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Reagan: California Is a One-Party State
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Author Mike Reagan sounds off on the lack of political diversity in the Golden State.
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- Date May 8, 2012
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Author Mike Reagan sounds off on the lack of political diversity in the Golden State.
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-- next guests -- just like Cuba or even North Korea.
California is a one party state vote has continued to elect Democrats at every level.
That he says is the problem not -- -- Democrats but it's just a -- policy statement from.
-- Reagan -- -- also of the new Reagan revolution and he joins us from Los Angeles.
You know that a compact California to North Korea shortly.
Mr.
right that's going on there -- can put.
I think North Korea to make a point -- this is a one party state.
You have you know demographers talking to us and telling us that.
Four million people have left this state that's for many people more than what's moved into the state.
In the last twenty years this November they're gonna have a ballot measure to raise our taxes.
Even more they're still talking about the bullet train and what really bothers subordinate thing.
You don't hear a word for the Republicans not a word day as I've said in my article this last week.
The Democrats have gone nuts and the Republicans have lost there -- there it.
The component he's really exist in California.
As a full -- politics -- live from there from an out from the outside point of view.
Doesn't seem as I ever hear anything from Republicans in California -- that.
They don't they don't say a word they live within the system the Democrats have fact created.
And they don't the -- the -- a little power bases within those programs they don't elect anybody to office they don't get out the vote.
They're not interested in.
Building the party they talked about it but they -- who we go nowhere with any of this there is no leadership.
In the Republican Party in the state of California and Mitt Romney.
Better not even come to California because the party here will not support a Mitt Romney.
They would they would support a Ronald Reagan today if -- Ronald Reagan were running in the state of California.
That's how bad this party it.
As an outside of looking into California and myself and my colleagues we look at California we say look.
There are two huge power bases for the Democrats in California and that his environmentalists.
And the Hispanic vote is that accurate.
That exactly the unions are very big -- you cannot get the Republicans to find an Hispanic and left -- on their front lawn.
I mean that's a reality.
Where there was water programs going on in water meetings going on the for central valley a year ago.
There was no Republican leadership except Burt Nunez showed up I was there no Republican leadership even though.
I invited the Republican leadership to show up at the water believes.
In that area of our state we talk about 40% unemployment in that area the central valley.
-- it's outrageous 17% in Fresno you know the areas are talking about you know what they did last week you don't you repeat from the Republicans.
Last week the state assembly.
Voted.
To in fact tell.
People who would contract do -- work in the state of California contractors here they can now voluntarily.
Voluntarily.
Tell you what they're gay lesbian our trans gender because instead of California -- wants to find out the kind of help.
That has helped our state.
And they want to find out that -- transgendered gay or lesbian.
That will pass in the states senate shortly it passed from the state assembly.
On a 47.
To 24 -- outrageous not a word from the Republicans.
You lost still the voice of reason -- -- California and it's always a pleasure to told you extra much Michael Higgins -- --