"Cynical ploy orchestrated by the blah blah blah," said Nehring. "The vitriol and overreaction from the Democrats caught a lot of people's attention from the party."
Of course, most of the opposition to-date has come from Newspaper Editorial Boards who are going to look none too kindly on the GOP if they make this mistake. Here's and updated list of what the editorial pages are saying.
Stockton Record, "Awarding California's electoral votes based on the outcome in each congressional district is unfair, harmful to democratic precepts and a blatant political power grab."
OC Register, "A proposed change, which could be on next June's ballot, in the way California's votes are allocated in the presidential election might have a sheen of fairness, but it is nakedly partisan and profoundly subversive of our constitutional system."
San Francisco Chronicle, "This is nothing but dirty politics."
The New York Times, "It is actually a power grab on behalf of Republicans."
Oakland Tribune "It's an obvious political ploy."
San Jose Mercury News, "it's naked politics masquerading as reform."
Sacramento Bee, "the California initiatives are merely partisan gamesmanship masquerading as reform."
Vallejo Times Herald, "an embryonic state-ballot measure filed by some Republicans would make more sense, save for the fact that it smacks of a blatant power grab, and should be rejected as such."
I'm sure I'm missing some. But I doubt they Ed Board writers will forget. |
