CALIFORNIA MIRACLE – AT 1:50 P.M. ET:  California, once a Republican state, has, in recent decades, been almost solidly Democratic.  Its Democratic Party is one of the most extreme in the country.  But have the extreme leftist policies of California gone too far, even for its voters?  A new poll in the governor's race shows the conservative Republican closing fast.  We stress that this is only one poll.  But, if accurate, it may show that the left is running into some headwinds in the Golden State.  From American Thinker:   

Confounding the political punditocracy, Republican gubernatorial candidate John Cox is rising rapidly in the polls, and is now so close to overtaking Democrat Gavin Newsom he's nearly within the margin of error of winning. That's what a new statewide poll from Probolsky Research, conducted Aug. 29-Sep. 2 among 900 likely voters found. According to the Sacramento Bee:

"If California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom was expecting an easy race for the governor’s mansion, a poll released Thursday didn’t carry much in the way of good news.

"While the statewide poll from Probolsky Research showed Newsom leading with 44 percent of respondents, his Republican opponent John Cox had 39 percent support; a further 17 percent of those polled were unsure whom they would support."

So all the pundit claims about Cox running in an unwinnable race, due to the Democrats' voter-registration advantage, seem to be falling apart.

Admittedly, these polls are sparse and I am not sure how good most of them are. But it does suggest there's a trend on, with Newsom not only slipping but Cox gaining, and that may well be because of Newsom's promise of free health care for illegals. And as insult to injury for Newsom, turns out the Hispanic vote is nearly evenly split in favor of Cox, which undoubtedly represents a rise for Cox from a constituency Newsom thought he had in the bag. Apparently, that didn't impress Latino voters the way Newsom thought it would, because, well, those voters, all of whom would be citizens, not illegals, are going to be the ones paying for it.

Cox, based on his website, hasn't said much about the health care issue, but he is focusing on issues that are important to Latino voters, rather than Latino (and other) illegals. Apparently, Cox sees two different groups of people among the citizens and non-citizens, while Newsom sees just skin color.

COMMENT:  It would be sweet to see California turned back to the Republicans.  Ah Ronnie.  Ah Arnold.  Where have you gone? 

It's till a long fight, with the odds against us.  But at least there's a Republican fighting for the governorship.  Here in New York, I don't even know who the Republican candidate is.

September 11, 2018