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January 14, 2006

Dump Schroeder

Hatched by Dafydd

Michael, not Gerhard -- though of course I have no problem with dumping the latter from the Russian payroll, too.

Daniel Weintraub, on his excellent Sacramento Bee-blog California Insider, says that the former chairman of the California Republican Party -- did you know there was one? -- is urging Cal-GOP to dump Gov. Schwarzenegger and support someone else for the governor's race this year:

Former California Republican Party chairman Michael Schroeder says Schwarzenegger should not run again, and if he does, the Republican Party should withdraw its endorsement. He was, Schroeder says, a "longshot who failed to work out."

I'm thinking Dan Lungren is ripe for another turn around the block, or maybe we should see if Bill Simon or Matt Fong is interested. Perhaps we could offer an inducement -- an annual pass to Disneyland and Universal Studios, say -- and attract some interest from Alan Keyes. But of course, there are numerous cookie-pedaling Girl Scouts, middle-school kids in Needles, and marauding marsupials in the LA Zoo who haven't had their shot yet (and who would probably do better against Phil Angelides than any of the Republicans that Schroeder prefers).

I should note for those outside the Golden State that if the Cal-GOP's position had prevailed, and their preferred candidate, Tom McClintock, had been the only Republican running in the 2003 recall, that almost certainly means we would have Gov. Cruz Bustamante today -- along with species-neutral marriage, no capital (or non-capital) punishment, a state income tax higher than the federal one, and a state Department of UFOs, Bigfoot, and Other Cryptozoological Phenomena. We would currently be negotiating with President Vicente Fox over whether we kept Sacramento or returned it to Mexico with the rest of Southern California. (Bustamante is a rotten negotiatior: Fox's position would prevail, and we would be forced to keep it.)

Great strategy, Schroeder! If we carefully follow your advice from here on out, I'm sure we can move from being a minority party to a nonexistent party in just a few short months. So the Cal-GOP leadership is proficient in at least one area -- fratricide!

UPDATE: One of the Freds notes that Schroeder's op-ed on the subject, which I didn't notice that Daniel Weintraub had linked, is This governor should be terminated (free registration required). Thanks, Xrlq!

Hatched by Dafydd on this day, January 14, 2006, at the time of 5:33 PM

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The following hissed in response by: Xrlq

The op ed is here.

The above hissed in response by: Xrlq at January 14, 2006 5:56 PM

The following hissed in response by: Xrlq

One of the Freds...

Do you work at Starbucks? I don't think I've ever called myself Fred anywhere else.

The above hissed in response by: Xrlq at January 14, 2006 6:38 PM

The following hissed in response by: RBMN

The name Arnold Schwarzenegger, on a ballot, is just like a magnet. Your hand has to go toward it. You have no choice but to mark the circle ... must mark Schwarzenegger.... All but the strongest and the blind are powerless to resist. On the other hand, for some reason, the name Bill Simon on a ballot, is invisible to everyone.

The above hissed in response by: RBMN at January 14, 2006 9:28 PM

The following hissed in response by: Dafydd ab Hugh

Xrlq: