Sometimes I wonder if the GOP would be better off officially pulling out of CA and creating a right wing state party called "The California Conservative Party" or something and running candidates on that banner and just have them caucus with the GOP nationally. Part of me suspects that it's literally the word "Republican" that's so tarnished in CA and that sort of shell game could let them run candidates without that R next to their name.
Well that depends entirely, would this name change accompany a similar shift to more progressive social and environmental policies? Or would the GOP continue to promote the same racially tinged, supply-side economic propaganda they've been promoting recently?
A socially liberal / economically moderate - conservative California party might do well.
