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Simon Did It Right
William Saracino has the best mainstream analysis yet of why Simon beat Riordan. It matches up quite closely, of course, with my own analysis.
The Riordan operation resembled a bus carrying no one who knew how to get where it was supposed to go. The campaign hierarchy, filled with partisan Democrats, had no idea how to appeal to Republican primary voters. It is drilled into Democrats from their youths that Republicans, especially those terrible ?right-wingers,? have neither hearts nor minds ? that they are idiots devoid of ?compassion.? So it should be no surprise that those driving the Riordan bus lacked directions for reaching GOP voters? hearts and minds or that, in the end, they came nowhere close to their destination, winning a Republican primary.
Posted by Rand Simberg at March 19, 2002 10:50 AM
Comments
The thing that sunk teh Riordan campaign is the same thing that killed Liddy Dole and John McCain's chances at the Republican nomination for President: When running as a Republican candidate, it really helps...if you're not a Democrat.
Posted by David Paglia at March 19, 2002 12:41 PM
Very nice article. And I was quite impressed by the California Political Review. I had been wondering where a good, informative, conservative take on California politics was.
Did you read the piece by George Neumayr questioning whether in fact, Simon is a conservative. Apparently he does not believe in vouchers and cannot remember whether he voted for Bush or McCain last year. Not good signs. Saracino responds.
My take is that Davis is ripe for the taking but it will require an articulate, aggresive and smart campaign on Simon's part. While definetely preferable to Riordan, I question whether he's got it in him. Will be fun to watch.
Posted by Lloyd Albano at March 20, 2002 11:49 PM
Very nice article. And I was quite impressed by the California Political Review. I had been wondering where a good, informative, conservative take on California politics was.
Did you read the piece by George Neumayr questioning whether in fact, Simon is a conservative. Apparently he does not believe in vouchers and cannot remember whether he voted for Bush or McCain last year. Not good signs. Saracino responds.
My take is that Davis is ripe for the taking but it will require an articulate, aggresive and smart campaign on Simon's part. While definetely preferable to Riordan, I question whether he's got it in him. Will be fun to watch.
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