We don’t have to guess what will happen when California voters pass Abel Maldonado’s Open Primary measure. We already approved such a measure a few years ago. And sure enough, back in 2000, two Orange County conservative Republicans got whacked by moderates. Jim Righeimer lost to Tom Harman, in a State Assembly race, and Bruce Matthias lost to Lynn Daucher in a State Assembly race.
Know this – Matthias was a former Chief of Staff to John Lewis. This is why Red-faced County editor Matt “Jubal” Cunningham hates Daucher so much. And this is why he really hates Open Primaries even more. Lewis hacks don’t normally lose elections – but Matthias did – and he lost because of the Open Primary.
Is this why Cunningham is using Facebook to attack Maldonado? Probably. It is interesting that Cunningham chose to attack Maldonado only, ignoring the other Republicans who voted to pass the State Budget and to raise our taxes.
I don’t know that Cunningham is a racist per se, but he is certainly guilty of race-baiting. And now he and his red-faced cohorts are running scared because the Open Primary is going to destroy their careers. Cunningham will be wrecked as will Jeff Flint, Jon Fleischman, Michael Schroeder, John Lewis,etc. Their candidates will not win – they will all be losers like Righeimer. And that is a good thing for the people of California.
As for the Democrats, they too will be punished by the Open Primary. In particular, the union lackeys who vote for tax increases will be in trouble. Moderates like State Senator Lou Correa will be fine, but useless union hacks like Jose Solorio will be in dire straits.
My recommendation for Cunningham and company is that they learn how to do something useful for a living. Their political consulting work is going to go down the drain…
“Is this why Cunningham is using Facebook to attack Maldonado? Probably.”
Where were you the other day while Sean Mill was insisting that Jubal’s Maldonado fixation had NOTHING to do with the open primary issue?
“Matt “Jubal” Cunningham hates Daucher so much”
Now c’mon, Art. I’ve never read a negative thing he has said about “Bulldozer” Daucher!
David,
That might be true, but he keeps it on the down low. When Lupe Moreno ran against Daucher he gave her a free ad on his blog.
The Moreno campaign was my last bit of hackery as a Republican. I quit the party not long after that.
Daucher cannot hide from her eminent domain past, but that is not why Jubal dislikes her. She took out his pal – and to this day she represents what might happen in an Open Primary system.
The best the OC GOP can do now is to stop being such Talibanis and get back to fighting tax increases and trying to reduce government waste and the size of our bloated government.
HEY THAT LOOKS LIKE:
“MIGUEL PUDRIDO”
Maldonado is a tax and spend liberal squish. It doesn’t matter if he’s Hispanic, Irish or a Swedish albino.
Currently there is a “voluntary modified open primary“, and “voluntary” implies “free association“.
To “mandate” open primaries takes away “free association”. Why not ban the political parties instead?