El Rojo
Member
You can go to the PRK Secretary of State's website and see that 43.7% are registered Democrats and 35.3% are registered Republican. 16% decline to state and 5% goes to the other party. As you can see, 35.3% Republican is nowhere near a majority. We are the clearly the minority in this state. Even if all republicans might have voted for McClintock, we would still have to convince another 15% of the liberals that McClintock is what Californians want. I just don't see that happening.Or until conservatives stop appeasing the liberals, stop compromising and stop worrying about "who can win" as opposed to who is the best man.
Regardless of that possibility, we had three major choices today. As I predicted, the majority of these swing voters in the middle were not going to go over to the "hard core conservative" McClintock. They do not agree with his social views and they probably won't agree with his social views anytime soon. Think about your own preferences. Many THR members would not compromise their "principles" and vote for Schwartzenegger. Why do you think these liberals are going to do what you won't do and switch over to the other side? What matters is the middle. And most people in the middle don't have the same principles and resolve that the far left and the far right have. They stay in the middle for a reason. So to expect them to suddenly vear away from the middle and become "hard core" or radicals is unreasonable. They will stay in the middle. Who was in the middle? Arnold was and Arnold has won with resounding support.
For those of you who voted your principle, I respect that. I however was tired of the all or nothing mentality. Today Californians did not get nothing. We didn't get it all either, but we at least have a chance. Some of you don't share my enthusiasm and some of you even see no difference between Schwarzenegger and Bustamante/Davis. For those of you who just watched the acceptance speech, there is a difference. When Schwarzenegger says it is time for responsible fiscal management to return, that is a far change from the status quo. Of course I think he is being a little to idealistic in saying he will represent everyone. He can't represent us and the VPC at the same time. However, we know we have a slight chance and maybe even a great chance than we think than keeping Davis/Bustamante. I personally am very pleased with the results of the election and I am finally happy to get a victory in California. I know some of you won't agree with me and that is fine. The important thing is Gray is gone and now we have a chance at some change.