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 California Snubs Republican LandslidePosted on Nov 24, 2010
California’s rejection of the Republican tidal wave is complete. After three weeks of counting, San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris has emerged the victor in the state’s attorney general race. She will be the first woman to have the job, and her ascension, along with former Oakland Mayor Jerry Brown and current San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, gives the state government a decidedly Bay Area flavor. Can SoCal get a little love, please? Billionaire Republican Meg Whitman failed to take over the governor’s mansion and former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina couldn’t dislodge Sen. Barbara Boxer from office. Therefore in major contests Californians just said no to the GOP, which, as you might have heard, did pretty well everywhere else. Harris was running against Los Angeles District Attorney Steve Cooley, who, though he ran as a Republican, considers himself a nonpartisan and was endorsed as such by the L.A. Times, lest we get too carried away. —PZS
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By prairiedog, November 27, 2010 at 1:27 pm Link to this comment
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California rejected pile of sh*t A and voted in Pile of sh*t B.
Report thisBy SteveL, November 26, 2010 at 1:01 am Link to this comment
Karl Rove is reported to have stuck his fat backside in this race.
Report thisBy aacme88, November 26, 2010 at 12:28 am Link to this comment
As ever, California is leading the pack. California led the country into the Conservative Revolution (Prop 13, 1973,) then into the crisis. Now hopefully, the way out is in sight. The Revolution is over. The rest of the country just hasn’t gotten the word yet.
Report thisBy BobZ, November 25, 2010 at 6:43 pm Link to this comment
California can sometimes be crazy but we are not stupid crazy. Not sure what
Report thisthe infatuation with Republican’s is, since they have been shafting the country
since Herbert Hoover. It must be the way Republican’s can create fear in people
by playing to their worst instincts. They are really good at that. McCarthy
started it and Nixon brought it to the White House. Roger Ailes learned his craft
under Nixon and used what he learned to create Fox News. No we have the 24
hour fear channel. Most of they they make whites fearful of non-whites, and
Christians fearful of other religions. California largely is immune to that type of
politicking. Maybe we just had too much of Nixon and Reagan and Orange
County John Birchers. Californians by nature are more independent and
adventuresome. It is in our DNA. We created two new industries and a world
class university system and place a high value on education. We do believe in
evolution and that man created our climate change problems. We also value a
woman’s right to choose, and learned our lesson about demonizing
immigrants. Maybe we have just moved on from the rest of America.
By Mateo, November 25, 2010 at 1:56 am Link to this comment
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California voters, like myself, saw this election as a way to make a point to “middle America” that “we’re not with you on this one.” Honestly, if this would have been 2008, Californians would probably have elected Obama and Whitman. But when we saw the rest of “red” America starting to go ape-sock, we had to put our feet down!
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