Reply #32: You're gonna be surprised by McCain in California ... [View All]

[JorgeTheGood]

he's gonna be strong in all the military areas ...

Air Force bases ... Beale, March, Vandenberg, Travis, Edwards
Marine bases ...Pendleton, Miramar, 29 palms, et al
Navy bases ... the many naval instalations in the San Diego area (probably the 2nd largest in the country -- make that in the world) along with China Lake and some smaller facilities like El Centro.

He will take the staunch-red areas ... Orange County, all of the San Diego area (partially mention) and the San Diego north suburbs up to Escondido and possibly into the Temecula area and on to the Riverside area (3rd fasting growing county in the country behind Maricopa and Clark)...

He will easily take the valley areas ... Central, Imperial and San Joaquin which represents the agricultural areas reaching 500 miles in length and 100 miles wide.

In a nutshell, he will take every inch of CA with the exception of Los Angeles county, The Bay area (San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose) and most of the northern coast up to the Oregon border with a few spotty counties inland like sonoma (Santa Rosa, Petaluma, Rohnert Park ... )

Another area where he will be really strong with the retirees ... Palm Springs, Palm Desert, Indian Wells, La Quinta areas just west of Riverside and Beaumont.

And he will be big with the hispanics ... simply because Obama will not.

Taking CA for granted in '08 is beyond foolish -- more than likely McCain will win CA comfortably.