Is the California Republican Party ready for a rebound? RNC Chairman Michael Steele, who has been in all sorts of hot water this year, thinks so.
Steele told reporters today, at a press conference, that the RNC is going to put resources into California GOP races this year – and that California will no longer be a “donor state.”
Steele also pointed to the diversity of the GOP’s statewide candidates for November, which include three women, an African American, and a Latino.
But will minorities support a party that has been built of late on hating Latinos, Mexicans in particular?
And will women support a party that is against choice, even if some of the GOP’s candidates, such as Carly Fiorina, are pro-choice?
The Democrats don’t exactly have a diverse slate of candidates, by comparison, but their candidates do include two Asians, three women, and one African American. But NO Latino Democrats are running for statewide offices in November. Unbelievable!
Will Latinos vote at all with no Latinos on the ballot except for Republican Abel Maldonado? And if they don’t – what will that do to Latino candidates in Orange County, such as Lou Correa and Loretta Sanchez?
How the Democrats ended up with no Latino candidates is another story, but the result could be awful for the Democrats – and just might give the Republicans yet another edge. I don’t know about the GOP’s long term future in California, but I can see them doing well in November.
One thing I think you’re pretty far off on, is that Latinos – or anybody else – is gonna look at their ballot, see
Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez
State Senator Lou Correa
and Assemblyman Jose Solorio
and say to themselves:
HEY! None of those races are “statewide.”
Also, Latinos aren’t so stupid that they’re going to suddenly think the GOP is the pro-latino party just because they’ve got HARDLY-ABLE ABEL on the LITE GOV ticket.
You know I was rooting for Hector De La Torre and Pedro Nava, but it’s all good – KAMALA has more DIVERSITY in her little finger than the whole GOP ticket.
I hope to see Latinos vote. And keep voting. Vote the way bitchy old white folks vote, every chance they can. Flex their muscle and show some real power for change that will rise and swell!
In a good way,yo.
I honestly can’t see any faces up there i’d trust. i guess its back to voting libertarian untill the CAGOP gets its act together.
Who says that Latinos have to vote for Latino candidates only?
No one does. But just wait and see what happens in November. Perhaps this time the Democratic Party of California will learn its lesson.
I find it continually humorous that racism is allowed in political discussions but nowhere else. I dare anyone to provide a working definition of a “black,” “white,” “asian” or “latino” voter. Folks, as long as you keep talking this way we will continue to have this battle. Diversity is irrelevant, we are a meritocracy and merit is all that should matter. Yes, I know I am naive . . .