Dems got 61.5% of the votes for CA governor

[DemocratSinceBirth]

We can improve on that number in the Fall.

The goal is to make the California GOP so small you can flush it down the toilet.

[Funtatlaguy]

1. Small enuf to Drown it in your bathtub

To quote a former Cal Governor on his idea of the best size of government

[DemocratSinceBirth]

3. I see the GOP got locked out of the Lieutenant Governor's race.

I wanted a Newsom- Villiagrossa race but maybe the specter of the Trump boggeyman in Cox will drive up Democratic turnout and help our down ballot candidates.

[brush]

16. Wasn't that Grover Norquist's claim to fame?

The forgotten tax cutting repug who rode a childhood dream pledge of "no taxes" to a brief flirting with fame.

He even got many top repugs to sign his childhood fantasy.

Wonder where he is now (not really)?

[Initech]

2. Please Trump, do your magic on John Cox!

We all know how your track record is when endorsing candidates!

[samnsara]

4. actually my second home state is RI where its ALL dems ALL the time...

...and absolute power corrupts absolutely. A lot of my Dem friends wont call themselves Dems any more.. they are now I

[AJT]

5. I think that when one party gets absolute power it attracts

crooked people who want easy money, they'll go which ever way the wind blows. People who believe in nothing and will say anything.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

7. A two party system is necessary but not if one of the parties is in the grips of authoritarianism.

I rather have a crooked pol than a despotic one. You can replace the former with ease, the latter not so much.

[AJT]

8. Very true.

[NewJeffCT]

13. it's currently all Democrats there

but, RI did have Republican governors from 1995-2011.

Seems to be pretty common in the Northeast - NY, Mass and CT have also had way too much time with Republican governors. Democrats in Mass have a huge 3:1 edge in voter registration compared to Republicans, but if Baker wins re-election in November (which seems likely), they will have had Republican governors for all but 8 of the previous 32 years when Baker's second term ends in 2022. Only Deval Patrick's 8 years interrupted Republican governorships from 1991 onwards.

[peggysue2]

17. Which is why a healthy, 2-party system is important

And why Democrats now need to clean the Republican stables because the GOP won't do it themselves. As is always the case, the Democrats clean up the Republican messes.

It's nasty work but someone has to do it.

[AJT]

6. That's a bit disappointing.

I would have expected more from what is supposed to be the bluest state.

[Wounded Bear]

10. I wouldn't consider CA to necessarily be the "bluest" state...

There are many deep red areas there. I used to live in one.

[Garrett78]

12. It's no Hawaii, but it is one of the bluest.

But we certainly have plenty of RWNJs.

[Hayduke Bomgarte]

9. "make the California GOP so small you can flush it down the toilet"

Or at least drown it in that bathtub they're so fond of... But yeah, the toilet is the best place for them

[RoBear]

11. GOP is already IN the toilet.

Now flush it!

[Yavin4]

14. I though CA was a Hellscape of epic dimensions because they raised taxes

It's like Mad Max world out there. Roaming bands of bandits killing and pillaging at will because income taxes went up. Do I have that wrong?

[Blue_true]

15. Nah, a turd is too sane to be GOP.

Make the California GOP so small that a droplet of pee flying out of toilet water will drown it in a tital wave.