyes' "disastrous" Senate campaign against the media's false messiah won a higher percentage of voters than Cox did (27% vs. 23%)
Apparently California GOP voters want to get lose by a landslide, so they're jumping on the Cox bandwagon. The very definition of insanity is trying the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result...
Well, at least he can say he did better than Patrick Hughes "credible" campaign against Mark Kirk.
On the other hand, Alan Keyes' "disastrous" Senate campaign against the media's false messiah won a higher percentage of voters than Cox did (27% vs. 23%)
Apparently California GOP voters want to lose by a landslide, so they're jumping on the Cox bandwagon. The very definition of insanity is trying the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result...
Buy a lotto ticket if you think Cox has a good chance of getting elected.
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