The “Losenator” was a severe disappointment given what he was marketed as and what California got when the box was opened. While I don’t envy the legislature he got stuck with, Arnold could have done much better and stuck to basic principals. Instead he caved, dissembled and threw in with every kook that had a hand in California’s destruction. That severely hurt the image of Republican’s in and outside the Golden State.

I think Chuckie has good instincts and can win. However, I find it disappointing (most recently) he didn’t think before speaking. I simply hope his behavior is not a prelude to the primary campaign.
I also hope Carly doesn’t try to drag him there. If she does, Chuck shouldn’t bite. Negativity is not what people want, especially in these times.

If Devore can stay on message, be articulate, passionate and talk about his ideas he can be a very important linchpin. People want different things from their legislators then what is being delivered today. They want leaders with solid ideals, unwavering opinions, loyalty and an ability to make convincing arguments on their behalf. He can be all those things if he just trusts what I believe are very good instincts and throws any differing consultant to the sharks.

California is hard to figure out. I think one thing that people are missing is that the people of CA have been in some form of mild revolt for some time now. They seem to have finally noticed the bubbling water they have been swimming in. This may be the moment that the frog hops out of the pot.

Having just moved to VT from CO ~ a year ago I was shocked. Gun laws are non-existent here, liberties haven’t really been cut. The people have yet to feel the impact of their votes over the years. I think in this way VT is like CA 8-10 yrs ago.

Now, the people of CA have been feeling the impact for a while now. They stood up to get rid of Davis, moving to the right with Arnold. Still no real results. Maybe the next step for them is the Federal Offices rather than the State offices. I am just positing here, I really don’t know if that is what is going on.

Maybe SteveLA and Neil can tell me if I am close.

Call me a simpleton, but given she has thrown in with all the big government, fiscally irresponsible-ObamaCare types and those policies are ubiquitously unpopular it seems like a good place to start. But again, I am just a common man and nostalgic about reliability.

Frankly, I would let Boxer bring up the social issues and then rhetorically say “huh?”. Sure, the people of California are suffering under oppressive taxation, record unemployment, ridiculous federal government mandates, wreckless fiscal policies and leaving the state in droves. Meanwhile you want to talk about what?

I will post it to my site and include an update on here, if I’m able to get around to it.

1) Part 1
2) Part 2

It’s well worth reading what he has to say — and what he focuses on — unmediated.

You are quite right, if DeVore turns the primary into a look at how good my social conservative credentials are contest and how lousy Fionria’s are, then he may well win the Republican primary, but loose big time in the General. CA Democrats are masters at painting Republicans as extremist in the general election, even if they are not and being seen as a hard core social conservative does not sell in state wide elections in a fairly liberal CA.

Fironia will fail all on her own I think, once her HP record comes out, and she turns brittle on the stump. Best for DeVore to hang back I would think and let her fail all on her own.

Right now people are mad at the CA Democrats in the Assembly and not all that fond of CA R’s who seem to not be engaged on pock-book issues, illegal immigration and the role/size of government issues. There is some anger there, but who knows how to capitalize on that anger.

Weird thing here is that DeVore has a pretty good record on good government issues, yet so far he’s trying to make points on social issues with the base and to some extent on trade with Iran. Maybe it’s a way for DeVore to get noticed, raise some money from the base or something else, go figure.

The interior is where the Republicans are, and we’re no different from the Republicans you’d find in Nevada or Arizona.

So winning the primary and winning the general are mutually exclusive things until we can get abortion off the table, and that won’t happen until the Supreme Court finally depolarizes the issue.

It just won’t lift a finger to stop mass infanticide.

Fiorina needs and should be allowed to speak for herself. Then let the voters judge HER credibility.

DeVore does himself no good with that type of statement.

As for me, having only read the postings here on Red State, I put the odds at least 9:1 that she’s pro-choice. You can’t get involved in Republican politics and NOT know that someone is going to want the answer to that question. The easy answer (and the one that helps win Republican primaries) is to forthrightly declare yourself pro-life and layout your creds, which includes your website. The next simplest answer is if you are an abortion supporter, you declare it, make your argument, and let the chips fall where they may. You’re likely to lose the primary, but now always (see Tom Ridge). The problem is when you are an abortion supporter and you try to finesse the answer, which includes not saying anything.

Further, it is really rather petty of you to keep trying to pick a fight with me. As a moderator I would think you would consider yourself above such a thing. I certainly have a greater respect of you than that.

Any more of this type of stuff and I am going to write this guy off as another CA, no-name, conservative loser.

However the idea that he’s going to keep Boxer from talking about abortion just by not mentioning it in the primary I think is silly. Even she isn’t so dumb as to miss that it’s a consistently successful issue for Democrats in this state. This state sadly re jected even a weak, limp-wristed parental notification law even as it confirmed marriage.

So not mentioning abortion in the primary will be as successful as not mentioning the war was in Fawlty Towers. IT’s always going to be there. Our base cares about it. The Democrat base cares about it.

DeVore didn’t start it. Roe invaded Poland.

Apparently Devore has employed all the usual campaign creatures with their Ouji boards and bewitching chants. Unfortunately for Devore, that approach does not serve him well.

Devore should stick to his intuition, which has brought success thus far. He can throw the other dead weight overboard and win big. Focusing on Boxer early is the best tactic for him.

Fiorina will self destruct all on her own. I always found McCain’s choice of Carly curious and taken mostly as a female demographic play. Carly can talk all day about management experience at HP. However her performance at best was lackluster and that will be evident on closer scrutiny.

This could be a really easy Senatorial win for Chuck if he sticks to the script. Here’s to hoping he does.

And I want to talk about her voting record, which is particularly troubling to me.