Comments on: 3 things for the GOP to consider in California

By: DanvilleDemocrat

DanvilleDemocrat — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 22:19:38 +0000

Also worth noting that if you count up every state that’s voted for the Democratic presidential nominee in every election since 1992, you get about 240 electoral votes. That’s a much more solid foundation that would point to, at best, narrow GOP wins in the future that would require the conservative candidate to have some crossover appeal.

To say that’s unlikely probably represents a huge understatement. Regardless of who the nominees are in 2016, the GOP starts at an electoral college disadvantage.

By: John W

John W — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 22:59:57 +0000

Out of curiosity, I looked up California’s presidential voting history and past governorships. The history is not very consistent with California’s blue state image.

1972-88, California voted for the GOP candidate. 1992-present for the Democrat.

Since the 1917 (end of Hiram Johnson’s time in office), California has had 15 governors — 11 Republicans and 4 Democrats, including two Browns. During that 95-year history (1917-2012), Republicans held the governorship for 69 years. Dems for 26 years.

Since the end of Jerry Brown’s first 8 years in office, the state had 3 Republican governors for 23 years and 2 Democrats for 6 years. The only non-Brown to serve as governor since 1943 was Gray Davis.

By: Elwood

Elwood — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 20:22:51 +0000

@ 2

Wikipedia says he is “an American author and lawyer”.

By: John W

John W — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 17:32:33 +0000

McNerney is more of a workhorse than a show horse. People like that often are underestimated.

Has Del Beccaro ever had a real job, even in the public or nonprofit sector?

You would think that California would be fertile ground for a robust traditional GOP (what the wingnuts like to call RINOs). We would be better for it.

By: Rasta Republican

Rasta Republican — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 15:14:14 +0000

RIP CALIFORNIA REPUBLICAN PARTY.