UPDATED: Some have suggested I mention Bono Mack's opponent, Bornstein. I am impressed with her and have already voted for her. My complaint is with the DCCC. For some reason, or due to some back room dealings, this district isn't seen as competitive, or worth fighting for.
ORIGINAL POST: California: blue state. Very blue. Even Arnold is about as purple any GOPer this side of the Hudson.
My town? Also blue. Palm Springs boasts a gay mayor, gay people on the city council, and gay people on the school board, and none of them (to my knowledge) are of the insane Log Cabin circular firing squad variety. Sometimes it's difficult to tell, because local elections tend to be superficially nonpartisan, allowing closeted Repugs to vote for things like new super Wal-Marts and other municipal misadventures.
Through it all, our darling congresswoman, Mary Bono Mack, remains unscathed. She even proposed a wilderness bill this past winter. Isn't she green??? If I check my color wheel, that would make her brown (red + green). Or Christmassy.
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