Dear California.

[garybeck]

WTF were you thinking when you elected this asswipe Nunes and can you please do something about it this time?

(yes i know it's not a statewide race.... but WTF, I think california in general is smarter than that)

[leftieNanner]

1. Can't blame the entire state

But you can blame Fresno, California. And Lodi too, I think.

But I agree with you. So many of these Repug officials have shown their true stripes. Burr, Nunes, Cornyn, and the list goes on and on.

[Brother Buzz]

6. Lodi is 150 miles north, just on the edge of the Delta

It's in a purple district currently held by the Democrats.

Fresno grows raisins, while Lodi's grapes, kissed by the Delta breeze, make a reasonably palatable front porch wine.

[leftieNanner]

8. My mistake

I thought Lodi was in his district.

[MoonchildCA]

2. Don't blame all of California.

"We" didn't elect him, only his district did.

[garybeck]

3. i know, but ....

i would expect this from Oklahoma, not any place in CA. aren't there a lot of minorities and students in Fresno?

[CountAllVotes]

4. Redneck capital of California Fresno

n/t

[MoonchildCA]

7. I'm not really familiar with the demographics of Fresno.

Most of inland California is red though. The more populated blue areas are on the coast.

[hunter]

9. That part of California has a lot in common with Oklahoma...

... Bible thumpers preaching politics from the pulpit, the whole nine yards.

[RockRaven]

11. His district doesn't contain much of Fresno, IIRC, just a wee bit of the city. Mostly rural.

James Manuel Costa (D) is the rep for the majority of Fresno proper.

In a state with independent-commission-drawn (i.e. non-gerrymandered) districts, and a voter base that registers 43% D and 24% R, and LARGE rural areas where the urban rural divide is just as wide as any other state, we sent to DC 45 Dems and 8 Repukes to this Congress. How much better do you expect us to do?

Asking Californians at large to get rid of Nunes is like asking Americans at large to get rid of some deep red state Repuke Senator. All the Democrats everywhere will agree with the goal, but the ones who live there don't have the juice to make it happen, or they'd have done so last election.

[Hekate]

5. Remember Nunes, Issa, & Hunter if ever tempted to urge us to split into 3 states ...

As I have read here an annoying number of times. The country will not gain several Democratic Senators; quite the contrary. It's a big state, with most of the Democratic population right along the Coast. The interior tends to be Republican.

[leftieNanner]

10. Same with Oregon

Have you seen that "Greater Idaho" nonsense?? All of Eastern Oregon is deep red and they talk about secession all the time. They complain about the Democrats being in charge in Salem, but are very happy to have Democratic $$ from the state and the feds.