“The Field Poll of 672 likely voters found that 51% oppose Proposition 8, which would amend the state Constitution to define marriage as only between a man and woman. Forty-two percent of voters support the November ballot measure,” according to the L.A. Times.
Is it just me or do the Field Poll results toll the beginning of the end for the Talibani wing of the California Republican Party?
Perhaps the California Republican Party needs to take a page from David Cameron (pictured above), the head of the conservative Tory Party in England? Cameron has brought his party back from the dead after “He launched a campaign to change the Tories’ image, ditching the archaic attitudes to race and sexuality that once made voting Conservative unthinkable for many Britons; he also expanded his party’s policies on poverty and social justice,” according to Economist Magazine.
Most British pundits now feel that Cameron will take out the unpopular current Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, who succeeded Tony Blair as head of the New Labour Party, which is roughly the equivalent to America’s Democratic Party.
So what do the British conservatives stand for now? “The Conservatives have plenty of fairly sensible policies, for example on family-friendly employment rules and education reform.”
The California Republican Party could likewise emerge from the ashes it its leaders would stop hating gays and immigrants and actually put together a platform that is relevant to the people of California, who are no doubt tired of the crooked Sacramento Democrats who are driving our state to bankruptcy even as they plan to raise our taxes.
If the CA GOP continues on its path to extinction, voting Republican will come to be unthinkable for almost all Californians. What a waste of what was once a good political party.
Is the CA GOP already beyond salvation? I don’t think so. The Tories were dead in the water until Cameron came along. The CA GOP similarly needs to ditch its current leaders and look elsewhere for a return to glory.
Are you kidding? How can a political party just drop the cornerstone of its platform, especially considering how close the polls are on this proposition? 51% is a statistical dead-heat. A GOP return isn’t likely for at least another 4 years, at which time you’ll probably get your wish.
I’m actually planning on writing a post on this topic tomorrow that will get more in depth with the numbers, strategies on both sides, and the potential outcome.
SMS
well art we dont hate immigrants for the 8ooth time . you cant distain between legal and ILLEGAL immigration . the party wants to enforce the law but the open border crowd = STOP THE RAIDS = IT BREAKS UP FAMILYS ..want ILLEGAS here . we must have law n order . follow the rules and no one has a problem .. this gose also to the greedy people who hire then . bust them too . like the mcdonald raids the other day .
#2,
Sure. You want law and order now but when all those Europeans were coming here did anyone ask the Native Americans how they felt about immigrants?
ILLEGAL ART . ILLEGAL , ILLEGAL . A WORD THAT SEEMS TO CAUSE GREAT PAIN TO TYPE IN .. IT CAN CHANGE A WHOLE CONVERSATION YET YOU CANT NEVER PUT THAT WORD IN . . YOU PUT EVERYONE AS IMMIGRANTS THEIR IS A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN IMMIGRANTS AND ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS ..
Art,
With all due respect, that was then this is now.
You can’t go back in history and make it the way it was, now. History is good to learn from however.
I don’t believe that the native americans had any cohesive regulation on immigrants at the time.
So, you’re saying we as a nation should follow their example?
Carl,
What I meant is that we are a nation of immigrants. Why were white Euros allowed to come here carte blanche and now we suddenly are in a snit over brown immigrants from Mexico?
I think most of the animus is xenophobic. If Mexicans were tall English speaking and blond most Minutemen would be trying to marry them, not toss them out.
I do think we need to make green cards easier to get. If there is work for these people to do, why not? Most of the work they do is work Americans don’t want to do.
If Mexicans were tall English speaking and blond most Minutemen would be trying to marry them, not toss them out.
(image of Lupe Moreno chasing Mira Sorvino down Main St: “Marry me Mira! It’s legal now…”)
Vern,
You’re bad! How am I going to get that visual out of my head? That’s way too funny! roflmao!!! omg