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[Fort Campbell]

[volosong]

I'm a life long Californian and grew up in a suburb of Los Angeles which at one time was "lily white". I still work here and as I contemplate retirement, it is looking more and more like I'll have to settle down "out of state".

As has been said, the only reason that Grey Davis was voted out of office is that he was living proof of the Peter Principle. Incompetent is the only word to describe his leadership.

Mr. Swartzenneger is a fiscal conservative and a social liberal. That, along with his name recogniztion (sp.) is the only reason he was elected to office. I did not vote for him, only because his pre-election poll lead showed him with a comfortable lead. This allowed me to "vote my conscious" and throw my support to Tom McClintock.

It will be a long, long time before California goes Republican again. The GOP in this state is in disarray and has no statewide leaders who are moderate enough to carry the state.

(please forgive my poor spelling)

[P. Aaron]

[Fort Campbell]

[FreeFall]

Fort Campbell, you are right.

Most of the state's population lives around LA and the bay area into the Sacramento area. That's the blue areas along the coast that went for Gore. The lesser populated areas are farmers, ranchers, or self employeds. But, more and more Liberals are leaving LA and the bay area and moving to the less expensive areas to live (ie, cheaper housing) and they bring their liberal politics with them!

It's just a matter of time before those red counties turn blue. That's what we are noticing around here. Where I live is mostly Republican, but the Dems are moving in, more and more each year.

[Kimmymac]

So why is that, FreeFall? When the Repubs are the party who are much more representative of what the MAJORITY of Americans believe (and Californians are technically Americans) why then do the leftists spread their ideas, instead of vice versa?

Everyone? Is it because we have ceded too much ground, and now we feel like we cannot possibly make it up? Is it because we are not as passionate about are issues as "they" are? Are we just too apathetic, too content?

I am really interested in knowing what ya'all think, and what you think we can do about it, because it is obviously NOT acceptable to give over the US to these maniacs.

[Wing Wiper]

I'm wondering why somebody would grab "freefall" as a name in here. Are you in USPA by any chance?

[Fort Campbell]

[FreeFall]

Kimmymac, I found this article about why California is now mostly democratic rather than republican. This explains it much better than I can:

http://www.republicanmainstreet.org/chapters.asp-id=17.htm

Toward the bottom, it explains that the Latino vote, women voters and the modern entreprenuers and wealthy folks here are now mostly democrat. This is much different than a few years ago when California was a Republican stronghold.

Wing Wiper, my husband is a private pilot, that's as close as I get to parachuting! Can't remember how I came up with the name to be honest with you.

[msindependent]

[Navy_Navy_Navy]

[Chuck54]

California going for Bush would be too much for me to handle. Is it possible to die from glee?

I live in Sacramento and the surrounding counties are all Bush. I ride my motorcycle through those counties on a regular basis and see Bush signs everywhere, huge signs without a mark on them (farmers here would probably shoot vandals). It makes me feel real good, but I know that the large cities are dem country and its just a simple matter of math.
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[Chuck54]