Middle East Focus: Israel: Last Refuge of California’s Scoundrel GOP Politicians?............

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Israel: Last Refuge of California’s Scoundrel GOP Politicians?............

“California is broke, its 12.1 percent unemployment rate is among the highest in the nation, housing prices have plunged, home foreclosures have skyrocketed and a drought is threatening the state's dwindling water supply. There also are plenty of other issues for would-be U.S. senators to debate, including the battered economy and a massive effort to overhaul the nation's health care system. Instead, the state's Republican Senate primary has been heating up over Israel. With former Rep. Tom Campbell leading in the polls, his challengers for the Republican nomination — businesswoman Carly Fiorina and Assemblyman Chuck DeVore — are taking persistent shots at the front-runner, saying that his record consistently has been anti-Israel. As a result, Campbell will have to play defense Friday when California's Republican Senate candidates meet in their first debate. On Monday, Fiorina, the former chief executive officer of Hewlett-Packard, asked Campbell to explain why he'd voted against aid to Israel when he was in Congress, why he opposed recognizing Jerusalem as the Israeli capital and why he accepted contributions from groups that have been linked to Islamic extremists…….”

The Republican candidates are trying to Californicate each other, to use an old term. They all deserve it, and they also do not, at the same time. You figure it out, I already have.
But they are also Californicating the voters of the sate.
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