California Senate Race

[poorgradstudent]

I’m torn on which Democrat to support for US Senate.

Harris seems like a “typical politician” down to the fact I hold her responsible for the backroom dealing regarding San Onofere that put taxpayers on the hook instead of shareholders. But she has a lot of positives.

Sanchez… seems in over her head. Boxer left big shoes to fill, but I don’t think Sanchez is the one to fill them long term.

Honestly this is so much easier when it’s a Democrat I’m lukewarm on vs. a Republican who thinks tax cuts fix everything.

Part of me almost wants to support Sanchez with the hope that 6 years from now someone better will Primary her out. If we elect Harris now, she’s basically in until she retires.

[FlyerInHi]

Sanchez sounds kinda dumb.
She’ll get beat by a deep pocketed republican in the future.

[an]

[quote=FlyerInHi]Sanchez sounds kinda dumb.
She’ll get beat by a deep pocketed republican in the future.[/quote]
A Republican winning in CA? Yeah, that’ll happen when pigs fly.

[La Jolla Renter]

Speaking of pigs flying…

After 8 years of Hillary Rodham Obama-Clinton at the helm, both parties will be toast in California.

Tax and waste rarely works.

[FlyerInHi]

[quote=AN][quote=FlyerInHi]Sanchez sounds kinda dumb.
She’ll get beat by a deep pocketed republican in the future.[/quote]
A Republican winning in CA? Yeah, that’ll happen when pigs fly.[/quote]

A rich moderate well-funded Republican could win against a weak newbie democrat.
Boxer and Feinstein are beloved Californians so they were safe.

[an]

[quote=FlyerInHi][quote=AN][quote=FlyerInHi]Sanchez sounds kinda dumb.
She’ll get beat by a deep pocketed republican in the future.[/quote]
A Republican winning in CA? Yeah, that’ll happen when pigs fly.[/quote]

A rich moderate well-funded Republican could win against a weak newbie democrat.
Boxer and Feinstein are beloved Californians so they were safe.[/quote]
Yep, when pigs fly. Ain’t gonna happen.

[bewildering]

I suspect the CA Republican party will slowly change to centrist positions to attract more voters.

We need some sort of supportable opposition to Democrats. I am a little worried that CA might end up like Chicago/Illinois. With tribal politics and corrupt backroom deals to decide which Democrat will head the gravy train.

[meadandale]

[quote=bewildering]
We need some sort of supportable opposition to Democrats. I am a little worried that CA might end up like Chicago/Illinois. With tribal politics and corrupt backroom deals to decide which Democrat will head the gravy train.[/quote]

This is pretty much already the way CA is…

[FlyerInHi]

[quote=meadandale][quote=bewildering]
We need some sort of supportable opposition to Democrats. I am a little worried that CA might end up like Chicago/Illinois. With tribal politics and corrupt backroom deals to decide which Democrat will head the gravy train.[/quote]

This is pretty much already the way CA is…[/quote]

Same song since the 80s. California is more diverse and dynamic than ever. Nevada which is now purple is also much better than ever. More diverse economy.
Housing shortage in Reno thanks to Tesla, Apple and Switch.

[ltsddd]

[quote=bewildering]I suspect the CA Republican party will slowly change to centrist positions to attract more voters.

We need some sort of supportable opposition to Democrats. I am a little worried that CA might end up like Chicago/Illinois. With tribal politics and corrupt backroom deals to decide which Democrat will head the gravy train.[/quote]

Voters need to change their mindset. Vote for the one who you think is best for the country/state/county/city and not simply check the box b/c the candidate is from one party or the other.

[CA renter]

[quote=ltsdd]
Voters need to change their mindset. Vote for the one who you think is best for the country/state/county/city and not simply check the box b/c the candidate is from one party or the other.[/quote]

This needs to happen across the board. Too many voters just want to check a box next to a “D” or an “R.” This makes them feel good about voting while allowing them to be lazy and not really look into the individual candidates’ backgrounds and core issues.

The corrupt two-party system needs to be dismantled. We need to have NO political parties. Everyone should vote for the individual candidates and issues. This would (hopefully) force more people to actually to some research for a change.

[FlyerInHi]

[quote=CA renter]

The corrupt two-party system needs to be dismantled. We need to have NO political parties. Everyone should vote for the individual candidates and issues. This would (hopefully) force more people to actually to some research for a change.[/quote]

No political party would result in even more gridlock and some fantastic fights on the floor of congress.

We need to encourage more voter turnout so people are involved and understand the issues better.

[poorgradstudent]

I do wish the Republican Party of California was less terrible. I wasn’t very happy about the Governator, but overall he provided a decent balance to the One Party state legislature.The trouble is most of Arnold’s policy positions put him squarely in “Not a True Conservative” in terms of national politics. I guess we’ll have to see how the dust settles on the National election before knowing how the California Republicans will regroup and try to move forward.

Anyways, I’m going to hold my nose and vote Harris after a long conversation with a friend who lives in Sanchez’s district confirming a lot of my concerns about her. The more I read about Harris and SDG&E it sounds like she wasn’t willing to stand up to Governor Brown, who appears to be in the pocket of the energy companies.

[CA renter]

[quote=FlyerInHi]

No political party would result in even more gridlock and some fantastic fights on the floor of congress.

We need to encourage more voter turnout so people are involved and understand the issues better.[/quote]

Why do you think that is? The time when elected officials represent the interests of *the people* instead of special interests is long overdue.

As it stands, it’s too easy for special interests to control politicians because they only have to control one or two political parties. Politicians feel that they have no choice but to work on behalf of these wealthy interests who finance their campaigns and give them their political (and economic, in many cases) power.

We need to get money and bribery (promises of jobs, special access to social power, resources, etc.) out of politics. The first step is to dismantle the party system that is specifically designed to serve the interests of a handful of wealthy individuals. If more gridlock results, then that is the price that many of us would be all too happy to pay in order to significantly reduce political corruption and the pandering to wealthy special interests.

[Anonymous]

Special interests are people.

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