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She effectively has a lifelong term.
by fsckin 13y ago
She effectively has a lifelong term.
- AnthonyMouse 13y agoI don't buy it. Obviously a Republican is not going to beat her in California, but someone with enough money and popular support could primary her. And you don't even have to win -- just force her to stop being complacent and change her outrageous positions in order to mitigate the risk of losing.
- anigbrowl 13y agoA primary challenge is unlikely, since the person's career within the Democratic party would come to a swift end. Schwarznegger could possibly have beaten her, but a) he had a sleazy sex scandal and b) CA Republicans seem to dislike him even more than democrats because he has the temerity to take things like global warming seriously.
- AnthonyMouse 13y ago>A primary challenge is unlikely, since the person's career within the Democratic party would come to a swift end. Not if they win. And I don't see why you need a party insider in any event. What you need is someone who can fund their own primary campaign, or who can get enough donations from real people to do it, i.e. someone who is famous or rich or both. >Schwarznegger could possibly have beaten her, but a) he had a sleazy sex scandal and b) CA Republicans seem to dislike him even more than democrats because he has the temerity to take things like global warming seriously. Schwarzenneger could possibly have beaten her because he's rich and famous, but he's not the only one with those characteristics.