Former Treasury official and Goldman Sachs employee Neel Kashkari is really struggling in the polls as he tries to win a slot on the California gubernatorial ballot. He is still lagging behind State Assemblyman Tim Donnelly who is best known as a founder of the California Minutemen. I don’t know about you, but I think the Republican Party in California can hardly afford to have a candidate for governor with a history of saying things like this:
“I am a descendant of Jim Bowie, who died at the Alamo,” Donnelly said back then. “It is rumored that he took a dozen Mexican soldiers to their deaths before they finally killed him. How many of you will rise up and take his place on that wall?”
Donnelly’s candidacy could easily cost the Republicans seats in both Congress and the California legislature. It could do lasting damage to the party in our nation’s largest state. And it will be noticed in other states.
Kashkari is going to try to bump up his numbers with a last-minute blast of advertising, but Californians have already begun voting.
May this be a sign of things to come for the GOP in every Federal,State and County in the USA. May the GOP lose in every way possible and in every type of race including dogcatcher.
They have shown themselves as enemies of the Federal Government and All Veterans as well. A plague and curse on their vile souls. I know over dramatic but I can dream.
Enemies of America actually
Donnelly is the same numbnuts who a couple years ago got arrested for bringing a loaded gun into an airport.
I never thought I would be rooting for a Goldman Sachs employee! But, Yes!, I want to see him on the ballot! Keep California Blue!
the advertising, for months. I see his ads several times a week, and I DVR most shows. Perhaps he will roll out newer ones and hit larger markets that the mid-level media market I live in, but the current activity doesn’t seem to have moved the needle much.
I hadn’t thought about that. I’ve been enjoying Donnelly’s campaign (I always was a fan of dark comedy), but it hadn’t occurred to me that it would really make any difference which of these guys wins the opportunity to be crushed by Jerry Brown in November.
But you’re right, California is not a state where any sensible party would want to put a rabid nativist and gun nut on the ballot. California Republicans with large Latino constituencies are already terrified, and with good reason. That’s why Jeff Denham introduced a bill that would at least offer a pathway to citizenship to people who serve in the armed forces. Unfortunately for him, the fate of his bill (instant asphyxiation) reinforced something that Latinos already know: the one obstacle to la reforma migratoria is the Republican majority in the House.
I live in California, and I have been watching this build for weeks. It’s going to be beautiful really.
It’s a crystal clear choice for the GOP voter:
-The competent, accomplished non-insane guy with the foreign-sounding name. His skin is slightly dark I might add.
-The weird nutjob failed business owner with the wholesome white-guy guy name.
I think we know what’s going to happen here…
OT: You gonna write about how Grimes is running away from Obamacare’s success in Kentucky, and letting the Turtle slide because she’s afraid of bringing up the President?
I’ll say it again.
Obamacare has lowered the Uninsured in Kentucky bu FORTY PERCENT.
If you can’t find a way to run full throttle on Obamacare,
FUCK YOU as a Democratic Candidate.
Not exactly a profile in courage but Grimes can read a poll as good as anyone else. Kynect is popular and Obama is not in KY.
Bring the Shithammer !1!!