Reply #11: I hate to break it to you

[jiacinto]

The seat that Issa represents gave 58% of the vote to Bush in 2000 and only 38.8% of the vote to Gore, with 2.7% going to Nader.

Republicans have 135,769 voters to the Democrats' 85,746 voters in the seat. That's roughly a 50,000 vote deficit to make up.

No Democrat is going to win this seat. Even if the candidate you mention were to win the seat, which would be a miracle, he would probably lose it the next cycle.

Issa is not going to lose this seat no matter to a Democrat. Maybe if a primary challenge emerges he might lose there. But any chance to get rid of him will be in the GOP primary.

The General Election will just be a formality. The Democratic Party of CA is better off spending money in more compelling races.