September 01, 2005

Hugh Hewitt on CA's 48th district

A favorite BushBot, Hugh Hewitt, has a column entitled "Kiss of Death" about the 48th District race in Orange County. It starts out like this:

IN MAY OF THIS YEAR, John McCain teamed with Ted Kennedy to propose a new bill to "solve" the illegal immigration problem. The McCain-Kennedy bill was DOA with Republicans in the House and the Senate.

Which may explain why Senator McCain has endorsed Marilyn Brewer in the special election to replace former Congressman Chris Cox (who has been confirmed as the new chair of the SEC) in California's 48th Congressional District. McCain wants to push through a liberalization of the immigration law and he needs some help in the House. Brewer, a pro-abortion rights Republican, has no other GOP figure of note endorsing her. It looks like a match made in heaven. McCain can count on Brewer being soft on the border. Brewer can count on McCain being soft on life issues.

Except for the fact that Republicans of all political stripes, from the centrist Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to the conservative Congressmen Dana Rohrabacher and Ed Royce, have endorsed GOP State Senator John Campbell in the October 4 balloting. The entire party has unified behind Campbell (including me--full disclosure, I contributed to Campbell's campaign). Brewer hasn't even gotten the endorsement of the liberal "New Majority" Republicans who gently support abortion rights. The Club for Growth is behind Campbell, and he will almost certainly win the primary in a walk. He may well even garner 50 percent of the votes, which would prevent a costly second round of balloting in the coastal Orange County district...

Since the article is not just about the 48th District but about immigration "reform" as well, it's a bit surprising that Hugh doesn't mention another candidate in the race: Jim Gilchrist. Not even once, not even in passing. Of course, Gilchrist probably has no chance, and, according to a local blog which wants to turn that district "blue", might even serve as the spoiler in the race. Nevertheless, it's informative that Hugh can't even mention someone who dares to challenge Our Leader's immigration policies.

Posted to California at September 1, 2005 01:29 PM

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