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The GOP’s California Blues
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| Last Edited | Summer Intern Jul 21, 2004 08:11pm |
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| Description | 1988 is the answer to two California trivia questions: It’s the last time the Dodgers won in the post-season and also the last time a Republican won either a presidential or Senate election in the Golden State. The baseball metaphor is appropriate: If the big leagues ran the state parties, the California gop, with few wins, a fractious roster, and a market that seemingly cares little for the Republicans’ product, would seem an inviting target for either relocation or consolidation.
It’s the new reality of the land that gave birth to the Reagan Revolution. Republican folklore has long honored California as a kingmaker and a wellspring of Republican ambition. In eight of the 10 presidential elections from 1948 to 1984, at least one California Republican — Earl Warren, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan — was on the Republican ticket. California’s Orange County, home of John Wayne Airport, remains the spiritual homeland of paleoconservatives, a place where you can occasionally still find an “AuH2O” bumper sticker. But California is fast becoming a graveyard for Republican fortunes. |
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