We are in the midst of the 2014 election season. Many are working for the candidate of their choice. Some are complaining they do not have a choice. For some reason the Republican Party did not run any candidate for several legislative seats. At the end of the day, will the Republicans in the legislative be those, like a Nathan Fletcher type, be willing to compromise principles or those like a McClintock, willing to discuss compromising style and strategy but never principle?
What good is a Republican willing to raise taxes, give amnesty to illegal aliens and create bigger government agencies? That is why those candidate lose to true Democrats. In the end what does the GOP stand for, why should it be supported and can we return the Party to the Values we expect—and election is not a value (though it is important, losers do not legislate)
“If the Munger wing continues to freeze out conservatives then conservatives will freeze out the Republican Party. If they feel unwanted they will do one of two things—either stop participating—and GOP candidates will lose. Or start a Third Party in California, and the Republicans will lose. Remember, it was Munger that spent north of $10 million to END Republican, and Democrat primaries—he does not support having a GOP candidate for each office. In 2012, the first election under his theories there were eight races of Republicans vs. Republican and twenty races of Democrats vs. Democrat. The voters lost a choice of ideology and policies in those 28 districts.”
Editorial by Stephen Frank: Republicans in Trouble in California Statewide/Legislative races
Editorial by Stephen Frank, California Political News and Views, 4/14/14
On Friday I received a big proud email from a guy named Pete Peterson, a Republican running for California Secretary of State. He announced the Field Poll showed him far ahead of the Democrats in this race. He was at 30%.
On Saturday the Field Poll came out on the State Controller race. The controversial Fresno Mayor, Ashley Swearingen, was way ahead of her Democrat opponents—she was at 28%.
What was not noted by Field is that Republican voter registration in California is just below 30
%.
In others words Peterson and Swearingen were both receiving GOP votes. That is a good thing. Their opponents have raised millions—they have raised thousands. Guv Brown has $20 million in the bank. By the end of the June primary the GOP candidate for Guv for be close to ZERO.
Why is this important? Because this frees up Democrat/Union/Special Interest money to pay for tight legislative races. On the GOP side, we have Munger money and a Leadership PAC that operates out of three counties—these are being used to elect certain Republicans of the right ideological bent. The Democrats will spend to elect Castro worshipping candidates and very confused legislators like Steve Fox who sleeps during hearings. They want every (D) elected. Our money is spent on a litmus test.
Yet, conservatives do win nominations and elections. That is because of strong grassroot campaigns and use of social media to promote their candidate and expose the Leftists leaning s and support of their registered Republican opponents. My guess is that by June 3 a large number of voters, due to social media will know that Tim Donnelley is a Tea Party Republican—and that Neel Kashkari voted for Obama in 2008, thinking McCain was too conservative. Yes, Kashkari is going to have a couple million to as he says “buy the election”, but most Republicans, even moderates will not vote for an Obama voter as their nominee. (Disclosure: I am not endorsing or supporting either candidate for Governor).
This is the problem for the moderate/Munger candidates in November. In close races, as the pro-amnesty, OK with taxes “if necessary”, support for the SEIU becomes apparent, the voter suppression will become a real problem. All someone has to say is, “Will Munger candidate X become the next Nathan Fletcher.” Fletcher was the long time Republican operative, when once elected to the Assembly, started voting with Democrats, became an Independent and finally admitted the truth, became a Democrats denouncing the “extremist” Republicans?
Just the other day we have Rosario Marin, a Schwarzenegger appointee, denouncing Donnelly for the crime of demanding our immigration laws be enforced. Think she will vote for him should he win the nomination? This divisive attitude by the Left in the GOP is why we can not win Statewide elections.
In 2002 I worked by Bill Simon for Governor as his Deputy Political Director. Bill lost by about 3% of the vote. One major reason was that the moderates in the GOP, like Schwarzenegger, refused to help and bring their people into the campaign. All over the State moderates refuses to be major donors and business groups preferred donating to Gray Davis. Imagine the difference in California if Simon not Davis was elected—no Recall, No Arnold and infrastructure would have been priority #1
Yet in 2003, conservatives were told NOT to support McClintock in the Recall-since a conservative could not win. As it turns out any GOP’er would have beat Davis. Instead we got a “Republican” Governor that spent seven years denouncing the GOP, squeezing the business community not to donate to it (in 2006 Arnold allowed business to donate, but on the basis the money would be spent on him), create $140 billion in deficits and watched the pension systems go over the edge. Oh, he also appointed more Democrats and Non Republicans to judgeships and as department heads than Republicans. Did I forget to mention his chief of Staff, Pat Cleary was a Democrat operative who worked directly for and with Gray Davis?
To this, conservatives in the Party are told to shut up and support the “R”—even if the “R” does not support Republican values. This could be the end game of the upcoming November elections—a real danger to the continuation of Republicans as part of the political dialogue in California.
If the Munger wing continues to freeze out conservatives then conservatives will freeze out the Republican Party. If they feel unwanted they will do one of two things—either stop participating—and GOP candidates will lose. Or start a Third Party in California, and the Republicans will lose. Remember, it was Munger that spent north of $10 million to END Republican, and Democrat primaries—he does not support having a GOP candidate for each office. In 2012, the first election under his theories there were eight races of Republicans vs. Republican and twenty races of Democrats vs. Democrat. The voters lost a choice of ideology and policies in those 28 districts.
The November 2014 election is as much about the continuation of political diversity in California as it is about legislative elections. Are you going to get involved or stay home and watch Seinfeld re-runs?
Could this be an election on issues? Like the nearly solid D support and R opposition to HSR, unisex bathrooms in schools, illegal aliens, government healthcare, environmental wackoism, etc.? Show how much better the extreme right is than the extreme wrong. Despite the Munger types, It could be a winner.
April 14, 2014 at 8:32 am