Letters to the Editor: The simple reason California is under one-party rule? The GOP is awful

[In It to Win It]

LA Times via Yahoo News

To the editor: Jonah Goldberg complains that California's single-party rule leaves Republicans with no alternative except a recall. I have an idea for the state GOP: Become an American political party living in the 21st century.

Gun violence isn't reduced by allowing larger-capacity magazines and higher fire rates. California has an infant mortality rate of about 4 per 1,000 live births; nationally, the rate is 5.6, and Republican-controlled states that refused to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act have rates above the national average. The same is true for maternal mortality.

California's COVID-19 infection rate is well below the national average. Democrats did not storm the nation's capital and attempt to end American democracy.

The solution for California Republicans is not to complain about Democrats; it's for them to fix their party.

[TreasonousBastard]

1. Can't argue with that that.

[TomCADem]

11. Here Anti-Vaxxing, Pro-Trump Protesters Disrupting a Democratic Congressmember's

Townhall in California. All they can do is disrupt and scream right wing media, racist talking points. At the same time, there are millions of such folks plugged into that hermetically sealed reality where Trump won the election, COVID-19 is a hoax, and the vaccine is filled with people tracking microchips.

[CTyankee]

12. the dumbasses can eat shit and die...not to put too fine a point on it...

Really!

[bahboo]

18. yep...I have fucking had it with them....

[Wounded Bear]

2. His keyboard to God's eyes...

not that I believe in God, but you get the idea.

He speaks truth.

[Unwind Your Mind]

3. More letters at the link

On the national level, the GOP didn't even bother to create a platform in 2020, instead relying on the Trump cult's fear-mongering to sway voters. In California, that strategy buried the GOP, starting in 1994 with the bigotry of Proposition 187.

The California GOP doesn't need recalls or petty grievances; it needs ideas, for a change.

Michael J.

[MissMillie]

15. that was the letter that caught my eye

no platform... just fear-mongering

[Mr. Ected]

4. Ignoring and undoing the will of the public isn't democracy

It's fascism.

[Klaralven]

5. Anyone desiring a career in politics has to work their way up the dominant party

Once a tipping point has been reached, there is no future in joining the opposition party.

[uponit7771]

6. K&R, ... and the DNC is ruling decently

[patphil]

7. That was well put.

And now the Republicans are trying to restrict voting, and create situations where their state legislatures can nullify elections. Why? Because they know their position on almost all major issues is a minority position.

If all states had open, honest, fair elections where the voting process was geared to get the most people possible into the voting booth, there would be a lot more one party states.

The fact that the Republicans can't win with such a scenario is called the "will of the people".

[NJCher]

8. California is often ahead of the rest of the country

in trends.

I hope this opinion is a trend.

[Snackshack]

9. This pretty much

Goes for the party on nationally. If that is even possible now.

[C Moon]

10. And the GOP will, as always, cheat and lie to try and win.

[hibbing]

13. I believe they have a budget surplus also n/t

[SleeplessinSoCal]

16. yes we have.

But with with affordable housing at such a tremendous shortage people are actually leaving the state or living on the streets. And more are leaving than coming. However, this article has relatively good statistics on the exchange...

https://www.ppic.org/blog/whos-leaving-california-and-whos-moving-in/

"... People who move to California are different from those who move out. In general, those who move here are more likely to be working age, to be employed, and to earn high wages—and are less likely to be in poverty—than those who move away.

Those who move to California also tend to have higher education levels than those who move out—an especially important factor given the state’s strong need for college graduates. Notably, this gain in educated residents is concentrated among young college graduates (generally, adults in their 20s) looking for opportunities as they start their careers..."

[heckles65]

14. It's the same thing with large cities

Called in GOP parlance "Democrat run cities." The media never seems to ask, why don't Republicans ever run for Mayor of Los Angeles, Chicago, etc., and introduce new ideas? The real answer is, they don't want the job - mayor of a large city would be a dead end on Republican career track - and they don't have any ideas besides Dirty Harry policing and marching in Federal troops with bayonets fixed at first sign of unrest. This sells well to some people who would never set foot in those cities but not so well with the actual electorate of such places.

[pandr32]

17. Your last line (minus California) should be a national slogan

It should be used so much the idea brands into the consciousness of all.

[live love laugh]

19. Recalls are unconstitutional and should be challenged.

If the majority votes that should stand. Not to do so disenfranchises the voter.

Impeachment is the antidote to failed service.

[NBachers]

20. I have to agree with the "republicans can eat shit and die" solution.

[smb]

21. I Hate Having To Defend Jonah Goldberg, But...

...the op-ed did say:

The only way to cure one-party rule is to reform the opposing party — in this case, the GOP — to be competitive. Recalls put off that reckoning....

The only lasting fix for one-party rule is two-party competition. And that remains a pipe dream for the foreseeable future.

[Bristlecone]

22. Agree. Feels a little "free market," but I'll take it.

This doesn’t just go for CA.