What happened to the Central Valley?
We’ve heard for years about the man-made water shortages, high unemployment, local Latino politicians switching to the Republican party and how unpopular are the democrats. The only problem is that 5 key counties failed to vote.
Where was the gusto ?
The statewide average of registered voters is about 55%. Yet Fresno [44.7%], Kern [53.1%] , Merced [50.9%], Stanislaus [50.7%] and Tulare [42.5%] didn’t pull their respective weights. Some Republican power bases performed well, such as Ventura [59.5%] and San Diego [ 60.3% ! ].
Had the 5 central valley counties voted at 55% , we might have a new congressman Andy Vidak. Steve Cooley would have netted an additional 30,000 votes. Today, Cooley is behind some 14,000 votes.
November 16th, 2010 at 12:00 am
What happened is a failed CRP. No leadership. No vision. No strategic thinking. It’s time to dump the ENTIRE existing party leadership and professionalize our party. My vote is for Jim Brulte to be our next CRP Leader.