Comments on: Pro-Biz California Democrats Emerging?

By: truthbeknown

truthbeknown — Sat, 19 May 2012 01:52:58 +0000

She’s actually a pro-biz Republican who switched parties on paper just before putting her name in the ring. She supported Meg Whitman, and actually has rarely voted at all according the the LA registrar of voters.She doesn’t know much about politics but a lot about her daddy’s car business.

By: jimmy

jimmy — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 04:18:12 +0000

Seems like she’s cutting into Cacciotti’s base/ No doubt that there will be runoff for the Dems.

By: Dancquill

Dancquill — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 16:17:32 +0000

She sounds pretty ultra left so far. This gun control promoting Sierra Club lawyer… and likely high speed rail supporting commie lib should not be a consideration for Republicans. A Tea Party Republican would support none of the nonsense and boondoggles she likely would. Like most Democrats with a business interest in the fight, she is likely a political entrepeneur looking out for her own interests and screwing every other interest with here environmentalist agenda. Fight the machine people. It is strangling our state.

By: Fred Mangels

Fred Mangels — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 18:56:27 +0000

John wrote, “If the new system of the two top vote getters are both Democrats, there simply isn’t ANY reason to mark the ballot for either candidate.

I understand what you’re trying to say, but disagree at least in part. It might be best, assuming you don’t have a Republican or Libertarian to vote for, to go for the lesser of two evils amongst the Democrats. I don’t say that lightly.

In our situation, Humboldt County 2nd(?) congressional district (not sure of the district cause of new designations): Jared Huffman- one of the biggest sleazebags in the state legislature. I’ve seen his name on more nanny state bs legislation than perhaps any other. He’s the Democratic front runner right now, in his bid to move up to congress.

He’s facing something like 5 other Democrats and 1 Republican. With 30% Republicans in the district, and so many Dem candidates, the Republican could conceivably end up in the General Election. He’ll very likely lose that election. If Huffman is his only opposition, we get stuck with a major scumbag.

If he faces another Democrat, it’s conceivable- depending on who it is- the other one could win. Most likely a scuzbag, too, but with no legislative experience to help screw things up quicker. I’d opt for some new, wet- behind- the- ears scuzbag that will take a while to get anything “done” than an experienced authoritarian with a record of horrific legislation.

So, I think there could be a case made for supporting a Democrat in both the primary and general elections when you have a situation like we have in our district. I’ll admit, though, I’m not sure how I’ll vote in the primary. It just seems backing the Republican will be a sure loss.

By: John Steele

John Steele — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 15:36:44 +0000

Ms Rusnak, credentials as a Sierra Club Lawyer/ environmentalist , & Gun Control Advocate puts her squarely in the FAR left of the Democrat Party. Claiming she is a ” Centrist” because she owns some businesses is pure fantasy. It’s now a rigged election with a one party Marxist style election with no one else from the opposition. If the new system of the two top vote getters are both Democrats, there simply isn’t ANY reason to mark the ballot for either candidate. The CA Democrats have achieved their dream of no more opposition from the Repubs and will rule with an iron fist with Gov Moonbeam signing tax increases wholesale. It is time to leave the Rusting State before they shut the border like in the old Soviet Union

By: queeg

queeg — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 05:46:52 +0000

Fools…never ever was there a democratic who is not fot tax and spend and cleaning you and your business out!!!!!!!

By: Fred Mangels

Fred Mangels — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:57:13 +0000

Are we to believe that a democrat will not be bought and paid for by the teacher, prison guard and cubicle drone unions?

I’m more interested in the way she thinks. Many Democrats really believe that if we support infrastructure projects- High Speed Rail, for instance- businesses will pop up all around that project and thrive.

I’d like to hear what her “a new approach to running things,” consists of. Having a hard time accessing the Pasadena Sun article linked to. Perhaps that sheds some light on it?

Seems to me we hear campaign slogans like “a new approach to running things,” all the time. I’d like to see some specifics.

By: Ventura Capitalist

Ventura Capitalist — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:32:24 +0000

Are we to believe that a democrat will not be bought and paid for by the teacher, prison guard and cubicle drone unions?

I don’t think so.

By: Fred Mangels

Fred Mangels — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:10:27 +0000

Being both a former Sierra Club lawyer (which assumes she believed in what she was involved in) and a gun control advocate certainly is cause for alarm.

I’d be interested in more detail regarding why she’s considered “pro- business”. Unless I was reading it wrong, I didn’t read anything that struck me as making her pro- business. It isn’t unheard for Democrats to have been businessmen only to have them support anti- business legislation once they’re in office.

By: Wayne Lusvardi

Wayne Lusvardi — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 05:54:05 +0000

Mr. Nichols:
It would help readers if you identified yourself. I believe you are Charles E. Nichols, a gun rights advocate who understandably would be opposed to Victoria Rusnak for Assembly District 41.

It would be helpful if you expanded on your opposition to Rusnak.

Thank you for reading the article and leaving a comment.
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