Can't live with Trump, can't live without him: California Republicans' challenging future

[Zorro]

Still smarting from historic losses in the November “blue wave,” Orange County Republicans gathered last month to consider a new leader and direction for the state party.

Though President Trump wasn’t the topic of discussion in the Costa Mesa hotel ballroom where they met, he was likely not far from anyone’s mind.

“All they want to tell us in the Republican establishment is you need to look and sound more like a California Democrat — to be a ‘Republican Light’ — to get elected in California. Is that true?” shouted former Assemblyman Travis Allen, an ardent Trump supporter running for California Republican Party chairman, before a chorus of “No!” filled the room.

As Republicans prepare to elect a new chair later this month to remake their battered California brand, Allen and the restive group of activists backing him present a challenge: How does the party harness grass-roots fervor that has reinvigorated its base but could prove volatile in charting a path forward?

https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-california-republicans-activists-20190207-story.html

The California Republican Party is heading for extinction since they refuse to change. Good riddance, I say.

[saidsimplesimon]

1. Zorro

Even in the conservative farm lands where people vote against their own best interests?

"The California Republican Party is heading for extinction since they refuse to change. Good riddance, I say."

[Zorro]

2. I believe that to be true

The inland districts are also going to be shifting demographically over the next few years; I anticipate an influx of urban boomer retirees may be heading to those regions because of the relatively lower cost of living (particularly housing).

I think Nunes won't survive this next election, and I'm hoping McCarthy gets tossed, too. And Hunter will be headed to the pen by then.

[NBachers]

3. How nice it would be to live in a republican-free California; a republican-free USA!