And now, the people of California get exactly what they deserve. The California GOP has just tied an albatross around its neck, and they better hope it'll fly, because if not... they can write off everything not named Simi Valley.
Meanwhile, the Washington state GOP can't get anyone to run for governor. Well, there's Federico Cruz-Uribe, head of the Pierce County Health Department, who has a strong public health background, has shown himself to be innovative and progressive, and is Hispanic. However, the GOP doesn't think he's "sexy" enough, not like that great political non-entity Dino Rossi. Consider the last two Republican candidates for governor of Washington: a Poulsbo grandmother (who wanted the Death Penalty for pretty much every crime above a parking violation) and a talk show host (whose entire platform consisted of getting rid of affirmative action at state colleges... which had already passed as a referendum two years earlier). Yeah, that worked real well there, guys. Locke beat the first (Ellen Craswell) pretty soundly, then destroyed the second (John Carlson).
Sounds like the Washington GOP needs to get a testosterone-laden loudmouth non-entity to run. Hmm. Is Stephen Seagal doing anything in 2004?
