The California Gubernatorial race has yet to swing into high gear, especially since the sitting governor, Jerry Brown, has yet to announce his re-election plans. Everyone expects him to run, but nothing starts until he makes his intention known. Republicans have a credible challenger in former lieutenant governor Abel Maldonado, but there's a difference between credible and winning. The Sacramento Bee looked at the race today. Orange County Supervisor John Moorlach has indicated he'll run, but he's not viewed as high profile enough to beat Maldonado.
Maldonado, of course, is reviled by some California Republicans. The article quotes Jon Fleischman and John W. Briscoe see a Maldonado candidacy as "Democrats light" and our "worst foot forward." These guys need to come to grips that there aren't enough conservatives in the state to win anything. Republicans are already irrelevant and won't become relevant by "sticking to our principles." Sorry. That might be a good strategy for national Republicans, but if becoming Democrats light will win us an election, I'm fine on Democrats light. Better to have someone in there Republicans agree with half the time rather than someone Republicans agree with 10% of the time.
No comments:
Post a Comment