Dismal Republican candidates for governor

[escon1]

We need a third party pronto.

[wash]

Ultimately, I think that unless the GOP nominates someone like Whitman, the GOP candidate despite the lackluster gun stances would probably be the lesser of two evils in the general election, even if Brown is the Democratic candidate. Having read about some of his other beliefs and political stances, I really don't think his alleged gun stances which may or may not be acted upon (orhave an opportunity to be acted upon, given the legislature we have) makes up for the rest. Then again if it came to that I might just vote for a 3rd Party candidate or an independent one just for the hell of it.

Well, I guess if you're going to throw away your vote, a Calguns candidate would be better than nothing.

[berto]

If we're going to make a statement to the republican party about the importance of 2A issues we need our candidate to focus solely on 2A issues. No talk of anything else. Single issue focus or it doesn't work.

[nat]

Jerry Brown seems to be the only decent candidate at all.

[madmike]

I respectfully decline the nomination.

-madmike.

[bigstick61]

Well, I guess if you're going to throw away your vote, a Calguns candidate would be better than nothing.

It's either thator voting for the lesser of two evils again, which in this case I don't think would be Jerry Brown. 2A issues are not the end-all, be-all of politics and I am naturally skeptical of someone as far to the left as Brown being pro-gun anyways, not that itmakes up for the rest of his politics.

[Aegis]

When the California Republican party wants to run a solid candidate, he or she will get my vote. The current batch of Republican candidates are not pro-2A. I disagree with JB on 95% of the issues, but he is the most pro-2A candidate, so he will get my vote. Besides, I doubt any of the Republican candidates will get more than 35% of the vote.

I hope the RNC learned its lesson from the last presidential election. When they run a weak candidate who thinks he is a "progressive", they will lose.

[Super Spy]

If we only had a strong 2A candidate that was a great BS'er....Obama got elected mostly by not saying as many stupid things as McCain and Palin, not that McCain wouldn't be a better president, but after he made his 100 years in Iraq comment, it was all downhill after that.

I can't believe the best 2A candidate is a Dem......

[nk-1911]

We need Sarah Palin.

[wildhawker]

Brown has become pretty pragmatic in his approach to governing; further, he's the only [provably] pro-civil-liberties candidate out there. Small/efficient govt+gun rights+shrewd politics=win.

Sorry (not really), only solidly pro-2A candidates will be getting my vote.

It's either thator voting for the lesser of two evils again, which in this case I don't think would be Jerry Brown. 2A issues are not the end-all, be-all of politics and I am naturally skeptical of someone as far to the left as Brown being pro-gun anyways, not that itmakes up for the rest of his politics.

[bigstick61]

I don't know if I would characterize Brown as solidly pro-gun. I really haven't been able to find much of anything outside of this site.

[wildhawker]

I don't know if I would characterize Brown as solidly pro-gun. I really haven't been able to find much of anything outside of this site.

Why not? If you have no other evidence besides what is presented here, on what do you base your conclusion?

Have you found much detailed info and analysis on McDonald, Sykes, , bullet buttons, AOWs or Roster issues outside this site?

This is a focused group; having specific (and sometimes exclusive/proprietary) info on gun-related politics and policy should not surprise you.

[hvengel]

Brown has become pretty pragmatic in his approach to governing; further, he's the only [provably] pro-civil-liberties candidate out there. Small/efficient govt+gun rights+shrewd politics=win.

Sorry (not really), only solidly pro-2A candidates will be getting my vote.

I have been watching Brown now for some time. From what I have seen he is closer to being a libertarian (small "l") than a "liberal" (meaning what passes for a liberal these days; IE. a leftist) although he is a little "out there" on a few issues. Still he does have a long standing bias toward small/efficient government and has had this bias since before his last stint as governor.

One of the things that earned him some of his reputation as being out of the mainstream were some of the things he did to cut state spending when he was governor (IE. not using the governor's mansion and big limo; IE. he used a Dodge Dart instead of the limo). Many of these things were symbolic (using the Dart didn't really save that much money) and I think wildhawker is correct that Brown is now more pragmatic and that this will result in him being more effective at dealing with the actual issues of how to reduce the cost of government.

[Mr Wizard]

Even if a pro-A2 candidate could get elected, he/she would have to get approval from the legislature. The governor doesn't make law, he only has veto power. The legislature could overturn any veto if the really worked hard enough.

We need control of the special interest money and blood sucking unions to win. That's how Obama got elected.

[bigstick61]

That's part of my point. He is unlikely to be able to do that much to change the laws in this State for the better, so what is he going to do in areas other than the RKBA? What I've read does not seem encouraging. Will he continue to be anti-business and environmentalist while governor? Would he reduce thesize and scope of government, or at least take a hard stance, even if the legislature will override him? I'm not confident of that at all. If someone has the info though I'd absolutely love to see it.