Re: Is she toast?

"D.F. Manno" wrote:
> 
> In article <48270AAE.35DA5EFD@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>  "Bill Bonde ( 'the oblique allusion in lieu of the frontal attack' )"
>  <tributyltinpaint@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 
> > If Democrats couldn't count on New York and California, they'd have
> > no chance for president at all. But both New York and California
> > have, or recently have had, Republicans for governor.
> 
> If that meant anything, the GOP would have won NY state at least once
> during Pataki's 12 years in office. They didn't.
> 
I'm *asking* about it. It seems odd that the GOP can't get traction
in New York state on the federal level. But this can be put against
the fact that national GOP candidates are different than New York
State GOP candidates in some respects, for example, views on
abortion.



> And why did the Republicans lose California in 2004 if having a
> Republican as governor was any influence?
> 
But that's what I'm *asking*. I have some ideas about why New York
and California go Democrat in presidential elections, see supra,
but I certainly don't claim to completely have it figured out. If I
did, I might advise the Republicans how they could lock in one or
both of those states.




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